[TriEmbed] TriLUG Tonight! TARPN Off-The-Grid Text Messaging

Tue Aug 1 21:55:55 CDT 2017

Interesting.

As a Forge Initiative member, a TriEmbed meeting attender and general Geek,
I have recently invested in a couple of Baofeng Handy talkies and am
'studying' to get a Technician class license, hopefully at the Tuesday Aug
9th RARS meeting. Many years ago I got a license, but never got a radio and
let it lapse.

I'm not entirely sure what the IoT Mesh Station is that is under discussion
here, but I am interested. Assuming that a Technician class license is
sufficient (and that I pass Tuesday) and that the Forge as a whole is
interested, we may be able to work things out.

Glen Smith

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 10:33 PM Mahesh Balasubramaniam via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> Tadd,
>
> Yes, I am very much interested in establish a link site physically at
> Forge Initiative building.  Currently the Forge Headquarters is at *3300
> Green Level West Rd, Cary, NC *and our humanoid projects happen here.
>
> http://sites.ieee.org/encs-humanoid/upcoming/
>
> Rob Mackie and few others of us are definitely from network/communication
> background.  So I believe, as a non-profit we will be able to finance
> considering it a low cost equipment but definitely configure and maintain
> it.  We can even get a ham certification if needed.
>
> Bottomline, is *your link site model works a very good motivational
> project for kids, hobbyist professionals and senior engineers for STEM
> motivation within the community by non-profit Forge and IEEE combined
> efforts*.  I can see, how your earlier hobby can impact as a positive
> motivation for the technical community in future, as it can kickstart a
> tiny IoT infrastructure for kids and others.
>
> There are possible location change logistics on the road in few months, *I
> will let Rob Mackie contact you directly and work with you on it, adjust
> accordingly in future weeks to month*.  But as you know, these aspects
> can be handled and I believe *Forge will continue standing for its
> non-profit STEM initiative mission forever*.  It will be great, if you
> can visit "Forge Initiative" once during your free-time and you will be
> able to see it yourself.
>
> Thank you,
> Mahesh
>
> Mahesh Balasubramaniam
> IEEE ENCS RA24 Chair
> *mbalasu at ncsu.edu <mbalasu at ncsu.edu>*
> 919-649-6902
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Tadd Torborg <tadd at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you talking about establishing a link site physically at a particular
>> building?
>>
>> So far we’ve been looking to house the network equipment at a place where
>> it will serve a specific individual licensed ham at the premises and
>> hopefully be used by the person who financed it, configured it and
>> maintains it.  There are a couple of exceptions where the site was just too
>> good to pass up as a link point.  In my office case I have a 3 port node at
>> work as well as a 3 port node at home and there is only one of me.    We
>> have another node at the house of a ham who never uses it, maintains it or
>> otherwise. He has a really nice location on top of a big hill and with
>> great antenna mounting opportunities.
>>
>> Where would the building be?   Is there a particular amateur radio
>> operator that would finance it, use it and/or demo it?
>>
>>    Tadd
>>
>> Tadd / KA2DEW
>> tadd at mac.com
>> Raleigh NC  FM05pv
>>
>> *“Packet networking over ham radio": **http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html
>> <http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html>*
>> *Local Raleigh ham radio info: **http://torborg.com/a
>> <http://torborg.com/a>  *
>>
>> On Aug 1, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Mahesh Balasubramaniam <mbalasu at ncsu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Tadd & Jeremy,
>>
>> Forge Initiative(link below) is a non-profit organization, that being a
>> part of IEEE I recognize having a high potential practial non-profit space
>> for learning and working on maker-space, embedded projects of all kinds for
>> different generations together(kids, professionals/hobbyists and senior
>> engineers).
>>
>> http://theforgeinitiative.org/
>>
>> From IEEE I encourage everyone to join hands with Forge, to create and
>> promote STEM awareness within local community.
>>
>> I highly recommend to help, by establish Forge Initiative a part of your
>> TARPN Rpi based IoT mesh base station, at Forge Initiative premises.  Such
>> a project will add the cellular space IOT dimension to Forge Initiative, as
>> well will be a motivating factor for already existing many school kids
>> there.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mahesh
>>
>> Mahesh Balasubramaniam
>> IEEE ENCS RA24 Chair
>> *mbalasu at ncsu.edu <mbalasu at ncsu.edu>*
>> 919-649-6902
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jeremy Davis via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org>
>> Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:36 PM
>> Subject: [TriEmbed] TriLUG Tonight! TARPN Off-The-Grid Text Messaging
>> To: TriEmbed Discussion <triembed at triembed.org>
>>
>>
>> TriEmbed,
>>
>> You are invited to join TriLUG tonight!
>>
>> Over the past year we received multiple requests for Software Defined
>> Radio (SDR), Raspberry Pi (RPi), and Internet of Things (IOT) related
>> topics.
>>
>> Tonight we have an excellent topic that offers you a unique educational
>> opportunity to develop skill sets which will cascade directly into your
>> SDR, RPi, and IOT abilities.
>>
>> Tonight you will learn about packet networking over ham radio. Based on
>> interest, you may also have the opportunity to get hands on experience at a
>> following TriLUG hack night. Plans are also in the making to provide ham
>> operator training sessions and licensing exams at our TriLUG Hack Night
>> location.
>>
>> With Linux, an RPi, an antenna, and a Ham license, your devices can
>> communicate long range. This capability may be useful to control a device
>> in your back yard or to retrieve data from a weather balloon carrying a 3d
>> Printed TriTux penguin launched into nearspace during a solar eclipse.
>> Tonight's topic is a highly educational opportunity that will enable you to
>> do so many great things. Tadd Torberg is a wealth of knowledge. You are
>> sure to enjoy this meeting. We will see you there and feel free to invite
>> others to enjoy free pizza, free drinks, free software, (even free beer at
>> the same location 430pm-630pm), and most of all people who care about
>> freedom.
>>
>> Full meeting details https://trilug.org/TARPN-Off-The-Grid-Text-Messaging
>>
>> Jeremy Davis
>> TriLUG PR
>>
>>
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