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Mesh node upgrade and charge day. Took the one down off the tower, it's been up there all winter and is still in good shape.

Found these little flat plug USB-C cables that work really well in the RAK solar boxes; no need to pull the board out to charge/flash the units. (Bad design, port should face into the open box...)

Going to put two of the large solar boxes back up the tower. One with #Meshtastic and the other #MeshCore .

https://i.nostr.build/escpsoT3ja0tTTxR.jpg https://i.nostr.build/QqA6QhzhFkc45mxU.jpg

Holy, the mesh networking stuff just keeps getting better and better! Gotta check more of this out. This allows for full data, voice and even video transmission.

#bitcoin #mesh #meshnetwork #meshtastic

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

Batteries for my #meshtastic devices showed up today! Had to peel off the extra clear protective sleeve off the battery to fit it into the small yellow heltech v3 case. My son will be happy it no longer needs to be plugged in.

Also got a T-Echo to play with as an all in one connect and go option. So far battery life has been great, looking like 2 full days of battery should be possible.