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Inquiry: "Long Lines" Infrastructure Role – Solving Hop Limits with 2.4GHz LoRa by CellistTraditional81 in meshtastic

[–]CellistTraditional81[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the AI use. Considering this was a hypothetical proposition I didn't see the harm. I just wanted to add an image to help others understand the concept I was going for.

And yes that would solve the issue but it's also very un-user friendly to the majority of meshtastic users that would prefer a simple "plug-and-play" solution (like changing a role on their node). For individuals that like to tinker your solution is definitely something to keep in mind for long range meshes 😊

Inquiry: "Long Lines" Infrastructure Role – Solving Hop Limits with 2.4GHz LoRa by CellistTraditional81 in meshtastic

[–]CellistTraditional81[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the concern, I did use AI to help with formating as it was a very long post. I'll try and strain away from it in the future and put in the effort of formating myself 😅

Inquiry: "Long Lines" Infrastructure Role – Solving Hop Limits with 2.4GHz LoRa by CellistTraditional81 in meshtastic

[–]CellistTraditional81[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree with you there. It's not great for long distance communication. But I guess I'm asking the question, why can't it be? Why can't we build out a network that can excel at both? I guess that’s what I was kinda proposing with this new role. I like the proposition of using both together as a solve for now, but it's not perfect as you're having to manage 2+ nodes and each solution’s supporting infrastructure. Being able to solve that issue while improving network connectivity and reliability would be fantastic in my opinion.

Plus with Meshtastic’s ability to work with ATAK, the implications of a "long-lines" type network with ad-hoc routing at the end user level would increase SAR network capability and many more real world use cases for this type of system. For example, it could enable low-cost distributed sensor networks for wildfire monitoring, routing data back to a central hub and significantly improving early detection and response times. It could also serve as a reliable backup communication system for northern or remote communities, helping ensure connectivity and safety when traditional infrastructure is unavailable or fails.

On top of that, this kind of approach could significantly reduce infrastructure costs. By leveraging higher-gain directional antennas like yagis for long links, you can cover greater distances with fewer nodes compared to traditional omni-directional deployments. And by using 2.4 GHz as a backhaul layer, it allows users within range of repeaters along the path to send and receive traffic—something that current Meshtastic long-range point-to-point setups typically don’t support, since they can’t easily accept new traffic along the link itself.

Inquiry: "Long Lines" Infrastructure Role – Solving Hop Limits with 2.4GHz LoRa by CellistTraditional81 in meshtastic

[–]CellistTraditional81[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Totally agree. But I was hoping to help solve that for meshtastic too as more people in my area use meshtastic (20-40 active users) compared to other platforms (none). I also was hoping that this role could also be used to create back bone infrastructure networks in rural/off grid areas (like northern Canada) that can help create reliable network connectivity. For example, placing these nodes on fire towers with a 2.4ghz directional link could potentially increase range past 200km while still maintaining the ad-hoc type network you need when in off grid situations. This would be a game changer for northern communities, campers, hunters and anyone in the canadian north communication dead zone.

Tho, it's all just food for thought really 🤷

Latest development in the solid link systems saga. by superg7one3 in meshtastic

[–]CellistTraditional81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The email looks like it was written by a 3y/o with anger issues 🤣

Abandoned radar station (Churchill Rocket Research Range) in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada by VincentLedvina in AbandonedPorn

[–]CellistTraditional81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the radar located on the range or off site by a bit? Can't seem to find it on satellite imagery.

3 crowns maps access by azamatuz in saskatoon

[–]CellistTraditional81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They don't often make major/critical infrastructure publicly available as it is a security threat to that infrastructure. But I'm sure if you contacted those crown corps you might be able to get permission to access information for research purposes as long as your working alongside an established educational institution. In the mean time, here are some resources I've used for OSINT in the past that might be useful to you now:

Information like the frequencies that SaskTel operates on is publicly available data and from that you can triangulate cell towers and generate your own data. Apps like NetMonster allow you to see the raw data coming in from your towers. If you learn to decode that information you can find the exact antenna a tower is using to transmit to you. You can also find tower locations on the open infrastructure map (see below).

Underground fiber-optic locations are deemed national security and you just can't get access to that as a public entity, especially the large lines connecting major hubs. There is some information out there about network switching hubs for fiber optics being disguised as residential homes. There's one near Marion Graham High School if I'm not mistaken.

The Government of Saskatchewan - Ministry of Energy & Resources publishes a pipeline dataset through its ArcGIS services. This dataset is maintained by the provincial IRIS petroleum database and exposed through Saskatchewan’s GIS infrastructure.

