The post above deleted my screen capture.

Found the spot I setup the AREDN shot today on Google Earth. 8.39 miles from my QTH.

Established AREDN RF connection from Cold Shivers in the CNM to my QTH alongside KE0OHF who was hosting the 10 meter net, conditions were not as good as the shot 2 days ago, best throughput was 827 KBS but I could not maintain that level, throughput was variable and was running well below the peak of 827 KBS. meshchat did function. 

Expect to setup at the same spot for the 10 meter net next week.

TWO Mikrotik LHG 5 Light Head Grid 5 GHz, Integrated Dual Polarization 24.5 dBi Grid Antenna - US Version

Received a few minutes ago. Anybody wanna play?

One of the Mikrotik units has been flashed to AREDN and can be seen on the mesh.

Having difficulty flashing the second Mikrotik unit. Thought I had bricked it but found a method to restore the device to the original factory firmware. Mikrotik calls it ROUTEROS. 

In the process of restoring the unit the ROUTEROS firmware was upgraded from v6.47.9 to v6.47.10. Upgrading firmware is normally a good thing but in this case it was not helpful.

The new version appears to have changed the procedure to flash the AREDN firmware onto this Mikrotik device that was previously used on the first successful flash. It was running ROUTEROS version 46.47.9.

More to come

Flashed a third TP-Link CPE 210 today. These units are the easiest to flash based on my experience with Mikrotik, TP-Link and GL.iNet hardware.

Successfully flashed a Mikrotik hAP today. This was by far the most challenging flash I’ve done. There is a very specific order of actions that must be taken for a successful flash. Spent a good part of the day with at least 8 attempts before I got it right. The device is presently residing on the mesh. The hardware is pretty forgiving. If you make a misstep it’s easy to reset the device back to its original state.