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HPWREN Photo Gallery: Technology and Equipment

This section of the HPWREN Photo Gallery features technology and equipment utilized by the research team.


Our photo gallery is also sorted by date, activities, and sites.

  Backbone Nodes

31 May 2003
More Mount Soledad work

29 May 2003
Radio and 10-foot antenna installation on Mount Soledad

16 May 2003
Continued Mount Soledad fiber and antenna work

09 May 2003
Trench digging at Mount Soledad - to bury a multi-strand fiber cable that will allow for multiple fiber connections between the HPWREN equipment location and the nearby tower.

06 May 2003
Installation of the first HPWREN licensed link!

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

18 December 2002
San Diego State University antenna installation

16 December 2002
Antenna assembly at San Diego State University

08 December 2002
Two antennas are delivered for the San Diego State University installation, another for the Mount Laguna <-> Lyons Peak link, and one more for storage.

04 December 2002
Mount Soledad work on San Diego State University antenna

29 November 2002
Maintenance at Mount Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains backbone nodes

11 October 2002
TDVNet link installation at Mount Laguna Observatory

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)

06 September 2002
San Diego State University/UC San Diego sensor installation begins atop the Laguna Mountains.

Mount Laguna Survey 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
27 June 2002
Stephenson Peak to Mount Laguna transition continues.

19 June 2002
Stephenson Peak -> Mount Laguna transition and Mount Laguna Fire

29 May 2002
Installation atop Mount Laguna continues.

27 May 2002
Installation atop Mount Laguna begins.

20 April 2002
Two HPWREN links will soon be moved from Stephenson Peak to Mount Laguna.

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 Cluster 1 antenna

January 21 2002 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.

25 December 2001
Additional repair work (e.g., antenna alignment) on the Stephenson Peak installation

22 December 2001
The Cuyamaca Mountains and Stephenson Peak antennas are examined after the link becomes unstable. It is discovered that the Stephenson Peak antenna was disintegrating.

24 August 2001
The Mount Soledad antenna is mounted in preparation for the UC San Diego to Red Mountain link!

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.

13 August 2001
The HPWREN team prepares for the installation of a six-foot antenna atop Mount Soledad. The antenna, which will connect Mount Soledad to UC San Diego, serves as one leg of the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve connectivity.

20 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

06 July 2001
The 8-foot Mount Soledad antenna is delivered to the UC San Diego's Telecommunications site, which is located outside of a Scripps Institution of Oceanography building. The antenna will provide connectivity from Mount Soledad to Red Mountain.

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.

Cuyamaca Mountains Tower 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 program within the San Pasqual Native American reservation

19 May 2001
Continued tower work at Cuyamaca Mountains for the Palomar Observatory connection

12 May 2001
Tower work at Cuyamaca Mountains for the Palomar Observatory connection

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 SDSC to Mount Soledad to Paradise Point, which is the location of this year's conference.

08 May 2001
The HPWREN team removes radome from San Diego Supercomputer Center antenna in preparation for permanent facelift.

Mount Woodson Tower 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.

30 January 2001
The HPWREN antenna atop San Diego Supercomputer Center adds a little "red" for the quickly approaching Valentine's Day.

03 January 2001
Additional work at Mount Woodson site and installation of 6' segment in preparation for the final link at the La Jolla relay site on Palomar Mountain

22 December 2000
Installation of the antenna for the La Jolla Native American reservation at Mount Woodson

16 December 2000
The HPWREN antenna atop San Diego Supercomputer Center dons a Rudolph nose for the holiday season.

28-30 November 2000
Mount Woodson high-speed backbone installation continues.

27 November 2000
Preparation of the two eight-foot antennas for Mount Woodson commenced.

22 November 2000
The San Diego Supercomputer Center antenna provides the center with a real face-lift.

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

Backbone Installation 13 November 2000
Continuation of Backbone Installation at Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak

09 November 2000
Deployment of the Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak backbone begins.

27 September 2000
Equipment for the high performance backbone starts to arrive at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

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 Batteries

San Pasqual Relay 24 October 2001
Shown here is the San Pasqual relay with a car jumper cable, and a couple of additional Cluster 1 photographs.

08 October 2001
The Southern California Tribal Digital Village Network's San Pasqual connection to HPWREN begins to work, with the additional relay at the San Pasqual water tower powered by a car battery.

