Greater Manchester ARES maintains and supports an AREDN mesh network linking our served agencies together.  These agencies include:

  • Catholic Medical Center
  • City of Manchester EOC
  • City of Manchester Health Department
  • Solution Health (Elliot Hospital & Elliot at River’s Edge)

Besides served agencies, commercial broadcast stations are starting to join the network so that they can receive timely updates from the Manchester EOC during emergencies.

  • Manchester Radio Group

* Lowe’s store parking lot used as a remote access site.

Greater Manchester AREDN Network
Future AREDN Network

The AREDN mesh network has the following capabilities:

  • Chat
  • Email (Citadel web mail and Winlink)
  • Peer-to-Peer Messaging
  • File Transfer
  • Voice Over IP Telephone
  • Operation of HF Radio Remotely
Elliot Hospital AREDN Nodes (Omni & Power Beam)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua – Test Node successfully connected into Manchester AREDN network.

Greater Manchester ARES also has the capability to deploy mobile and temporary AREDN mesh nodes, if required.

AREDN Resources

AREDN Supported Platforms

AREDN Hardware Selection Chart

Link Simulation Tool