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Got my #meshtastic node up on the roof in a temporary location for testing. It's not as high as I'd like, but the sewer vent pipe was the best non-invasive option I had available.

RAK Wisblock 19007 + RAK4631, Alfa AOA-915-5ACM 5 dbi antenna, 5000 mAh battery. This should survive a few weeks buried in the snow that Washington never gets.

Does your #meshtastic mesh have 60+ nodes, high traffic, or is an urban area? If so, you may have outgrown the default LongFast modem preset. Learn when and why to switch for better performance.

Check out our latest blog post: https://meshtastic.org/blog/why-your-mesh-should-switch-from-longfast

My home #meshtastic node’s now detected over 700 nodes. I announced 44 days ago that it had reached 600 nodes, and 85 days ago it reached 500. Linear growth, I guess, though some people have since switched to Meshcore, and some of these nodes are duplicates when the device owner reset the firmware.

I still don’t talk to anyone, because this is the PNW, but it’s nice to know that I could.

played around a bit with my heltec v3 #meshtastic thingy. Got nothing inside, but stepping out into the garden got me quite a few node contacts.

I think I need to set up a stationary node at the attic… would be cool if I could power it by solar so it's properly off-grid.

…but am I ready to invest even more into something I'm not sure I will even use?

Upgraded my Meshtastic stationary node antenna. Turns out the one I was using was not properly tuned for US 910-915 MHz. In spite of that, I still picked up over 100 nodes in my area. I'm wondering how many will see a hop reduction from my personal node thanks to this upgrade.

fastmeshapi: a fast, persistent Meshtastic web app (part 3 - packet table)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rh8hWMmZeA

I made (and documented) a round pixelated display to carry around using 3Dprinting, #WLED and a stick. Its audio reactive, that means it listens to music and blinks accordingly to the beat: A festival totem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_totem)

There is also #meshtastic node inside to share your location

If you want to further enhance your copy, I suggest to read the excessive documentation here:
https://github.com/ventilator/pixelstab

No idea what I'm doing but after putting my #meshtastic thingamy upstairs, I can now "see" nodes as far away as Bognor Regis, which seems neat.

While I had my #Meshtastic node on the workbench I thought I might as well hook it up to a CP/M board, so here's me sending and receiving using an SC126 designed for the #RC2014 ecosystem.

https://smallcomputercentral.com/rcbus/sc100-series/sc126-z180-motherboard-rc2014/

Any suggestions for building a 868 MHz ground plane antenna? Many years ago I built a 1/4 lambda antenna for the 4 meter band.

Now for Meshtastic I have to go smaller which means probably I could make a 5/8 lambda antenna. I think this would provide more gain, right?

If anyone would like to share some information about this topic, I would really appreciate.

@seeedstudio opened preorders for their upcoming #loramesh solar node.

https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-Solar-Node-P1-Pro-for-Meshtastic-LoRa-p-6412.html

This seems to be a good affordable kit for people wanting to expand their mesh without the need of power plugs ;)

It is advertised as a #meshtastic equipment and it will work great on this network.

It will also be quickly supported in #meshcore as the xiao-nrf52 core that it embeds is already supported.

帶太陽能板的 Meshtastic Repeater

看到「Solar-powered WisMesh Repeaters extend the range of Meshtastic networks」這個，帶太陽能板的 Meshtastic repeater。 Meshtastic 底層用 LoRa 傳輸資料，維基百科的條目裡有提到，市區傳輸距離大約是 4.8km 左右，郊區則是 16km 左右： According to the LoRa Development Portal, the range provided by LoRa can be up to 3 miles (4.8 km) in urban areas, and up to 10 miles (16 km) or more in rural areas (line of…

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2025/04/21/12361/%e5%b8%b6%e5%a4%aa%e9%99%bd%e8%83%bd%e6%9d%bf%e7%9a%84-meshtastic-repeater/

Sending and receiving #Meshtastic messages on my Commodore 64!

Love it when a downloaded design prints well and fits! #meshtastic #3Dprinting

FINALLY! A little clear time and headspace to work on a few bits and bobs. Been putting together my #tdeck #meshtastic setup, but I still also have my #picocalc and a wonderful @rc2014 picasso kit to put together! Progress in the coming weeks!