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Base station hardware suggestions (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 days ago by Redwood1@mander.xyz to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I posted here a couple days ago, but I think my post was removed. Someone accused me of being a bot.... But I'm not a bot. I'm not sure what that's about. Maybe it's the way I write.

Anyway. I want to set up a base station on my house. I looked on the metastatic site and the nearest base station to me is around 25 miles away. Is it possible to reach this far with equipment a mere mortal can possess?

I live on a hill in a marine environment is that helps. I can power it with mains power or set up a solar panel. I would be open to spending a few dollars on the right setup if it means I can connect to the greater network. I'm IT savvy, but a radio noob.

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Its possible with very clear line of sight. But it might be difficult. At 1watt or below a "noicy" air conditioner may break up your signal.

Give it a shot with a cheap node and see what you get!

[–] Redwood1@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cheap node? I've heard of heltec v3 and sense solar P1. Are these good choices?

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

Probably. I have a couple of heltec v3s. I personally got 2 of them so I could test out the LoRa and placement before my solar setup was done. Now they are permanently wall nodes next to a window. Room (client) -> Solar (client_base) -> other nodes. Works well.

They are decent at most things EXCEPT solar because they take a bit of power and have a nasty habit of bootlooping at certain voltages. It only really occurs if you want them to be solar.