# The Things Network Bacau

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Bacau.

- Country: [Romania](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/romania/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2019
- Members: 11
- Location: 46.4722, 26.8855
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/bacau/

## About

30st of May, 2019:
First LORA TTN Gateway of Bacău is up and running in Moinesti. It's an 8 channel RAK 2245 + Raspberry PI whith a 10dBi omni outdoor antenna.
Coverage tests are in progress. Anyone interested may follow results here: https://ttnmapper.org/
We hope to have a second gateway online soon.

27th of June, 2019: Our second gateway was commissioned yesterday, covering most of central area of Moinesti. We're growing fast ;-)

30 mai 2019:
Primul LORA gateway din Bacău este funcțional în Moinești. Este RAK2245 + Raspberry Pi, cu o antenă exterioară omnidirecțională de 10dBi.
Se efectuează teste de acoperire. Cei interesați le pot urmări aici: https://ttnmapper.org/.
Sperăm să avem în curând un al doilea gateway funcțional.

27 iunie 2019

Cel de-al doilea gateway, instalat ieri, acopera cea mai mare parte a zonei centrale a Moinestiului. Crestem repede ;-)

## Contact

Date de contact:

Emil Sărăcuțu
email: emil_saracutu@yahoo.com
mobile (whatsapp) +40 740 368 240
- Chat: https://ttnbacau.slack.com/

## Resources

- [Forum](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [Unleash Your City - Guide](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/unleash-your-community-get-started-with-the-things-network/)
- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/ttn-bacau-north-east-romania/27546)
- [TTN Bacau on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TTNBacau/)

## Partners

- [Poiana Pati](http://www.poianapati.ro/)
- [Up Digital Solutions SRL](https://updigit.eu/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [Celebrating The Unleash of TTN Community Bacau](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/bacau/post/celebrating-unleash-of-ttn-community-bacau.md) (2019-07-28)
- [Outdoor RAK2245 + Raspberry 3 Gateway](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/bacau/post/outdoor-rak2245-raspberry-3-gateway.md) (2019-07-15)
- [New TTN Gateway in Moinesti](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/bacau/post/new-gateway-in-moinesti.md) (2019-06-27)
- [First TTN Gateway in Bacău](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/bacau/post/first-ttn-gateway-in-bacau.md) (2019-05-30)