Status

Project Status as of January 12th, 2026.

The project development continues on three fronts:

• Node Firmware
• Power Node
• Supernode

Node Firmware. The node firmware is undergoing several revisions to improve its performance in data throughput, use dynamic memory for data buffering, as well as to be able to handle full size IP frames of 1400 bytes. The current version is now 1.5, which has been pre-released on the developer GitHub site. This is still a work in progress, but is expected to be completed by the end of January. This firmware requires a hardware modification to the revision A2 mini-node, which is outlined in the documentation package.

Power Node. The first phase of evaluation of the power amplifier module has been completed, and the requisite upgrades required to power it have been carried out. The final phase of development is to lay out the power amplifier board and build a node prototype. We expect to be able to ship them in the early summer of 2026.

Supernode. The preliminary specification for the supernode is now available on request. It will feature an analog repeater controller complete with DTMF and CTCSS decoding, which is compatible with AllStar, and up to three data modes: an enhanced mode that will utilize the existing repeater radio complete with a KISS interface, a compatible mode on 400MHz for the mini-nodes, and a high speed OFDM mode. A decision has been made to migrate the high speed mode to the 2.95GHz band, where licensing issues are less stringent in most countries. Targeted completion date is late 2026.