Asterisks (**) denote HPWREN feature photo exhibits.
9 February 2012
Palomar Observatory to Cal Fire Warner Springs installation
19 August 2011
Link to Boucher Hill, plus Rincon and Valley Center CalFire stations
8 February 2011
NPS/NLC demo event at the Cabrillo National Monument
18 September 2010
HACU Saturday
3 September 2010
Jim Hale's Potrero photos (Cowboy Fire ICP deployment)
12 July 2010
10 foot tarp replacement
20 March 2010
Jim Hale and Pablo Bryant: SDSU Science Day
16 February 2010
Link repair in the Cuyamaca Mountains
25 August 2009
August 25, 2009 Cabrillo National Monument NPS Founders Day event
10 July 2009
CNM Z1 and 3 batteries, Z3 met and PBO
11 June 2009
Kelly Lion's Mesa Grande photos
11 June 2009
Mesa Grande met station and cameras installation
26 April 2009
David Rabinowitz' and Jim Hale's Chile photos
30 March 2009
SMER water test
18 March 2009
Monika's CABR photos -- ROV and water sensor
24 February 2009
Susan Teel's Scripps Pier and Midway photos
24 February 2009
Scripps Pier
20 January 2009
New Pala Learning Center connection
16 January 2009
Cuyamaca mountains ice shield installations
15 November 2008
Kelp forest, under water
12 November 2008
CNM underwater tidepool tests
14 October 2008
SDSC new building dedication
13 October 2008
Cabrillo National Monument kelp forest communications test
2 October 2008
Palomar Observatory 48" maintenance
14 September 2008
Ramona AAB CL-415 Superscoopers
7 August 2008
Jim Hale provided photos of the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center LIVE
session with the NPS Cabrillo National Monument
7 August 2008
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center LIVE session with the NPS Cabrillo
National Monument
22 July 2008
Lyons repair trip
4 June 2008
Jim Hale's SAMO Bioblitz photos
28 May 2008
Installation of a wireless link to a firestation
10 April 2008
Palomar Observatory photos
6 February 2008
Palomar Observatory OC3 installation
14 November 2007
Ramona AAB Sky Crane
6 November 2007
Jim Hale's 2007 HPWREN Users Meeting photos
15 October 2007
Antenna deployment by helicopter
25 September 2007
LP flight
10 August 2007
Palomar Observatory visit
9 August 2007
SMER with Pablo and Jean Kumagai
6 August 2007
Tower rescue practice
11 June 2007
Cabrillo National Monument Zone 1 installation
1 June 2007
Cabrillo National Monument Zone 3 installation
30 May 2007
2007 Wildland Fire Drill, Day 2
29 May 2007
Interagency Wildland Fire Drill at Barona, Ron Serabia photos
29 May 2007
Interagency Wildland Fire Drill at Barona
4 May 2007
Cabrillo National Monument installation
2 May 2007
Point Loma and Cabrillo National Monument
14 March 2007
2007 High Tech Fair at the Del Mar fairgrounds
National Park Service LIVE demos with SMER and HPWREN
7 March 2007
3C event
14-19 February 2007
AAAS 2007 NSF exhibit
24 January 2007
Maintenance trip to an HPWREN backbone site
15 December 2006
Cabrillo National Monument distance education test
3 November 2006
2006 Annual HPWREN Users Workshop at CDF's Ramona Air Base
27 October 2006
ROV test in pool
31 August 2006
SMER with journalists
28 August 2006
Mt. Laguna Observatory
5 August 2006
SMER and Palomar Observatory
24 July 2006
Horse Fire Deployment
29 June 2006
Lyons HPWREN backbone site repair via Sheriff's helicopter
23-25 June 2006
Ramona Air Show June 2006
17 May 2006
Jim Davidson's Dos Picos Wildland Fire Drill photos
17 May 2006
Dos Picos Wildland Fire Drill VTC tests
