Where is a volunteer needed for a next solar node in or near Silverthorne?

The only way that a mesh network grows and gets better is if homeowners volunteer to provide locations for solar nodes.  Where are some ideal locations for a next solar node in and near Silverthorne? 

(There are two popular communities for LoRa mesh, namely Meshtastic and Meshcore.  You can read about Meshtastic (Wikipedia article, community web site) and Meshcore (Wikipedia article, community web site).)

By way of background, the most recently deployed mesh solar nodes in Summit County are in Ruby Ranch, seen at right.  This location is on the west side of the Blue River valley in Silverthorne.  These nodes — a Meshtastic solar node and a Meshcore repeater, basically serve users on the east side of the Blue River valley in Silverthorne.

(The Meshtastic solar node is called “ruby solar” and the Meshcore repeater is called “????”.)

The general idea is that a node on one side of the valley generally provides service for users on the other side of the valley.  It is helpful if the location of the node is at a higher elevation, and is in a position that can “see” up and down the valley to the north and south.

What would be most helpful now is for a node to be deployed on the east side of the Blue River valley.  This node would basically serve users on the west side of the Blue River valley in Silverthorne.  So the question is, where are some ideal locations for a next node in and near Silverthorne?

Some ideal locations are:

• in the upper parts of the Hamilton Creek neighborhood, and
• in the upper parts of the Angler Mountain neighborhood.

An ideal home for volunteer support would have a location for mounting of the node on the south or west side of the house.  Ideally it would have a view not only across the valley (to the west) but also up and down the Blue River (to the north and south).

One path would be for the volunteer to purchase his or her own node (at a likely cost of $90-140).  It is likely that others would volunteer to help with getting the node configured and mounted into place.

If cost were an issue, it is likely that others would volunteer to provide a donated node.

More information about installation of a node may be seen here.