FWIW, the #meshtastic boards I picked up recently are mildly cheaper today than the day I bought them - https://amzn.to/4dGkHeo. I went with the pair so I immediately had two items that could chat with each other and this set includes the IPX to SMA adapter so I can use a different antenna more easily in the future.
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#Solar panel with USB A connector is plugged into the #lilygo#tbeam USB micro power in port. The tbeam has a 16850 3400 mAh Li-Ion 3.7 V battery. The panel & tbeam are behind a velux roof window angled at the sky. The sun is shining well today, no clouds. The t-beam shows 4.2 V plugged in symbol in the #meshtastic app. When unplugged from the panel, the t-beam shows 100% charge.
solar panel https://www.botnroll.com/en/solar-panels/3244-monocrystalline-solar-panel-5v-1a.html
This is test to see how long this lasts - there is no power management circuit.
Can someone who knows radio things please explain to me why once every couple of weeks I go from being able to pick up no #Meshtastic nodes to loads as far away as 36 miles?
Does 868MHz have the ability to bounce off clouds or something? It seems to happen for a few hours and then nothing (although always a weak signal).
Video Overview of the Meshtastic Radio Mobile App Interface and Settings
This video explores what the Android app looks like, how to use the main screens, and what various settings and menu options it has. It gives a good feel of how you’d use Meshtastic radio communications from the app to control the radio settings and ...continues
#Wales absence of forests apparently makes it a fantastic landscape for radio experiments. While walking on hills above Penwyllt I caught several #Meshtastic stations from as far as 30 km. The torrential rains did not stop either me or the radio waves 😆
Salut, j'ai un petit #projet à imprimer. Mais pas d'imprimante 3D sous la main. Comment faire ? Connaissez vous des sites proposant des services d'impression à l'unité ou en toutes petites series ? #impression3D#meshtastic
More #Meshtastic testing on Brzanka, Poland. These small 2 dBi antennas work pretty well 600-800 m with nearly line of sight, but inside forest leaves block a lot of signal. With one relay (placed somewhere in the forest on the hill) I get a link to another node placed behind the hill, around 2 km in total.
LilyGo T-Echo license-free radio arrived today. Love that it has a screen to see range and direction to nearby radios, as well as incoming text messages. Can't wait to go walk in the forest and test out whether I can connect to any other #Meshtastic radios across #CapeTown and surrounds.
Zapraszamy do otwartego pokoju na #Matrix gdzie dyskutujemy i dzielimy się wiedzą i doświadczeniami w tematach #Lora, #LoraWan, #Meshtastic oraz oprogramowania i sprzętu przeznaczonego do komunikacji radiowej :)
Very interesting podcast episode on Meshtastic, its current state, capabilities, and plans for future functionalities. The hosts are talking to the actual Meshtastic devs, so it's first hand information. Worth a listen!
Discourse ( https://discourse.org/ ) is pretty terrific. I wish more people used it for support etc instead of Discord. #meshtastic uses both, which is okay, but I worry about things happening in the Discord that aren't searchable or whatnot.
Mam już prawie wszystko do zmontowania solarnego offgrid noda #meshtastic Nie liczę że ktokolwiek się z nim połączy, ale sobie będzie działać i czekać aż wzrośnie popularność mesha, o ile kiedykolwiek wzrośnie na tyle
Mountain biked up to a local glider port for a #sota activation this morning. Very windy, cold, and the bands sucked. Ride up was steep and I looped out the bike for the first time, ever. Brought a #meshtastic radio which heard distant stations. #amateurradio#bikes
You've been asking, we're delivering! 🙌🔥 The long awaited video is here from Meshtastic developer @JP_Bennett on how to set up #meshtastic on your Raspberry Pi and other Linux-native devices! 💻⚡