Most of you are probably aware of our Anchorage ARC AREDN Mesh Network. The network is a very important part of our EMCOMM effort and other amateur activities. Examples include:
- Chat Services
- File Server
- DMR Repeater connection
- DMR Repeater control
- APRS I-Gate connection
- Repeater Site Power Control
- Winlink interface between VHF, UHF, and HF RMS stations (CRITICALLY IMPORTANT)
- Emergency email message server
- Internet access via Starlink
- VOIP telephone (including video)
To learn more about the Anchorage AREDN Mesh Network, participate in a club meeting or visit the RSOC on Wednesday mornings for SHARES, Wednesday evenings for the South Central Simplex Net, or on Saturday mornings for Working Saturdays.
Now, for a bigger picture, here is a message from Orv Bech, W6BI, AREDN Project Manager:
Orv Beach
Jan 1, 2025, 11:22 AM (1 day ago)
Here are a few tidbits about the AREDN world network that you might find
interesting. All this is derived from the AREDN World Map. If your
local network isn’t connected to that network your nodes won’t be
included – but that could be rectified 🙂 .
Number of AREDN nodes as of 1/1/24: 2376
Number of AREDN nodes as of 1/1/25: 2750
Number of AREDN supernodes as of 1/1/24: 23
Number of AREDN supernodes as of 1/1/25: 55
Number of nodes on sunsetted hardware on the network as of 1/1/24: 173
(7.2%)
Number of nodes on sunsetted hardware on the network as of 1/1/25: 160
(5.8%)
The usual end of month snapshot metrics:
Longest uptime: AH6QO-2-HAWAIIKAI-HAPAC – 1152 days
Oldest hardware still on the network: KI4QWT-PSM2-150-HSV – a Ubiquiti
PicoStation M2
Oldest software version: GM0RAY-2, running 3.18.9.0
Runner-ups, running 3.19.3.0:
W7MOT-GD-B-O
N7YRC-LTNo
VE6CV-hAP-YQL
ka2vlp-m900-1
W4NMH-U1
N0OIF-NANO-2GHZ-OLD-SANATOGA-PA-
KG7AHP-M9-01
KG7BZ-M5-NanoB-W7VA
K7DMK-N13
VE6TL-ARHP-AP
N9MS-Rocket-O
W7VA-M5-NanoB-Lebanon
AC7R-BCS-B-Usery
AC7R-BCS-B-O
AC7R-BCS-NB5-Usery
VE7URC-OldPO-North
Nodes running the current production release (3.24.10.0) or a newer
nightly build: 1738 (70.9%) – Nice work, folks!
73
Orv W6BI
AREDN Project Manager
