Anyone else jumping on the LoRa Meshtastic bandwagon?
The cheaper v3 and more talk on youtube finally pushed me to order a LoRa board.
cyberic @discuss.tchncs.de - 1.8yr
I'm in. I just need to connect to the larger mesh around me
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Domiku @beehaw.org - 1.4yr
I set up my first node this week! Not much traffic yet, though.
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jared - 1.4yr
Welcome, yeah depending on where you are the network still has big gaps. I've been on my local mqtt topic to stay connected, but I did hit a lot of nodes driving through Tennessee.
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Domiku @beehaw.org - 1.4yr
Yeah. I live in an area with a lot of river valleys, so the signal doesn’t propagate as far, either. I might set up a solar client on top of a nearby ridge to try and build out the mesh.
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Salamander - 1.8yr
Yeah! i bought several LoRa boards and antennas and I did some testing with them. For now I have them stored in a drawer, but I am hoping that the technology will become popular enough to start building practically useful meshes around here by collaborating with others.
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jared - 1.8yr
You should set one back up, there is a backorder on some of the boards so it looks like interest is up.
Looking at meshmap.net I'll probably be on the edge of making contact, but we'll see.
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Salamander - 1.8yr
Will do!!
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rmuk @feddit.uk - 1.8yr
Same here. The guy I ordered from is suffering a massive backorder problem, though. Can't wait to get my boards delivered, though.
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jared - 1.8yr
Mine finally shipped yesterday.
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jittery3291 @lemmy.world - 1.5yr
For a complete noob, can you explain the difference between the versions? Does V3 interact with the V2 OK?
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jared - 1.5yr
Best i remember it's compatible but v3 has a few important updates.
jared in meshtastic
Anyone else jumping on the LoRa Meshtastic bandwagon?
The cheaper v3 and more talk on youtube finally pushed me to order a LoRa board.
I'm in. I just need to connect to the larger mesh around me
I set up my first node this week! Not much traffic yet, though.
Welcome, yeah depending on where you are the network still has big gaps. I've been on my local mqtt topic to stay connected, but I did hit a lot of nodes driving through Tennessee.
Yeah. I live in an area with a lot of river valleys, so the signal doesn’t propagate as far, either. I might set up a solar client on top of a nearby ridge to try and build out the mesh.
Yeah! i bought several LoRa boards and antennas and I did some testing with them. For now I have them stored in a drawer, but I am hoping that the technology will become popular enough to start building practically useful meshes around here by collaborating with others.
You should set one back up, there is a backorder on some of the boards so it looks like interest is up.
Looking at meshmap.net I'll probably be on the edge of making contact, but we'll see.
Will do!!
Same here. The guy I ordered from is suffering a massive backorder problem, though. Can't wait to get my boards delivered, though.
Mine finally shipped yesterday.
For a complete noob, can you explain the difference between the versions? Does V3 interact with the V2 OK?
Best i remember it's compatible but v3 has a few important updates.
Thanks.