Demonstrations and Testing
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19 July 2003
Coyote Fire operations camp
17 July 2003
Coyote Fire operations camp connection installation
29 April 2003
Ramona, SDSC, Mount Woodson, and licensed radio tests
18 April 2003
Anza-Borrego State Park demo
22 March 2003
Anza-Borrego Desert remote interactive presentation for a National Teacher's Training Institute meeting
21 March 2003
Anza-Borrego (Fish Creek) trial installation
20 March 2003
Anza-Borrego preparations
13 March 2003
Work at Pine Cove
17 December 2002
WiLAN solar-powered relay test installation
22 November 2002
Mount Soledad to San Diego State University test installation
20 November 2002
Pine Cove test installation
09 November 2002
Additional photos from November 7, 2002 Fire Chiefs Association meeting
07 November 2002
HPWREN demonstration at Fire Chiefs Association meeting, antenna removal, and Point Loma antenna installation
04 November 2002
Fire Chiefs Association demo test at Stone Ridge Country Club
09 October 2002
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Integrative Oceanography Division and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are conducting a two-week pilot study at Black's Beach (La Jolla) that uses 802.11b technology to help them examine surf zone water motions in real-time.
23 August 2002
Long distance WiLAN radio test
07 August 2002
Sky Arrow Communications Test 2
01 August 2002
Sky Arrow package
03 July 2002
Earthquake sensor installation in Ramona and Camp Elliot connectivity test
27 June 2002
Camera shake test, Sheriff demonstration, and FLIP site survey
13 June 2002
Planar array antenna tests
12 June 2002
The HPWREN team tests passive reflectors and antennas planned to be used for an aircraft demonstration.
15 May 2002
Coronado Bridge telemetry and sensor instrumentation demonstration
09 May 2002
Coronado Bridge communications test at UC San Diego
15 April 2002
Coronado Bridge wireless connectivity test
09 April 2002
Sky Arrow radio test flight in Ramona
29 March 2002
Test of antenna metal enclosure for Sky Arrow (San Diego State University research airplane) use
20 March 2002
The HPWREN team surveys an San Diego State University research airplane for an upcoming high performance in-flight data communication demonstration.
04 February 2002
Wireless tests aboard US Navy ship include exploration of US Navy/Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sea Lab II, a 1965 undersea habitat.
10 December and 12 December 2001
Installation and testing of wireless connectivity at Scripps Pier
28 August 2001
The HPWREN team participates in a crisis management demonstration that linked UC San Diego (San Diego Supercomputer Center) to the California National Guard Armory via a hospital in Kearny Mesa area.
25 July 2001
The HPWREN team participates in a video teleconference demonstration with the UC San Diego's Preuss School.
28 June 2001
HPWREN participates in a feasibility demonstration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center for Coastal Studies and UC San Diego's Telecommunications to provide a wireless connection between Scripps Pier and a few miles up the beach. This was in preparation for the deployment of oceanographic probes.
31 May 2001
HPWREN tests video teleconferencing capabilities between the Mount Laguna Observatory and NSF in Washington, DC.
05 May 2001
The wireless demonstration at Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve included four field stations.
13 February 2001
Demonstration with the California Department of Forestry presents capabilities for incident bases as well as rapid deployment into incident areas themselves.
09 February 2001
Preparation for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) Dos Picos incident base demo
10 August 2000
Mount Woodson to Stephenson Peak connectivity test (~34 miles)
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Education, Outreach, and Policy
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25 March 2003
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
09 October 2002
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Integrative Oceanography Division and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are conducting a two-week pilot study at Black's Beach (La Jolla) that uses 802.11b technology to help them examine surf zone water motions in real-time.
18 May 2002
HPWREN Users Workshop at Mount Laguna Observatory
03 May 2002
CENIC connection installation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography GPS station
01 August 2001
Hans-Werner Braun testifies before the Subcommittee on Research during a recent Congressional hearing.
