RANET Library
An overview and prospectus on the RANET GEONETCast Broadcast Manager, which can be used by partner organizations to develop and manage content on RANET sub-channels on the GEONETCast system.
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| RCBM_v1_systemsummaryprospectus.pdf | 470.45 KB |
The RANET Chatty Beetle is a messaging device designed for remote alert and warning applications. Prototyping and pilot deployment is funded by the USAID Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance. The Functional Summary and Technical Prospectus provides an overview of its core features and basic application.
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| RANET Chatty Beetle: Basic Functional Summary and Technical Prospectus, Model WL(A)1.1 | 685.71 KB |
A video on UNDP and RANET work in Niger. Produced a number of years ago and posted to YouTube by the producer. The video covers RANET philosophy and purpose as developed in Niger. It focuses on the wide scale deployment of community FM stations in the country.
The Exploratory Workshop on the Pacific Collection and Dissemination of Enivonmental and Related Information for Development of Remote Communities (2003) brought together a number of regional representatives and technical programs. Together these participants attempted to summarize major communication challenges in the region, while also looking to see how existing capacities could be integrated to address these gaps. The workshop summary report is attached.
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| pac_comms_wkshp_2003_hawaii.pdf | 108.11 KB |
RANET held a technical training Workshop (RTTW) in Arush, Tanzania in January 2008. The attached are materials passed out to participants on how to setup and manage an digital HF e-mail network.
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| Introduction to HF EMail_Arusha Tanzania_012008_final.ppt | 4.4 MB |
| RANET HF EMail Primer_Arusha Tanzania_012008_final.doc | 1.16 MB |
RANET was part of the NOAA Direct Readout Conference (2008) showcase in Miami, Florida. The conference was held December 8-12, 2008. The attached PDFs were posters and handouts circulated at the conference. One poster provides background on RANET, while the other highlights the RANET Chatty Beetle project.
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| RANET_DRC08_Overview_PosterHandout.pdf | 2.89 MB |
| RANET_DRC08_ChattyBeetle_PosterHandout.pdf | 915.64 KB |
Summary document and report of the RANET and CONOPS (Concept of Operations) training workshop held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2007.
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| CONOPS-RANET_SriLanka_Aug07.pdf | 512.43 KB |
The Tsunami Warning Center Reference Guide was generated from work done on and lessons learned from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS). The attached document is clearly much more expansive than RANET, although RANET did work in Indonesia and elsewhere through the IOTWS. The attached full document is an excellent reference that covers the end-to-end complexity involved with a warning system. The specific chapter on communications (8) is also attached.
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| TWC_All_lowres.pdf | 10.72 MB |
| TWC_Chapter8.pdf | 4.1 MB |
The RANET Africa Leadership Team is a guidance body of RANET activities in World Meteorological Organization Region I (Africa). The attached reports on the RALT activities as well as activities of RANET in the region. Also available from: http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/amp/pwsp/documents/RALT_Meeting_Report_Final.pdf
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| RALT_Meeting_Report_Final.pdf | 183.83 KB |
A short blurb on RANET activities in the South Pacific (Niue) from the NOAA NWS Communications Office. (May 2005) http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/nwsfocus/fs20050509.htm#ranet
