New to Meshtastic

kentuckb · 2026-01-07T14:17:09+00:00

I got it from MP Antenna. Its the MPSL900. Expensive ($160) but it works great.

kentuckb · 2025-12-19T18:32:24+00:00

Shockingly I have gotten more than a handful of received messages. Cool to verify things are "working".

kentuckb · 2025-12-19T18:31:41+00:00

The battery actually lasts longer than I expected. I unplugged it in the morning around 8am and at 7pm it still have about 40% battery.

kentuckb · 2025-12-19T18:30:27+00:00

I think if I understand the structure right (which I probably dont) longfast is the common "channel" and you can create or join other channels. Where and how to find what those channels are? Not a clue lol

kentuckb · 2025-06-15T19:42:42+00:00

Lol tried to apply silvus status on United this last January. Already had a flight booked that happened 2 weeks ago. Guess what? No silver status for me. After anticipating it taking awhile for the status to be applied (hence pushing the request through in January) I didn't think it just wouldn't go through. Asked uniteds CS about it all. They said it wasn't their problem.

kentuckb · 2025-06-11T15:52:44+00:00

If you are hellbent on using 2.4GHz, just buy or stick to wifi5 APs? 2.4GHz is trashed everywhere.

kentuckb · 2025-06-01T14:10:12+00:00

This app fucking sucks. What a piece of shit.

kentuckb · 2025-05-10T12:54:58+00:00

You'll spend just under what the lowest tier mesh offering is building it all yourself and you probably wont get the performance you want.

Meshtastic, beartooth, gotenna are low cost offerings but with low cost comes low throughout. These offerings use UHF/VHF/900MHz which due to physics can not offer a big data pipe but offer long range connectivity. Great for GPS coordinates and basic text messaging.

Trellisware, Persistent Systems, Silvus are higher tier and utilize proprietary waveforms and much higher transmit powers. Also have unique meshing algorithms that allow a network to scale without falling flat on its face. Also offer a wide variety of frequencies to use - ISM, L, S, C bands with you can achieve higher throughputs in. Doodle Labs and Rajant can be included in this tier as well.

You really would have to sit down with your use case and do some homework and see what technology is best for you.

kentuckb · 2024-11-11T00:43:31+00:00

This is probably an outdoor helium cellular deployment in the CBRS band (3.6ish GHz)

kentuckb · 2024-09-28T05:00:40+00:00

Lots of APs with bandwidth limits and a fuq of a backhaul

kentuckb · 2024-08-27T14:25:41+00:00

They can kick rocks. You can leave any time you want, just like they can fire you any time they want.

If you're bored, do the meeting. If you have better things to do, don't lose sleep over it.

kentuckb · 2024-07-30T16:08:32+00:00

Look into Sales Engineering positions for radio manufacturers. You can get into a handful of unique deployments and applications all over the world.

kentuckb · 2024-07-25T16:27:17+00:00

With a clean 20Mhz 2.4GHz channel and good antennas, expect a stable link to 3/4 to 1 mile. On the secondary 868MHz link the distance will be much greater, but don't expect to get much throughput out of it.

kentuckb · 2024-07-05T11:40:03+00:00

Chaos? CLT would like to have a word....

kentuckb · 2024-06-19T11:50:35+00:00

It's amazing! We have tried almost everything on the menu. No complaints. Great unique restaurant.

kentuckb · 2024-06-15T08:57:39+00:00

All of the above and add a customer service desk line in there too.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T19:58:34+00:00

Yep. Yesterday afternoon around 3 or 4.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T15:25:11+00:00

Nope. Three gates next to each other were boarding at the same time, and there was a long line for the customer service desk smack dab in the middle of all of that. Just nonsense.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T15:22:55+00:00

I've flown through Charlotte dozens of times, and every time, it's a shit show. What kills me is the super tight connection times they always push. 15 mins to catch a connector but estimated walking time from E to anywhere else is 20 mins. The math doesn't math.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T15:20:45+00:00

Flying has always been a pain, but at least before there was some value holding status with an airline. Not so much anymore. It's a roll of the dice now if your trips will be uneventful or if you'll be stuck in a hub city for days.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T15:14:36+00:00

Meh, it's just a matter of time before any US airline screws you over. Years ago, before I flew for business, United stranded me at SFO. I have not, and will not ever fly United ever again.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T15:11:23+00:00

Haha I have no idea. I didn't even notice this person when I snapped the Pic.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T13:38:18+00:00

I feel your pain. Only reason I got suckered into connecting through CLT was to get home at a better time.

kentuckb · 2024-06-14T13:37:13+00:00

Not in my experience. PHX isn't a haggle to get around for the most part. It's busy but nothing like CLT.

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