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IMPLEMENTATION TIPS I ADVISE USING PROPAGATION PREDICTION SOFTWARE, SUCH AS
RADIO MOBILE, IN PLANNING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE CORE NODES TO AVOID THE
HASSLE AND EXPENSE OF EXPERIMENTATION.  THE TOOL IS EXPLAINED IN MORE
DETAIL IN THE ARRL AND TAPR 34TH DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE PAPER.
SUFFICIENT PROFICIENCY WITH THIS TOOL WILL ENABLE YOU TO EXPLORE THE
VARIABLES OF BAND, NODE MODEL RECEIVER SENSITIVITY, NODE MODEL POWER
OUTPUT, AND ANTENNA GAIN OPTIONS.  A FEW BASIC PRINCIPLES TO KEEP IN MIND
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WHEN LAYING OUT AN AREDN NETWORK ARE COLLOCATION OF NODES, COORDINATION
WITH OTHER USERS, MICROWAVE LINK PRINCIPLES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
COLLOCATION OF NODES COLLOCATED NODES CAN INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER.  YOU
CAN MITIGATE AGAINST THIS BY CHOOSING DIFFERENT BANDS FOR INBOUND AND
OUTBOUND DATA.  YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT ALL COLLOCATED NODES TOGETHER VIA
ETHERNET DEVICE TO DEVICE DTD LINKING TO ENSURE INTERNODE DATA DOES NOT USE
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