25 July 2001
The HPWREN team participates in a video teleconference demonstration with the UC San Diego's Preuss School.
28 June 2001
HPWREN participates in a feasibility demonstration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center for Coastal Studies and UC San Diego Telecommunications to provide a wireless connection between Scripps Pier and a few miles up the beach. This was in preparation for the deployment of oceanographic probes.
10 May 2001
The CENIC conference receives connectivity via Mount Soledad relay!
09 May 2001
After the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) antenna facelift is completed with the help of several SDSC staff members, the HPWREN team works with UC San Diego Telecommunications for wireless connectivity at CENIC. The CENIC conference connection provides a temporary two-day link from SDSC to Mount Soledad to Paradise Point, which is the location of this year's conference.
22 February 2001
After a day of installation activities in collaboration with the Warner Unified School District, HPWREN researchers teach an HTML Class at the Pala Learning Center.
12 December 2000
La Jolla Native American reservation installation and Pala Native American reservation's Learning Center Internet class via HPWREN
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18 September 2003
Lyons Peak and SDSU
29 August 2003
IQeye3 installation at Ramona CDF air base
18 August 2003
Mount Laguna antenna installation
31 May 2003
More Mount Soledad work
29 May 2003
Radio and 10-foot antenna installation on Mount Soledad
28 May 2003
Mount Soledad preparations for the 10-foot antenna of the licensed link
27 May 2003
Continued Mount Soledad work
06 May 2003
Installation of the first HPWREN licensed link!
11 February 2003
Santa Rosa installation
28 January 2003
Start of Santa Rosa tribal HPWREN connection installation
19 January 2003
Mount Soleded antenna installation for the San Diego State University link
18 December 2002
San Diego State University antenna installation
16 December 2002
Antenna assembly at San Diego State University
14 December 2002
Interwave radio installation at Red Mountain
11 December 2002
Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center installation
04 December 2002
Mount Soledad work on San Diego State University antenna
07 November 2002
HPWREN demonstration at Fire Chiefs Association meeting, antenna removal, and Point Loma antenna installation
18 October 2002
Toro Peak end of the Kings Stormwater Channel Bridge installation
17 October 2002
Kings Stormwater Channel Bridge installation
16 October 2002
San Clemente Island wireless connection as well as episensor and weather station installation
11 October 2002
TDVNet link installation at Mount Laguna Observatory
10 September 2002
Mount Laguna sensor installation continues
06 September 2002
Mount Laguna San Diego State University/UC San Diego sensor installation begins.
21 July 2002
Seismic sensor installation at Cuyamaca Mountains
19 July 2002
Camp Elliot installation
07 July 2002
Frank Vernon install and Toro Peak work
03 July 2002
Earthquake sensor installation in Ramona and Camp Elliot connectivity test
01 July 2002
Installation of the Mount Laguna link equipment for Toro Peak
29 May 2002
Installation atop Mount Laguna continues.
27 May 2002
Installation atop Mount Laguna begins.
10 May 2002
Continuation of the Mount Woodson to Red Mountain link installation
08 May 2002
Beginning of the Mount Woodson installation of the Red Mountain link
03 May 2002
CENIC connection installation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography GPS station
06 April 2002
Bud Hale and Jim Hale, with some help from UC San Diego's ACT, finished the installation for the Coronado Bridge demo atop Mount Soledad.
22 February 2002
Installation at a Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher location (Dan Cayan)
18 February 2002
HPWREN collaborates with SMER for a camera installation atop Mount Soledad.
24 January 2002
Installation of a performance measurement computer at Pala, installation of the 8' antenna at Red Mountain for the Toro Peak link, and connection of the Red Mountain to TDVNet Cluster 1 antenna
18 January 2002
Repair work at the Cluster 1 relay, upgrading firmware at the Pala
Fire Station, and installation work for the Toro Peak link on Red
Mountain
25 December 2001
Additional repair work (e.g., antenna alignment) on the Stephenson Peak installation
10 December and 12 December 2001
Installation and testing of wireless connectivity at Scripps Pier
03 December 2001
Installation of the 3+ megapixel camera at SMER
05 October 2001
An antenna is installed at the Cluster 1 Relay above Adams Road for the
Southern California Tribal Digital Village Network connection
to the San Pasqual Native American reservation.
