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Meshtastic test

submitted by bosunmoon to preppers 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 14:27:29 ago (+9/-1)     (preppers)

I just did my first test run of meshtastic and was able to transmit and receive at 12.6 miles with obstructions.


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[ - ] RevengeOfNeri 3 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 16:50:02 ago (+3/-0)

Might have mentioned this previously however the Russians are using a modified version of meshtastic to transmit target and enemy positions at the front line.

What hardware are you using?

[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 2 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 16:56:19 ago (+2/-0)

A few heltec and lillygo over the shelf stuff.

[ - ] RevengeOfNeri 0 points 2 weeksApr 15, 2024 06:03:12 ago (+0/-0)

Thx

[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 15, 2024 16:18:47 ago (+0/-0)

Lilly go t-deck actually seems to be better on battery than the heltech v3 and it has a built in keyboard.

[ - ] RevengeOfNeri 0 points 2 weeksApr 15, 2024 18:07:34 ago (+0/-0)

Yes i noticed that thx. Would be interesting to see the reception range of the wrist band. Live in a sparse rural area and they use lora to read all the water meters here.

[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 15, 2024 18:38:33 ago (+0/-0)

They all have the same esp-32. It's the antenna that matters when it comes to your range.
With my v3 my range went to the end of my road with the stock antenna, to two towns over about 12 miles through trees homes hills and water.

[ - ] RevengeOfNeri 0 points 2 weeksApr 16, 2024 03:49:09 ago (+0/-0)

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 17:00:03 ago (+1/-0)

This reminds me; I wanted to try setting up a network between the house and the boat with something like this, but I ran into weird issues installing the boat raspberry pi and kind of ran out of gumption on that project. Now I kinda want to pick it up again, and maybe throw some different hardware at it.

[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 17:02:04 ago (+1/-0)

Dang that sounds rad.

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 17:30:43 ago (+0/-0)

If I could make it work, maybe. It's kind of a cool idea, maybe I should give it another go. Pretty sure there's some shit between the two locations; some trees, various structures. I keep wishing we'd at least looked at the place up the hill that was going for the same price when we bought this dump - but oh well.

[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 17:50:00 ago (+1/-0)

I bought better antennas it was a game changer.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 17:58:14 ago (+1/-0)

I kinda figured one antenna would have to go on the masthead... and then I'd need to get a mast for the house, maybe. I'd put flag halyards on it, in case one of those city inspector faggots came around, and I could call it a flagpole instead of an antenna mast, since those are taxed differently of course.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 15:15:55 ago (+1/-0)

Sounds aptly named.

[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 2 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2024 16:40:44 ago (+2/-0)

I'm still figuring that out.