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The Arizona Mesh Organization was established in September of 2019 and by December of that same year it had became incorporated and was a 501 (c) (3) non-profit group. Our history goes back to around 2016, when Steve Estes KB7KWK and Larry Fort AB7C started talking about Broadband Hamnet (BBHN). They started with a few Linksys routers and some waterproof boxes and established a connection at about 3.8 miles. Then John Groseclose WX4LTG who lives in Scottsdale and was about 15.8 miles away was able to connect to Steve. Not long after this they heard about the group in Austin Texas and Ubiquiti WIFI equipment and Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN). That brings us up to 2020 and the group now has around eighty-five nodes with 200 links, and around 45 Club members and growing.

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Arizona Mesh Organization Officer and Board Elections For 2021

The Officer and Board member elecetions ended early Tuesday morning. The results will be tabulated and the announced Thursday evening at the October General Meeting at 7:00 PM. The 2020 Officers and Board Members would like to thank all who took the times to vote...

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Metro Phoenix Mesh Radio Ggroup is provided to share information on the Amateur Radio use of microwave mesh networks in the greater Phoenix, AZ area. We are currently supporting BBHN and AREDN firmware using OLSR routing on both 2.4 and 5.8 GHz. radio nodes. - Click Here
Metro Phoenix Mesh Radio Group is provided to share information on the Amateur Radio use of microwave mesh networks in the greater Phoenix, AZ area. We are currently supporting BBHN and AREDN firmware using OLSR routing on both 2.4 and 5.8 GHz. radio nodes.

Arizona Mesh Organisation Board Meeting - Club Meeting and Weekly Net

Board Meetings are on the First Thursday of each month at 8:00pm via "Zoom Meeting". They run approximately one hour.

Club meetings are held on the Second Thursday of each month except December. The location is the Charles K. Luster Building located at 640 N. Mesa Drive, Mesa, AZ. 85201 The meetings start at 7:00 PM and are usually over around 9:00 PM.
Due to Covid-19 and restrictions here in Arizona, our club meetings are being held on Zoom and broadcast to the Superstition ARC's linked Repeaters 147.120, and the 449.600. It is also available via the Kb7KWK-L Echolink node.

AMO Mesh Weekly Nets are held on Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM except for the second Thursday of each month on the Superstition ARC linked repeaters - 147.120 and 449.600 and the KB7KWK- L Echolink node.

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Download and Check out the AMO Club Flyer.

Download and Check out the AMO Club Flyer. Lots of input from the Officers and Board Members went into writing this document. Revised August 20th, 2020

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Former FEMA Administrator Advocates Using Mesh Networks for Disasters

This is partly why we should all be getting our FEMA certs. It will certainly help in the future: Former FEMA Administrator Advocates Using Mesh Networks for Disasters

Former Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, encouraged the use of mesh networking to help empower volunteers during natural disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires. During a keynote at the International Wireless Communications Expo's (IWCE) Virtual Event, Fugate noted "By building these types of networks, you can put people back into communication and put people to work where they're needed." He encouraged public safety agencies to work with local amateur radio groups and commercial providers to create solutions that can build these mesh networks when the main network goes down. [See the August 2020 issue of the ARES Letter for a story on how mesh networking is gaining traction in Ohio - Ed.] .-- FEMA Disaster Emergency Communications News Clippings and Topics of Interest Vol. 9 Issue 16, August 16-31, 2020.

Signup For the FEMA NIMS Incident Command System Cert Classes

For those of you that are interested in participating in the various public service events or in emergency situations, most groups like the Maricopa Emergency Communications Group & the Red Cross require you to have certain FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) certifications. Everyone who is interested in taking these classes will need to first establish their own FEMASID number, which you can get from the link below:

The FEMA Certifications Classes Are: These certifications are all part of the (NIMS) National Incident Management System and the courses are part of the (ICS) Incident Command System and can be easily obtained by taking on-line classes which take approximately one hour each to complete. In addition to these classes, there are a number of other classes and programs covering a wide area of subjects that some of you may find useful. Although we as a club are not requiring anyone to take any of these classes or acquire any of the certifications. The officers and board of directors would like to strongly encourage you to do so. The link to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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