Has anyone used meshtastic? (midwest.social)

submitted 11 months ago by JCreazy@midwest.social to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I just found out about it. Open Source messaging. It seems intriguing although I'm not sure I would have much to do with it. I honestly can't find too much information about it except for the website and a few YouTube videos. I was just curious if anyone has had experience with it.

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[-] Sal@mander.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I ordered four of the simpler devices this weekend (LilyGO T3-S3 LoRa 868MHz - SX1262) and I have been reading about antennas.

Since I live in a city I am not super optimistic about the range. But I am still very curious about the concept, and I would love to be surprised.

After doing some search about antennas, I have decided to test the following combination:

3dBi 868MHz ISM Band Dipole Terminal Antenna for the LoRa that stays at home:
Sighunter 868 MHz to bring with me.

I also have a vector network analyzer (LiteVNA) that can be used for checking antennas, so I will also try to build some antennas myself. I doubt that my custom antennas will approach the performance of the professional ones... But I just find it such a cool concept.

Have you already gotten to play with it? What is your experience so far?

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

I've received a T Deck and I've got it configured but I guess there is no other meshtastic devices around so I can't do much of the moment but I have a wiz block on the way so then I can communicate between the two.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Ah, cool! I got my 4 devices today and I have managed to play with them a bit. They are pretty cool! I was able to walk over to a park near my house and spoke with people across the world with no data in my phone :D