Antena workshop replication in India

People involved

  • Manoj, ServeLots
  • Pablo Bustos, AlterMundi
  • CoP participants

Background

Antennas can be expensive, they can damage easily, and it is a key asset in the wireless networking. Being able to manufacture them locally means that they are easily replaceable, with local materials, cheaper and provide local labour, and improves the skills within the communities… and can also adapt to their realities.
We continue working at develope an antenna model that fits different scenarios. We are interested in systematising and sharing the procedures and tools used for its construction.

Deliverables

Activity 1

Name: Story of why we chose the waveguide model for our antenna.
Output: we propose a jitsi meeting to share our experience. This activity will result in a compilation of material that will facilitate decision-making to choose techniques, materials and tools.
Who: Pablo Bustos, TDR; Manoj, ServeLots, CoP participants
Duration: 2 hours

Activity 2

Name: Share designs and drawings of the models developed.
Output: We will provide material in pdf/website format with designs and plans, and a meeting to explain how we arrived at this design.
Who: Pablo Bustos, TDR; Manoj, ServeLots, CoP participants

Activity 3

Name: Build a step-by-step tutorial collectively to replicate antenna fabrication in other territories
Output: Will produce written documentation, and videos from the calls.
Who: TDR, CoP participants

Activity 4

Name: Share obstacles, mistakes and challenges found throughout the experience.
Output: Sharing it on a webinar. Learning team documents and complements documentation built by teaching group.
Who: TDR, CoP participants

Reporting

The contractor will report to LocNet’s Coordinator Nico Pace [email protected]

Timeline and Contract Duration

The contract will be in effect from:
date:
To date:

Payment terms and contract value

The value of this contract is USD XXX payable on completion of all deliverables.
or
50% payable on signing and the balance on completion of deliverables.

Budget

  1. Training time. $ xx
  2. time allocated to work on the workshop. $ xx
  3. Materials required. $ xx
  4. Tools required. $ xx
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Antennas can be expensive, they can damage easily, and it is a key asset in the wireless networking. Being able to manufacture them locally means that they are easily replaceable, with local materials, cheaper and provide local labour, and improves the skills within the communities… and can also adapt to their realities.

meeting link
next session 14hrs UTC = 9:30PM IST

You can see more info:
https://tdr.libre.org.ar/