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A few days ago a few buddies and I linked two small cities and a small town together with #meshtastic nodes. Initially we added a node in the middle and got a link between all three. Then I moved a node up the tower on my end and replaced the antenna (with a smaller cheaper one 😆) and surprisingly ended up getting a fairly solid direct connection to the other city ~70 km away! When the direct connection doesn't hit then the linked connection works.

Had a few hills to get over and found a great spot, been discussing link for a few months. Now to optimise hops and figure out if router mode would benefit anything.

#lora #mesh

Got my Meshtastic RAKwireless solar nodes up and running! One is in place and covering the Southern part of the city and the next is going on the North side.

Had a few nights of -5C and barely any drop in battery level overnight. Waiting for -20C to see how it goes. Very impressed so far.

Going to be adding temperature, humidity and barometer sensors to them soon. It will be interesting to see what the temps do inside the enclosures over the winter.

(water bottle for scale, antenna is just for testing, I've got a better 5.8 dB one for outside) https://i.nostr.build/fMGSTKkybIqhJQZK.jpg #Meshtastic #LoRa #MeshNetworking