https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/Recent content in The Field Station on NØDEHugoen-usThu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/01-the-idea/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/01-the-idea/Most ham stations are a pile of boxes that do not talk to each other. This one started with a different idea: put the connective tissue in one place and let the modes cross.https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/02-voice-first/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/02-voice-first/The first bridge was voice: an analog node tied to System Fusion and DMR. The hard part was not the wiring. It was teaching two radio languages to translate, and the first read on the problem was wrong.https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/03-the-console/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/03-the-console/Voice was bridged and the radios were talking, but there was no way to see any of it. So the next build was a web console, with a live map that shows where a signal flows and where it dies.https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/04-going-to-mesh/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/04-going-to-mesh/The station could bridge voice and watch its own health. Next came a different kind of radio: LoRa mesh, two networks of it, a command gateway, and an assistant you can reach from a handheld.https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/05-into-the-field/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/05-into-the-field/Everything worked on the bench. The real test was driving out of range and finding out what actually reaches home. The answer was humbling, and it changed the plan.https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/06-whats-next/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/06-whats-next/The station can talk now, in more ways than most. The open thread is teaching it to listen. This is where the series catches up to the present.