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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The Broadband Hamnet workshop that was held in Manassas this afternoon was worth the journey. Several folks got their WRT54G routers flashed with the latest Hamnet software and we got to see what would occur when more than 20 routers were occupying channel 1. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One individual had two video cameras attached to his router streaming video. One of his streams was from a camera attached to a Raspberry Pi, the other was from what appeared to be a Logitech Pan / Tilt camera. The video looked good but the latency was pretty bad when all of the routers started to occupy the channel. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There was also a VOIP phone system set up with one handset per table. The audio latency was quite evident when you heard what the person you could see a half second after he said it. This was caused by the number of routers occupying channel 1.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>KE4N was using a pair of Raspberry Pi’s in place of the WRT54G router to join the network of routers. If you are interested in trying a little of the Broadband Hamnet on your Raspberry Pi the software can be found at;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://github.com/urlgrey/hsmm-pi">https://github.com/urlgrey/hsmm-pi</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clarence Meese, KC4NM, organized today’s workshop and will be organizing another one at some point in the future. Maybe Terry, WA5NTI, will be kind enough to let us know when the next gathering will be.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N4TS<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>