@bud_t Sooooo....I'm doing a talk on AREDN on 11/15/25 at the York County, PA, EMA building. I'll be talking about why we need a network, equipment, network development, and maintenance. I'm going to ask if they can record it.

I'm in the process of setting up an #AREDN network in south central Pennsylvania. I have RF nodes on Blue Mountain, three miles north of the City of Harrisburg.

My home AREDN nodes offer a lot of services. TAK (3 versions), EmComMap, TeamTalk5 for teleconference, BPQ32 connections (Packet Radio BBS), cameras, VoIP/PBX telephone services, and software repositories.

@orv is the subject matter expert on AREDN. I am using (i.e. stealing) a lot of his material for the first hour. The second half of my talk is going to be geared towards how to set up, where to set up, and why we should set up a network.

California has several good setups. Eastern Pennsylvania has and continues to build out a network. I'm working to build up central and western Pennsylvania. Maryland, DC, and Virginia hams are getting involved.

I think the biggest reason to start building out AREDN networks is built on the increasing level on internet outages. We need a separate, standalone network to support and supplement emergency management / public safety organizations.