16 May 2006
Dos Picos Wildland Fire Drill helicopters
15 May 2006
Dos Picos Wildland Fire exercise
12 May 2006
Tower climbing rescue class at UCSD Structural Engineering
8 May 2006
California Wolf Center distance education test via skype2
24 March 2006
Cabrillo National Monument
13 March 2006
Cabrillo National Monument at Point Loma
9 March 2006
Fallbrook area work
12 December 2005
California Wolf Center distance education demo
13 November 2005
SDSC, MS, SDSU 11GHz frequency verifications
11 November 2005
CWC Distance Education demo
26 October 2005
TDVnet site visit at La Posta and Ewiiaapaayp
21 October 2005
Pine Cove
13 October 2005
California Wolf Center
6 October 2005
Border 50 Fire deployment
7 September 2005
Volcan Fire deployment
9 August 2005
SDSU 11GHz antenna installation
2 August 2005
SDSU 11GHz link preparations
16 July 2005
Adams Road TDVnet relay and Mesa Grande
13 July 2005
SDSU 11GHz licensed links installation -- Part 1
7 July 2005
Wolf puppies at the California Wolf Center
7 June 2005
Mesa Grande installation with TDVnet
28 May 2005
Mark VanScoy's pictures of a new fire sensor at SMER
24 May 2005
Lake Hodges fire exercise, second day
23 May 2005
Lake Hodges fire exercise
13 May 2005
Hummingbird outside of "HPWREN HQ"
9 May 2005
Jim Hale's photos about a licensed link antenna mounted on SDSC west wing
8 May 2005
Jim Davidson's photos about adding another solar panel at Dos Picos
6 May 2005
Rattlesnake at SMER, photos by Pablo Bryant
7 April 2005
NEES facility at Camp Elliot
22 March 2005
Finishing the Palomar Observatory licensed link installation
21 March 2005
Installation of a new licensed link at the Palomar Observatory
3 March 2005
Related to Mt. Laguna sonic anemometer installation
1 March 2005
Mt. Laguna sonic anemometer installation
15 February 2005
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve equipment air drop
8 February 2005
Palomar Observatory licensed link antenna/equipment assembly
3 February 2005
Ramona Airport GPS station
29 January 2005
Palomar Observatory
13 January 2005
Mt. Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains
30 December 2004
Various weather related repair activities
18 December 2004
Dos Picos camera installation
12 December 2004
Dos Picos
11 December 2004
Dos Picos relay installation
15 October 2004
Finishing the California Wolf Center fiber installation
12 September 2004
Palomar Observatory, Mt. Laguna, Dos Picos
27 August 2004
La Cima CDF camp re-installation
23 August 2004
Finishing the Lyons Peak met sensors and cameras installation
19 August 2004
Garner Valley Downhole Array Dog and Pony Show
18 August 2004
Lyons Peak met stations and cameras installation
12 August 2004
Met station sensors and Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
5 August 2004
PBO sensor and Fallbrook
31 July 2004
Superstition Mountain and Vallecito Park connections from Mt. Laguna
26 July 2004
Camp sites and Lyons
20 July 2004
ML-SUP antenna and ice shield inspection
14 July 2004
Mataguay Fire incident
18 May 2004
Pinyon Flats visit
17 May 2004
Mt. Laguna and La Cima work
4 May 2004
Pablo Bryant's Eagle Fire pictures
4 May 2004
Eagle Fire HPWREN communications installation
3 May 2004
Eagle Fire
22 April 2004
Power generator and Palomar Observatory visit
6 April 2004
Red Mountain camera
16 March 2004
Lyons camera install
10 March 2004
Mt. Woodson, Cuyamaca mountains, La Cima, California Wolf Center, Mt.