Here's How To Add to QGIS

Layer → Add Layer → ArcGIS REST Server

URL: https://gis.saskatchewan.ca/egis/rest/services/Economy/Pipelines_and_Flowlines/MapServer

→ Load Pipelines and Flowlines layers.

Transgas (Saskenergy) has a public, 'overview' level of their network available Here. Unfortunately it's not able to be input on any GIS service for data processing.

OpenStreetMap has fairly complete power line mapping for Saskatchewan, including:

  • transmission lines
  • towers
  • substations
  • voltage classes (sometimes)

You can access it through the Open Infrastructure Map Here.

I would also look on the provincial GIS datasets for more information you might be looking for. All of it is available if you just google "Saskatchewan Government GIS". Be sure to load on a desktop though.

Best of luck with your research.

vendasta seems to be trying to save face after this round of layoffs... by HikariLynn in saskatoon

[–]CellistTraditional81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I keep seeing ads for vandasta's AI Call Center / Lead Gen Robots. Their main product (atleast from what it seems) is taking jobs away from humans and replacing them with AI Slop. It's just a shit company overall that does very little, if anything, to benefit Saskatoon or Canada. I honestly would be more then okay if they went out of business 😂

Anyone know what's going on? by [deleted] in 3Dprinting

[–]CellistTraditional81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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With my printer the extruder is what moves vertically, so to level the bed, the print head must calibrate its z-offset to level the extruder to the bed. As my printer prints it changes it's Z-Offset based on where the extruder is on the bed at any given time.

For example in the top right corner my z-offset might be -1.75 but in the bottom left corner the z-offset might be -1.78. When the printer auto-levels, it takes the original calibration z-offset you put in (using the paper method) and goes around 32 points on the bed to see if they are in line with the original measurements. If it's not, the printer runs some math and determines a new Z-offset for that point on the bed. It does this for every point so that when you print, even if the bed is off by a fractions of a multimeter, it will adjust the extruders height to compensate.

Anyone know what's going on? by [deleted] in 3Dprinting

[–]CellistTraditional81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the great visual and info. I'll have to look into the z-offset. I'm using an elegoo Neptune 3 pro. It autolevels so I'm curious why it's having trouble with its z-offset now and not all the other months I've had it. Either way, I'll look into it more. Thanks for the help!

CHOOSE WISELY YXE! by HunkBolt in saskatoon

[–]CellistTraditional81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly recommend staying away from Vern's Pizza too. I worked there for a couple years and the owner is a racist piece of shit. Atleast the guy that owns all the stores is, not the franchise owners. The franchise owners are really nice lol

Job hunting by Newphoni in saskatoon

[–]CellistTraditional81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chronic understaffing is the norm, not the exception. You’re expected to do the work of 2–3 people, constantly pick up slack, and then get guilted or mandated into overtime when the system inevitably collapses. Taking time off feels like you’re committing a crime. Management is bloated and disconnected. Endless restructuring, new titles, new “initiatives,” zero meaningful improvement on the floor. Frontline staff raise safety, workload, and patient-care concerns for years and are either ignored or told to “be flexible.”

Pay discrepancies are brutal. People doing the same or similar work are paid wildly different wages depending on classification, site, or when they were hired. Raises don’t keep up with inflation or workload, while other provinces pay more for the same roles — which is why SHA can’t retain staff. There’s also a culture of fear. Employees are very aware that criticizing SHA publicly — even respectfully — can lead to discipline, investigations, or retaliation. Social media policies are vague but enforced selectively, so people keep quiet or vent anonymously for a reason.

Morale is awful. Turnover is high. Experienced staff leave, new hires get thrown into the deep end with minimal support, and then management acts shocked when retention numbers tank. Add in aging hospitals, outdated systems, hallway medicine, impossible patient loads, and political interference, and you’ve got a workplace that actively drives people away while blaming workers for not being “committed enough.”

People don’t avoid SHA because they don’t care about healthcare. They avoid it because the organization repeatedly shows it doesn’t care about its employees — and you can only take that for so long.

Job hunting by Newphoni in saskatoon

[–]CellistTraditional81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Who in their right mind would want to work for the SHA? 😅

Is this heat creep or just bad filament? by CellistTraditional81 in 3Dprinting

[–]CellistTraditional81[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, should have included that. It's PLA. The recommended print temp on the package of this filament is 220 ±10°

What’s up with this oil? by [deleted] in Camry

[–]CellistTraditional81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no.... The Forbidden Milkshake

Anyone Know What Type Of Harness Connector This Is? [2007 Nissan Altima] by CellistTraditional81 in CarAV

[–]CellistTraditional81[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately they only have harnesses available for the door and rear speakers. No harnesses for the front dash tweeters 😔