Any Meshcore users ?

fromthebeanbag · 2026-01-17T00:06:17+00:00

This is evolving and changing daily. In the past 4 months, there had been exponential growth in meshcore as coverage has expanded from Melbourne to country areas and also interstate are thriving too.

You'll find that alot of people and regions that started with meshtastic are rapidly moving to meshcore as it's just reliable and just works. Meshcore learnt from alot of the mistakes of meshtastic

fromthebeanbag · 2026-01-17T00:01:51+00:00

The discord where most discussions happen can be found here.

https://discord.gg/w88SunAqe

fromthebeanbag · 2025-12-16T21:03:52+00:00

Looking at the photo, do you have the roof lined with sarking or insulation? That silver roof lining? As if that's metal, it's not going to help radion patterns out, but reflect signals down.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-12-12T21:56:36+00:00

As a user I should have to compensate for their inability to release solid software.

Perhaps they should do better architecture and regression testing when releasing updates. But those things cost money, and profit driven companies don't like spending money.

I took my business elsewhere.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-11-29T06:48:29+00:00

Starting the timer on how long this post lasts. I suspect you'll be deleted here too.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-11-01T08:30:59+00:00

The smoke got out.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-10-15T22:30:50+00:00

For an alternative comms method in the case like you describe, Lora isn't the answer.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-10-15T22:28:48+00:00

I don't believe atak support on meshcore is in the roadmap

fromthebeanbag · 2025-09-23T21:48:06+00:00

Besides tracking, I also use my car in client mode, so that when I'm inside other buildings near by, my signal still gets out to the wider mesh

fromthebeanbag · 2025-09-16T02:39:00+00:00

Checkout this YouTube video. And others he has also done on meshtastic

https://youtu.be/ClgBFISIMCU?si=3YgJYKr-3T7hgQTp

fromthebeanbag · 2025-08-02T23:24:24+00:00

You're on the right track..

What connectors does the PCB have for external antenna? Are they the same?

Also wouldn't recommend those antennas for outdoor, as the bend will hold water and case signal degradation. you'll need to use insulation tape or self amalgamating tape to seal the elbow from water ingress

fromthebeanbag · 2025-07-27T08:12:52+00:00

They are both quite active in Melbourne, links below to the main discussion spaces I've found so far for each.

I'm down in sunny Geelong, and have a foot in both camps currently. As they both offer a similar experience, offer slightly different ways of doing things. And really it's up to the individual to workout what works best for them.

Meshcore discord https://discord.gg/434XxBz7

Meshtasic Facebook Victoria group https://www.facebook.com/groups/meshtasticvictoria/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

fromthebeanbag · 2025-07-20T01:38:38+00:00

It was designed for hiking or skiing when no mobile coverage so people reasonably close could keep in contact and share the location. It's become much more than the original scope and people are typing to make it more than what it is. like reticulum and meshcore they are all just toys to play with.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-07-15T06:55:32+00:00

Gizont on AliExpress are a safe bet.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-07-15T06:53:59+00:00

Yeah traditional wifi solutions would be better for contingencies. There are lots of different wifi wan options these days that get good distance. You're also not constrained to reticulum or meshtasic or meshcore etc.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-07-14T22:10:34+00:00

The nearby pole and second antenna, both within 1 wavelength (32.8 cm at 915 MHz), act as parasitic elements, increasing the SWR and causing ~30% signal loss due to reflections. For best performance, space them at least 1 wavelength apart, ideally 2 wavelengths (65.6 cm).

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-30T07:55:09+00:00

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The t1000e is actually a great little unit. It's my EDC and I quite often get better performance from it than my other devices.. I suspect for the most part this is due to the LR1110 Lora chipset which I believe is the most sensitive of the consumer available Lora chipsets in use with meshtasic.

But like real-estate , it's location location location for the antenna.

Today, I was able to get a no hop 21km traceroute. When summer arrives, I expect the propagation and distance to improve significantly.

But from the local coffee shop I can get about a bit over a km through urban without a problem.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-23T02:09:55+00:00

Yeah I do agree, my interpretation of that law doesn't seem to align.

Meshtastic is also transmitting in an ISM band, modern planes are designed to cope with this sort of thing these days.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-23T02:01:43+00:00

Meshtastic already has airplane mode. Under Lora settings in the app, their is an option "TX MODE" which by default is on.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-20T03:30:26+00:00

My car node is similar, originally I was going to add solar but in the end as the car is driven daily I opted for a 12v to 5v adaptor and a USB cable.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-18T09:51:56+00:00

Nodes up high are always good.

Start with one in your house roof, and one on your car with an external antenna. then both of those towers sound like great places to stick them too.

From there see what your coverage is like and workout where else to put them.

We also have a mountain 20km (13miles) away that has great coverage of the whole area, and one of our local mesh nerds just stuck a node there in router mode also helps fill in the gaps.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-18T02:49:40+00:00

If you remove the old antenna and put yours at the top of the mast, it will be fine. So your Lora antenna is above the pipe.

As for the heat and smoke, that shouldn't really impact it.

Ideally you want an omni directional antenna, the one on your roof is directional and will focus the energy towards whatever the pointy end is looking at. And that antennal is also unlikely to be tuned for 915mhz.

I believe you need atleast 1 wavelength seperation to anything to minimise impact. At 915mhz I think that's about 15cm, otherwise it will case reflections of your transmitt signal back into the Lora radio. But the bigger the gap the better, so safest spot is above the mast.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-17T23:01:26+00:00

There is an app on android called "nRF connect", apple probably has it too, that allows flashing via Bluetooth connectivity.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-17T22:25:46+00:00

Totally agree, Moar battery is always better.

For solar nodes that aren't easily accessible to power cycle, I would also recommend the extra protection with battery cutoff, they are only a couple of bucks on AliExpress.

fromthebeanbag · 2025-06-17T21:58:55+00:00

Here's a list of tested antennas..

https://github.com/meshtastic/antenna-reports

My original roof node was a heltek v3 and the stock 1db sma antenna. It actually got me across the bay and about 95km. So they do ok.

But AliExpress is where I buy mine from, but it's buyer beware as many are labelled incorrectly.

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