Woodson
5 March 2004
Mt. Woodson antenna aiming
4 March 2004
Cuyamaca Mountains licensed link installation
1 March 2004
Mt. Woodson licensed link installation
29 February 2004
Post-Cedar-fire new growth above Dos Picos
13 February 2004
Sky Arrow flight over SDSU's Sky Oaks Ecological Reserve
7 January 2004
California Wolf Center installation
6 January 2004
Toro Peak UPS repair via helicopter
28 December 2003
La Cima CDF camp camera installation
23 December 2003
CDF La Cima installation
21 December 2003
Above Dos Picos
9 December 2003
FCC Chairman's visit to TDVnet
5 December 2003
Palomar Observatory
26 November 2003
Cuyamaca Mountains
12 November 2003
SMER/NEON dog and pony show
26 October 2003
Big Ramona fire
23 October 2003
Garner Valley Downhole Array relay
14 October 2003
James Reserve and GVDA relay
3 October 2003
http://archive.hpwren.ucsd.edu/Photos/20031003/
25 September 2003
Bronco and S2 photos
18 September 2003
Lyons Peak and SDSU
11 September 2003
Second Annual HPWREN Users Meeting (Palomar Observatory)
29 August 2003
IQeye3 installation at Ramona CDF air base
18 August 2003
Mount Laguna antenna installation
19 July 2003
Coyote Fire operations camp
17 July 2003
Coyote Fire operations camp connection 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
21 May 2003
SMER Tower property
16 May 2003
Continued Mount Soledad fiber and antenna work
12 May 2003
Coronado Bridge site survey
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!
**01 May 2003
Palomar Observatory upgrades
**29 April 2003
Ramona, SDSC, Mt. Woodson, and licensed radio tests
**19 April 2003
Mount Woodson work
18 April 2003
Anza-Borrego State Park demo
**11 April 2003
Solinst solar bucket and 360 degree lens
25 March 2003
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
22 March 2003
Anza-Borrego Desert remote interactive presentation for a National Teacher's Training Institute meeting
21 March 2003
Mount Laguna mechanical anemometer
21 March 2003
Anza-Borrego (Fish Creek) trial installation
20 March 2003
Anza-Borrego demo preparations
13 March 2003
Work at Pine Cove
11 March 2003
Mount Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains work
09 March 2003
Fish Creek antenna pre-assembled
07 March 2003
Santa Rosa weather station
06 March 2003
Fish Creek site survey
13 February 2003
Mount Laguna work
11 February 2003
Santa Rosa installation
30 January 2003
Pine Cove site visit
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
11 January 2003
Adding an IQEYE camera to the solar powered Wi-LAN relay
10 January 2003
Pablo's new mobile communication/camera module
09 January 2003
Additional work at the San Diego State University tower
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
17 December 2002
WiLAN solar-powered relay test 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
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
22 November 2002
Mount Soledad to San Diego State University test installation
21 November 2002
Mount Woodson and Red Mountain work
20 November 2002
Pine Cove test installation
19 November 2002
R/V Roger Revelle site visit
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
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 October 2002
Pine Cove site survey and Garner Valley Downhole (seismic) Array
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.
08 October 2002
San Clemente Island installation equipment as well as Red Mountain and Lyons Peak site visits
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)
10 September 2002
Mount Laguna sensor installation continues
06 September 2002
Mount Laguna San Diego State University/UC San Diego sensor installation begins.
05 September 2002
Imperial Beach CODAR work
03 September 2002
Mount Laguna sensor site survey and TDVNet-related Mount Laguna Observatory visit
26 August 2002
Waveguide work atop Red Mountain
23 August 2002
Long Distance WiLAN radio test
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
09 August 2002
Pines Fire results
07 August 2002
Sky Arrow Communications Test 2
01 August 2002
Sky Arrow package
25 July 2002
Agave Hill site visit for Boyd Deep Canyon connection
21 July 2002
Seismic sensor installation at Cuyamaca Mountains
19 July 2002
Camp Elliot installation
12 July 2002
Toro Peak is operational!
11 July 2002
Canopy radios
09 July 2002
Feasibility check for Red Mountain California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) station link
07 July 2002
Frank Vernon install and Toro Peak work
03 July 2002
Earthquake sensor installation in Ramona and Camp Elliot connectivity test
02 July 2002
Camp Elliot site survey for NEES site
01 July 2002
Installation of the Mount Laguna link equipment for Toro Peak
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
27 June 2002
Stephenson Peak to Mount Laguna transition continues.
19 June 2002
Stephenson Peak -> Mount Laguna transition and Mount Laguna Fire
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.
29 May 2002
Installation atop Mount Laguna continues.
27 May 2002
Installation atop Mount Laguna begins.
