I'm still fighting with Amazon to get my first pair of devices delivered, I went with heltec v3s to get started.
But looking at the meshmap.net, it's very very sparse around me. How likely is it that the are nodes that aren't on the map?
Hopefully I can check it out myself soon!
So far no nodes other than the two I bought. I got the upgraded longer antenna, and went out on my second story balcony in a suburban area, nothing.
Looks like I'll be the change I want to see in the world haha.
That's way different! Good to hear!
Good to know, looking forward to it!
So far no nodes other than the two I bought. I got the upgraded longer antenna, and went out on my second story balcony in a suburban area, nothing.
Looks like I'll be the change I want to see in the world haha.
Yeah a bummer. But I've still got plans to get some height, and I've got some friends who are gonna join in on the fun, I'm hoping we can mesh our houses 😁
Yep everything is default. US, longfast 🤷♂️
Thanks! You mean I should get some of those sma adapters and some of those little stick antennas? Or something even bigger? Recommendations?
I'm a ham and I've got a nanovna, I could try making a ground plane antenna for 915mhz.
My plan is to put a repeater/router up on my tower 30ft up, as well as on a couple of my friends roofs, hopefully making a stable emergency channel between us. I'm between my buddies, 13 miles between the furthest ends, I'm almost in the middle.
Nice!
Honestly the Amazon antenna will probably do perfectly fine, I might go that way for simplicity sake.. maybe I'll build an antenna too and do some a/b comparisons.
The 90 degree angle doesn't hurt performance inherently, it only hurts it because it puts the antenna right next to the body of the radio, blocking some of the signal, and detuning the antenna slightly as well. So you're still better off putting it vertical 👍
Also in case you didn't know, those antennas are vertically polarized. That means when the tip is pointing up to the sky, the signal is coming out the sides going off towards the horizon. That's the best way to get a signal out/in. Holding it sideways will create null points from the tip and base of the antenna, and also send half your signal into space and the other half in the ground 😁
Once you find out, please let me know as I only see Like one node in my area and the rest are way far away. Like out of RF range far away, unless you were both on high tower structures.
Seems like most people are saying there's way more nodes than the map shows. It's not a guarantee though. I say give it a try!
Sweet. I have been seriously considering getting one of my own to play with. The Lilygo T-Deck Plus is the one I have my eye on.
Looks sweet. I might end with something like that eventually, but honestly I really like the idea of using my phone and just linking the mesh device to it. Reminds me of the old goTenna before they sold out.
Do you have somewhere high you could mount a repeater/router node to? Like the chimney of your house or something? Would make it even easier to connect with people, at least from home.
I'm planning on putting a few up, one at my house and each of my buddies houses.
Oh, well I likely would not be running a repeater, at least not right away. I would probably be sticking with just the handheld device.
It's only pulling anyone with mqtt from my understanding.
Yeah I believe you're right. Though I didn't find anyone else locally even going to the highest hill in town
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My area shows two nodes on meshmap, my heltec v3 sees 100 nodes, of which 50 are on the map in the meshtastic app. Different locations probably have different results, but I'd say that you'll be pleased when your nodes arrive, I was!
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