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 Cabling

26 August 2002
Waveguide work atop Red Mountain

01 December 2000
Continuation of installation at Stephenson Peak (cabling, radios, etc)

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 Cameras

11 January 2003
Adding an IQEYE camera to the solar powered Wi-LAN relay

10 January 2003
Pablo's new mobile communication/camera module

29 November 2002
Maintenance at Mount Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains backbone nodes

27 June 2002
Camera shake test, Sheriff demonstration, and FLIP site survey

03 April 2002
Survey of a Forest Service airplane, which includes multiple on-board cameras

18 February 2002
HPWREN collaborates with SMER for a camera installation atop Mount Soledad.

20 December 2001
The HPWREN team investigates the feasibility of high-powered infrared illuminators for night photo observations of animals in an ecological reserve.

3+ Megapixel Camera 03 December 2001
Installation of the 3+ megapixel camera at SMER

16 November 2001
HPWREN teams with Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) for instrumentation work at the reserve - including wireless connectivity, video camera implementation, and the deployment of a weather sensor.

22 May 2001
These images related to Mount Woodson repair work also feature the web accessible steerable camera.

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.

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!!!)

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 Equipment Failures

11 March 2003
Mount Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains 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

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)

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.

Stephenson Peak Antenna 22 December 2001
The Cuyamaca Mountains and Stephenson Peak antennas are examined after the link becomes unstable. It is discovered that the Stephenson Peak antenna was disintegrating.

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.

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 Fiber

16 May 2003
Continued Mount Soledad fiber and antenna work

09 May 2003
Trench digging at Mount Soledad - to bury a multi-strand fiber cable that will allow for multiple fiber connections between the HPWREN equipment location and the nearby tower.

13 April 2001
HPWRENers archived full performance end-to-end connectivity after replacing a radio at the Mount Laguna Observatory.

09 March 2001
Beginning of the fiber installation at the Mount Laguna Observatory

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 Firmware

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

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 Measurement Machines

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)

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

12 January 2002
HPWREN's new supercomputer!

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 Mobile Nodes

19 July 2003
Coyote Fire operations camp

17 July 2003
Coyote Fire operations camp connection installation

07 August 2002
Sky Arrow Communications Test 2

01 August 2002
Sky Arrow package

13 June 2002
Planar array antenna tests

Reflector 12 June 2002
The HPWREN team tests passive reflectors and antennas planned to be used for an aircraft demonstration.

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

Sky Arrow 20 March 2002
The HPWREN team surveys an San Diego State University research airplane for an upcoming high performance in-flight data communication demonstration.

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 SDSC to Mount Soledad to Paradise Point, which is the location of this year's conference.

20 October 2000
Continuation of putting a solar array system together, to be deployed at La Jolla Native American reservation, and a researcher with a tripod-mounted antenna with a working connection to a mountaintop

27 September 2000
Field researcher with an antenna on a tripod opportunity

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 Power Supply

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.

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 Radios

29 May 2003
Radio and 10-foot antenna installation on Mount Soledad

29 April 2003
Ramona, SDSC, Mount Woodson, and licensed radio tests

22 December 2002
Cuyamaca Mountains radio replacement

14 December 2002
Interwave radio installation at Red Mountain

23 August 2002
Long Distance WiLAN radio test

11 July 2002
Canopy radios

09 April 2002
Sky Arrow radio test flight in Ramona

13 April 2001
HPWRENers archived full performance end-to-end connectivity after replacing a radio at the Mount Laguna Observatory.

Radio Box 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.

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!!!)

01 December 2000
Continuation of installation at Stephenson Peak (cabling, radios, etc)

23 November 2000
The high-speed radios located at Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak were subsequently configured.

02 October 2000
Lucent radio images and La Jolla Native American reservation

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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 Relays

11 October 2002
TDVNet link installation at Mount Laguna Observatory

09 March 2002
HPWREN works with TDVNet on additional connectivity at Cluster 1, and visits a prototype relay built by TDVNet staff at Pala.

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 Cluster 1 antenna

January 21 2002 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.

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

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.

24 October 2001
Shown here is the San Pasqual relay with a car jumper cable, and a couple of additional Cluster 1 photographs.

15 October 2001
Additional work involving TDVNet staff at the Cluster 1 relay

09 October 2001
Maintenance at the La Jolla relay, upgrading the router memory at the Mount Palomar Observatory, and a visit to the San Pasqual Native American reservation's learning center to help with computer configurations

08 October 2001
The Southern California Tribal Digital Village Network's San Pasqual connection to HPWREN begins to work, with the additional relay at the San Pasqual water tower powered by a car battery.