18 May 2002
HPWREN Users Workshop at Mount Laguna Observatory
15 May 2002
Coronado Bridge telemetry and sensor instrumentation demonstration
10 May 2002
Continuation of the Mount Woodson to Red Mountain link installation
09 May 2002
Coronado Bridge communications test at UC San Diego
08 May 2002
Beginning of the Mount Woodson installation of the Red Mountain link
06 May 2002
UC San Diego's Jacob's School of Engineering Powell Laboratory and San Diego Union Tribune article regarding HPWREN
03 May 2002
CENIC connection installation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography GPS station
30 April 2002
Mount Woodson site survey for revised Red Mountain link
21 April 2002
Mimulus in Ramona
20 April 2002
Two HPWREN links will soon be moved from Stephenson Peak to Mount Laguna.
15 April 2002
Coronado Bridge wireless connectivity test
12 April 2002
Finalizing the initial TDVNet Cluster 2 connectivity
09 April 2002
Sky Arrow radio test flight in Ramona
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.
03 April 2002
Survey of a Forest Service airplane, which includes multiple on-board cameras
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 a San Diego State University research airplane for an upcoming high performance in-flight data communication demonstration.
09 March 2002
HPWREN works with TDVNet on additional connectivity at Cluster 1, and visits a prototype relay built by TDVnet staff at Pala.
07 March 2002
Site visit of the Coronado bridge to survey opportunities to connect
telemetry instruments
22 February 2002
Installation at a Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher location (Dan Cayan)
18 February 2002
HPWREN collaborates with Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve for a camera installation atop Mount Soledad.
12 February 2002
Additional work continued at Mount Woodson, Mount Soledad, and TDVNet Cluster 1 as well as a Red Mountain site visit with TDVNet staff.
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's Field Stations Program, and HPWREN.
04 February 2002
Wireless tests aboard US Navy ship includes exploration of US Navy/Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sea Lab II, a 1965 undersea habitat.
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).
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
**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
15 January 2002
Scoping out Mount Laguna as a relay site
13 January 2002
An abandoned UC San Diego strain measurement instrument at Camp Elliot
12 January 2002
HPWREN's new supercomputer!
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.
**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.
20 December 2001
The HPWREN team investigates the feasibility of high-powered infrared illuminators for night photo observations of animals in an ecological reserve.
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 Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
16 November 2001
HPWREN teams with Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve for instrumentation work at the reserve - including wireless connectivity, video camera implementation, and the deployment of a weather sensor.
02 November 2001
TDVNet conducts a site survey at Santa Ysabel, with a bit of assistance from HPWREN.
24 October 2001
Shown here is the San Pasqual relay with a car jumper cable, and a couple of additional Cluster 1 photographs.
19 October 2001
The HPWREN team surveys Toro Peak.
15 October 2001
Additional work involving TDVNet staff at the Cluster 1 relay
09 October 2001
Maintainance at the La Jolla Native American reservation relay site, 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.
20 September 2001
The link between Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve to Red Mountain to Mount Soledad to UC San Diego (San Diego Supercomputer Center) is in place!
18 September 2001
More work takes place atop Red Mountain in preparation for the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve connection. (Additional photos include the Pala Fire Station and Learning Center.)
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.
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.
24 August 2001
The Mount Soledad antenna is mounted in preparation for the UC San Diego (San Diego Supercomputer Center) to Red Mountain link!
23 August 2001
The HPWREN team prepares for a crisis management demonstration that will link UC San Diego (San Diego Supercomputer Center) to the California National Guard Armory via a hospital in Kearny Mesa area.
14 August 2001
Three antennas were installed on the 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 (San Diego Supercomputer Center) 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.
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.
20 July 2001
Tower installation work begins at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve.
16 July 2001
Additional work on finishing the Palomar Observatory link at the Cuyamaca Mountains site
13 July 2001
8-foot antenna installation on Mount Soledad for the Red Mountain link
10 July 2001
A bit of finish work is conducted at the Palomar Observatory.
06 July 2001
Palomar Observatory receives connectivity!
06 July 2001
The 8-foot Mount Soledad antenna is delivered to the UC San Diego 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
31 May 2001
HPWREN tests video teleconferencing capabilities between the Mount Laguna Observatory and NSF in Washington, DC.
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.