14 August 2001
Three antennas were installed on the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) tower at Red Mountain, in anticipation of the connection to the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER). A four-foot antenna now points to SMER, an eight-foot antenna points to UC San Diego (via Mount Soledad), and a three-foot 2.4GHz antenna will connect to a relay on tribal land.
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July 2001
Tower installation work begins at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve.
13 July 2001
8-foot antenna installation on Mount Soledad for the Red Mountain link
22 May 2001
The HPWREN team takes a look at the La Jolla solar-powered relay on the way to Palomar Observatory and Cuyamaca Mountains for continued installation of the Palomar Observatory link.
16 April 2001
Installation at Mount Palomar Observatory begins!
17 April 2001
The HPWREN team installs a new weather station atop Mount Woodson.
09 March 2001
Beginning of the fiber installation at the Mount Laguna Observatory
22 February 2001
After a day of installation activities in collaboration with the Warner Unified School District, HPWREN researchers teach an HTML class at the Pala Learning Center.
20 February 2001
Rincon Native American reservation's installation continues.
15 February 2001
Rincon Native American reservation's installation begins!
03 January 2001
Additional work at Mount Woodson site and installation of 6' segment in preparation for the final link at the La Jolla Native American reservation relay site on Palomar Mountain
22 December 2000
Installation of the antenna for the La Jolla Native American reservation at Mount Woodson
18 December 2000
Solar panel array installation at La Jolla Native American reservation is complete and work on replacing radio box at Pala Mountain begins.
15 December 2000
Installation of Mount Woodson camera and Mount Laguna Observatory (MLO) radio configuration (Link between San Diego Supercomputer Center and MLO is up!!!)
14 December 2000
La Jolla Native American reservation installation continues.
12 December 2000
La Jolla Native American reservation installation and Pala Native American reservation's Learning Center Internet class via HPWREN
01 December 2000
Continuation of installation at Stephenson Peak (cabling, radios, etc)
28-30 November 2000
Mount Woodson high-speed backbone installation continues.
20 November 2000
Installation of Cuyamaca Mountains antennas pointing to Mount Woodson and Stephenson Peak
17 November 2000
Installation of San Diego Supercomputer Center eight-foot antenna, which points toward Mount Woodson microwave tower installations that serve as a relay to Cuyamaca Mountains
13 November 2000
Continuation of Backbone Installation at Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak
17 October 2000
Continuation of the Mount Laguna Observatory installation
16 October 2000
Visit to the San Diego California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Emergency Command Center and beginning of the installation at the San Diego State University's Mount Laguna Astronomy Observatory
10/11 October 2000
Solar panel test installation
22 August 2000
Lucent radio located at Ramona site and weather station installation
04 March 2000
Initial installation of OTC wireless gear (Ramona-Mount Woodson-San Diego Supercomputer Center)
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Maintenance, Service, and Upgrades
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01 May 2003
Palomar Observatory upgrades
19 April 2003
Mount Woodson work
11 March 2003
Mount Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains work
13 February 2003
Mount Laguna work
25 December 2002
Cuyamaca Mountains and Mount Laguna work
24 December 2002
Cuyamaca Mountains antenna to Mount Woodson with broken connector
22 December 2002
Cuyamaca Mountains radio replacement
29 November 2002
Maintenance at Mount Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains backbone nodes
21 November 2002
Mount Woodson and Red Mountain work
08 October 2002
HPWREN equipment at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and Mount Woodson to Red Mountain polarization change
28 September 2002
Mount Laguna sensors and broken hard disk on stat.hpwren.ucsd.edu (HPWREN disk used for data collection, located at the San Diego Supercomputer Center)
26 August 2002
Waveguide work atop Red Mountain
18 January 2002
Repair work at the TDVNet Cluster 1 relay, upgrading firmware at the Pala
Fire Station, and installation work for the Toro Peak link on Red
Mountain
25 December 2001
Additional repair work (e.g., antenna alignment) on the Stephenson Peak installation
24 December 2001
Another link (Cluster 1 atop Palomar Mountain) becomes unstable and is examined for problems. The team discovers that a replacement fuse holder is needed to stabilize the connection.
