Node Mapper, Meshtastic Mapping Application

My AUXCOMM group has been playing around with the idea of using Meshtastic to supplement our resource tracking. At net control we normally use Windows computers and found the mapping capability of the Meshtastic web client to be a bit lacking. I decided to try and roll my own to give us nicer looking maps with offline capabilities and a way to track resources around the map in near real time. Here's what I came up with!

Linksys 54G Still Useful?

I was recently supporting a bike ride event called the Appalachian Journey. I was assigned to help out in the communications trailer as net control. It's always nice to have internet access for information. When Randy, KE4RL, built his communications trailer, he designed it to be a Faraday cage so it's impossible to receive a wifi or cellular signal inside. This gave me an opportunity to see if my old trusty Linksys 54G Router was still useful.

Comm. Trailer with Linksys sitting on top.

 

HamRadio.AI, An AI autoresponder for Winlink.

With AI infiltrating all aspects of our lives, I figured it was time to make use of it with ham radio. In this article I'll walk you through how I setup an AI bot to reply to messages received through Winlink.