My new #Meshtastic record — 49 km 😲 From hills around Wells to Cardiff. In general, this area is very busy with Meshtastic nodes so great opportunity to have a casual chat with radio geeks!
The direction of computing today (AI, everything is a damn ad/influencer bs, etc) is why things like #oss, #Mastodon, #meshtastic and #SelfHosting in general are so important. I say that even as an apple user but of all the big players I dislike them the least.
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.
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!
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 :)
I've been casually playing with Meshtastic to get an understanding of how LoRa works in practice and managed to get a signal between my house and my office 3.5km away. Granted I'm pretty high up in a tall office building, but I was genuinely surprised and impressed!