16 June 2001
Realignment of the Cuyamaca Mountains->Mount Woodson antenna (at Cuyamaca Mountains) due to an interference problem and investigation of a deployment site for the Hewlett Packard Tribal Digital Village Network (TDVNet) within the San Pasqual Native American reservation
08 May 2001
The HPWREN team removes radome from San Diego Supercomputer Center antenna in preparation for permanent facelift.
19 April 2001
Busy Day! HPWREN raises the Mount Woodson tower camera for a better view (a rattlesnake is discovered along the way!), the project is featured in a Nuts and Volts article, AND Hans-Werner welcomes two baby geese to his Ramona farm.
13 April 2001
HPWRENers archived full performance end-to-end connectivity after replacing a
radio at the Mount Laguna Observatory.
19 December 2000
Pala Mountain radio box replacement is complete.
18 December 2000
Solar panel array installation at La Jolla Native American reservation is complete and work on replacing radio box at Pala Mountain begins.
21 November 2000
Cleanup work at Cuyamaca Mountains as well as a visit to the Warner Springs Unified School District
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11 September 2003
Second Annual HPWREN Users Meeting (Palomar Observatory)
03 May 2002
CENIC connection installation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography GPS station
01 September 2001
The HPWREN team is interviewed by journalists from Transfert.com, a French magazine similar to Wired Magazine. Then, Hans-Werner Braun and Frank Vernon take a trip to Santa Rosa for a site visit regarding the deployment of HPWREN connectivity for earthquake sensors in the Anza Borrego Desert.
27 June 2001
The HPWREN team met with leaders and students from the Hewlett Packard Tribal Digital Village (TDV) Academy to discuss line-of-sight and potential installation locations for this summer's TDV efforts.
10 May 2001
The CENIC conference receives connectivity via Mount Soledad relay!
09 May 2001
After the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) antenna facelift is completed with the help of several SDSC staff members, the HPWREN team works with UC San Diego's Telecommunications for wireless connectivity at CENIC. The CENIC conference connection provides a temporary two-day link from San Diego Supercomputer Center to Mount Soledad to Paradise Point, which is the location of this year's conference.
31 January 2001
Discussions with San Diego's CalTrans group about potential collaborations
29 January 2001
HPWREN is discussing collaboration opportunities with the City of San Diego. Possibilities include connectivity for two remote reservoirs that provide citizens with drinking water and firefighters (helicopters) with water for extinguishing wildfires.
23 January 2001
The Palomar Observatory is also collaborating with HPWREN to provide researchers with high-speed Internet connectivity.
22 January 2001
HPWREN collaborators include the California Department of Forestry.
10 January 2001
Frank Vernon explains his seismic research and the benefits affiliated with HPWREN.