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.

Antenna at Red Mountain 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.

Pala Mountain Relay 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.

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.

10 May 2001
The CENIC conference receives connectivity via Mount Soledad relay!

12 January 2001
La Jolla relay site on Palomar Mountain withstands snow and ice.

20 October 2000
Continuation of putting a solar array system together, to be deployed at La Jolla Native American reservation, and a researcher with a tripod-mounted antenna with a working connection to a mountaintop

23 December 2000
Additional work at the La Jolla relay site on Palomar Mountain

19 December 2000
Pala Mountain radio box replacement is complete.

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 Routers and Switches

Switches and...Routers 09 October 2001
Maintenance at the La Jolla Relay, upgrading the router memory at the Mount Palomar Observatory, and a visit to the San Pasqual Native American reservation's learning center to help with computer configurations.

09 January 2001
Continuation of the router/switch integration at Cuyamaca Mountains, Stephenson Peak, and the Mount Laguna Observatory

08 January 2001
Integrating IP routers and switches at Mount Woodson and Cuyamaca Mountains into the 45Mbps HPWREN backbone network

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 Sensors

16 October 2002
San Clemente Island wireless connection as well as episensor and weather station installation

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)

10 September 2002
Mount Laguna sensor installation continues

06 September 2002
Mount Laguna San Diego State University/UC San Diego sensor installation begins.

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 July 2002
Seismic sensor installation at Cuyamaca Mountains

Earthquake Sensor 03 July 2002
Earthquake sensor installation in Ramona and Camp Elliot connectivity test

15 May 2002
Coronado Bridge telemetry and sensor instrumentation demonstration

07 March 2002
Site visit of the Coronado bridge to survey opportunities to connect telemetry instruments

09 February 2002
An earthquake sensor is deployed at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve - in true spirit of collaboration between the Scripps Institution of Oceanography ANZA seismic network, the San Diego State University Field Stations Program, and HPWREN.

21 January 2002
The HPWREN team examines the charge controllers on C1 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.

13 January 2002
An abandoned UC San Diego strain measurement instrument at Camp Elliot

20 December 2001
The HPWREN team investigates the feasibility of high-powered infrared illuminators for night photo observations of animals in an ecological reserve.

16 November 2001
HPWREN teams with Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) for instrumentation work at the reserve - including wireless connectivity, video camera implementation, and the deployment of a weather sensor.

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.

Weather Station Installation 17 April 2001
The HPWREN team installs a new weather station atop Mount Woodson.

22 August 2000
Lucent radio located at Ramona site and weather station installation

22 August 2000
Site visits to Anza Borrego Desert and seismic sensor locations

30 March 2000
Site visits to Mount Laguna Observatory, Mount Laguna, and seismic sensor locations

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 Solar Arrays

11 January 2003
Adding an IQEYE camera to the solar-powered Wi-LAN relay

17 December 2002
WiLAN solar-powered relay test installation

January 21 2002 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.

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.

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.

30 November 2000
Site is determined for solar panel array to be deployed at La Jolla Native American reservation.

28 October 2000
Solar powered node is ready for deployment.

Solar Array 22 October 2000
Continuation of putting a solar array system together

20 October 2000
Continuation of putting a solar array system together, to be deployed at La Jolla Native American reservation, and a researcher with a tripod-mounted antenna with a working connection to a mountaintop

19 October 2000
Continuation of putting a solar array system together

10/11 October 2000
Solar panel test installation

For more information about the HPWREN solar-powered stations, please refer to http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/solar.html.

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 Weather Stations

11 April 2003
Solinst solar bucket and 360 degree lens

21 March 2003
Mount Laguna mechanical anemometer

07 March 2003
Santa Rosa weather station

16 October 2002
San Clemente Island wireless connection as well as episensor and weather station installation

17 April 2001
The HPWREN team installs a new weather station atop Mount Woodson.

22 August 2000
Lucent radio located at Ramona site and weather station installation

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 Video Conferencing

25 July 2001
The HPWREN team participates in a video teleconference demonstration with the UC San Diego's Preuss School.

19 June 2001
A Washington-based NBC television station recently featured the HPWREN project via video atop Mount Laguna Observatory. The news clip is on the web.

Video Teleconference

31 May 2001
HPWREN tests video teleconferencing capabilities between the Mount Laguna Observatory and NSF in Washington, DC.


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