22 May 2001
These images related to Mount Woodson repair work also feature the web accessible
steerable camera.
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
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.
08 May 2001
The HPWREN team removes radome from San Diego Supercomputer Center antenna in preparation for permanent facelift.
05 May 2001
The wireless demonstration at Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve included four field stations.
24 April 2001
Preparation for a May 5 demonstration at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
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.
16 April 2001
Installation at Mount Palomar Observatory begins!
17 April 2001
The HPWREN team installs a new weather station atop Mount Woodson.
13 April 2001
HPWRENers archived full performance end-to-end connectivity after replacing a
radio at the Mount Laguna Observatory.
03 April 2001
HPWREN connects the Visitor Center at the Mount Laguna Observatory.
31 March 2001
Successful connection to the 40" telescope control room at San Diego State University's Mount Laguna Observatory
09 March 2001
Beginning of the fiber installation at the Mount Laguna Observatory
03 March 2001
Rincon connectivity is established!
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.
16 February 2001
Pablo Bryant of the SDSU field stations is investigating a Palomar Mountain location on Birch Hill for a possible connection to the Sky Oaks field stations.
15 February 2001
Rincon Native American reservation's installation begins!
14 February 2001
Winter Wonderland at Mount Laguna Observatory
13 February 2001
Demonstration with the California Department of Forestry (CDF) presents capabilities for incident bases as well as rapid deployment into incident areas themselves.
11 February 2001
A 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.
09 February 2001
Preparation for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) Dos Picos incident base demo
31 January 2001
Discussions with San Diego's CalTrans group about potential collaborations
30 January 2001
The HPWREN antenna atop San Diego Supercomputer Center adds a little "red" for the quickly approaching Valentine's Day.
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 and Fire Protection (CDF).
12 January 2001
La Jolla relay site on Palomar Mountain withstands snow and ice.
10 January 2001
Frank Vernon explains his seismic research and the benefits affiliated with HPWREN.
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
04 January 2001
La Jolla Native American reservation learning center receives connectivity!
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.
23 December 2000
Additional work 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
21 December 2000
More work at Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak
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.
16 December 2000
The HPWREN antenna atop the San Diego Supercomputer Center dons a Rudolph nose for the holiday season.
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)
30 November 2000
Site is determined for a solar panel array to be deployed at La Jolla Native American reservation.
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.
23 November 2000
The high-speed radios located at Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak were subsequently configured.
22 November 2000
The San Diego Supercomputer Center antenna provides the center with a real face-lift.
21 November 2000
Cleanup work at Cuyamaca Mountains as well as a visit to the Warner Springs Unified School District
20 November 2000
Installation of Cuyamaca Mountains antennas pointing to Mount Woodson and Stephenson Peak.
17 November 2000
Installation of San Diego Supercomputer Center's 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
09 November 2000
Deployment of the Mount Laguna Observatory and Stephenson Peak backbone begins.
28 October 2000
Solar powered node is ready for deployment.
24 October 2000
Boucher Hill (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), lookout tower (US Forest Service), and High Point (USFS) visits
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
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 (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
10/11 October 2000
Solar panel test installation
09 October 2000
Birch Hill (Palomar Mountain) site visit
09 October 2000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography deployment meeting
06 October 2000
Pala/Rincon connection, Palomar Mountain
05 October 2000
Santa Ysabel Native American reservation
03 October 2000
San Diego State University ecological reserves
02 October 2000
Lucent radio images and La Jolla Native American reservation
27 September 2000
Equipment for the high performance backbone starts to arrive at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
27 September 2000
Field researcher with an antenna on a tripod opportunity
21 September 2000
Pala Native American reservation
20 September 2000
Mount Woodson to Pala Native American reservation link
19 September 2000
Alternative possibilities for Pala/Rincon Native American reservation connections
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
Cuyamaca Mountains site visit
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
10 August 2000
Mount Woodson to Stephenson Peak connectivity test (~34 miles)
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
04 March 2000
Initial installation of OTC wireless gear (Ramona-Mount Woodson-San Diego Supercomputer Center)
03 February 2000
Mount Woodson site survey
21 January 2000
Site survey of the San Diego Supercomputer Center