09 October 2000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography deployment meeting
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21 May 2003
SMER Tower property
12 May 2003
Coronado Bridge site survey
13 March 2003
Work at Pine Cove
06 March 2003
Fish Creek site survey
30 January 2003
Pine Cove site visit
19 November 2002
R/V Roger Revelle site visit
10 October 2002
Pine Cove site survey and Garner Valley Downhole (seismic) Array
08 October 2002
San Clemente Island installation equipment as well as Red Mountain and Lyons Peak site visits
03 September 2002
Mount Laguna sensor site survey and TDVNet-related Mount Laguna Observatory visit
22 August 2002
Site visit to Mount Laguna for sensor preparation as well as results from the nearby Pines Fire
21 August 2002
Survey of High Point
15 August 2002
Survey of San Clemente Island
25 July 2002
Agave Hill site visit for Boyd Deep Canyon connection
02 July 2002
Camp Elliot site survey for NEES site
29 June 2002
Mount Laguna Observatory site visit and removal of the last remaining piece from Stephenson Peak
27 June 2002
Camera shake test, Sheriff demonstration, and FLIP site survey
30 April 2002
Mount Woodson site survey for revised Red Mountain link
03 April 2002
Survey of a Forest Service airplane, which includes multiple on-board cameras
20 March 2002
The HPWREN team surveys an San Diego State University research airplane for an upcoming high performance in-flight data communication demonstration.
07 March 2002
Site visit of the Coronado bridge to survey opportunities to connect
telemetry instruments
25 January 2002
Thanks to San Diego Supercomputer Center pilot Sid Karin, several aerial photographs of HPWREN sites were taken (including images of Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve and Mount Laguna Observatory).
21 January 2002
The HPWREN team examines the charge controllers on TDVNet Cluster 1 relay. A deployment site for an earthquake sensor was also examined. The antennas atop Cuyamaca Mountains were also examined, as they are the same brand that collapsed on Stephenson Peak.
15 January 2002
Scoping out Mount Laguna as a relay site
02 November 2001
TDVNet conducts a site survey at Santa Ysabel, with a bit of assistance from HPWREN.
19 October 2001
The HPWREN team surveys Toro Peak.
07 September 2001
The HPWREN team takes a site visit to the UC Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, located near Palm Desert - as well as four seismic sites (Pinyon Flats, Ford, Lost Valley, and Mount Laguna).
01 September 2001
The HPWREN team is interviewed by journalists from Transfert.com, a French magazine similar to Wired Magazine. Then, Hans-Werner Braun and Frank Vernon take a trip to Santa Rosa for a site visit regarding the deployment of HPWREN connectivity for earthquake sensors in the Anza Borrego Desert.
03 July 2001
A site survey (tower, vault, etc) is conducted at Red Mountain upon delivery of the 8-foot antenna. This is the final step before installing the antenna, which will provide a high speed connection for the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve.
16 June 2001
Realignment of the Cuyamaca Mountains->Mount Woodson antenna (at Cuyamaca Mountains) due to an interference problem and investigation of a deployment site for the Hewlett Packard Tribal Digital Village Network (TDVNet) within the San Pasqual Native American reservation
06 June 2001
The HPWREN team works on the Pala Mountain relay, where a power supply was damaged by a water leak in the box.
11 February 2001
Relay site is scouted out on Iron Mountain in preparation for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) Dos Picos incident base demo.
21 November 2000
Cleanup work at Cuyamaca Mountains as well as a visit to the Warner Springs Unified School District
24 October 2000
Boucher Hill (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), lookout tower (US Forest Service), and High Point (USFS) visits
16 October 2000
Visit to the San Diego California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) Emergency Command Center and beginning of the installation at the San Diego State University's Mount Laguna Astronomy Observatory
15 October 2000
Another Boucher Hill visit
13 October 2000
Visit to Lookout Point in the Los Coyotes Native American reservation
09 October 2000
Birch Hill (Palomar Mountain) site visit
15 September 2000
Pala Native American reservation site visit
14 September 2000
Site visits to Mount Woodson, Cuyamaca Mountains, Stephenson Peak, and Mount Laguna Observatory
22 August 2000
Site visits to Anza Borrego Desert and seismic sensor locations
22 August 2000
Cuyamaca Mountains site visit
02 May 2000
Cuyamaca Peak site visit
29 April 2000
Site visits to Boucher Hill and Palomar Observatory
30 March 2000
Site visits to Mount Laguna Observatory, Mount Laguna, and seismic sensor locations
03 February 2000
Mount Woodson site survey
21 January 2000
Site survey of the San Diego Supercomputer Center
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