#meshtastic is interesting. I’ve gotten a couple to play with and they’re pretty neat. Imagine two-way pagers somehow had a love child with walkie-talkies, and you’ve basically got this.

Sometimes I end up in places where my phone doesn’t have signal and yet I still kind of need to communicate with others in my group, kind of excited to see how well it works in that scenario.

Sending and receiving #Meshtastic messages on my Commodore 64!

Love it when a downloaded design prints well and fits! #meshtastic #3Dprinting

FINALLY! A little clear time and headspace to work on a few bits and bobs. Been putting together my #tdeck #meshtastic setup, but I still also have my #picocalc and a wonderful @rc2014 picasso kit to put together! Progress in the coming weeks!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate

Ok, I’m about to get my first #meshtastic device. Choosing one from #muziworks: either an R1 with external antenna or H2T (also with an external antenna and GPS).

Will be using it for fun and if need be - for communication in case of blackouts. Also will definitely take it on hikes.

Which one should I get?

Well...from the recommendation of someone on my local club Discord I finally threw my #Meshtastic node's antenna on my NanoVNA - I have a feeling this explains almost all of my issues with transmitting from indoors.

Lowest SWR is 1.5:1 at 820-850MHz. At 902MHz, where I'm attempting to transmit, it's ~2.8:1. That's a ton of loss for the already low power levels!

Now I'm on the hunt for a new antenna, if anyone has a recommendation.

Daughter and I are now a two node mesh #meshtastic

Excited to see what range we get with an external antenna

Aw, bummer: Set up a BBS on a node at home, played with it a bit from downstairs.

Then, took a bike ride across the river. Tried pinging it with my away-node from the waterfront, but no joy. Too many hops away, I guess? Still learning the ropes

Optimaler Empfang, auch an der Bushaltestelle Semperstraße

so @lmorchard just made me aware of #MeshTastic and now I am intrigued. As far as I understand there are different frequencies used in different regions. Am I correct that 868Mhz is the one that I want in Europe (Germany)? Is any of my European followers into MeshTastic and can recommend some hardware? (I am reading up on it in parallel but would love to hear personal experiences)

This was sent over #meshtastic using a T-Deck and Mastodon.py

Nice! #Meshtastic

I'm modeling a case for a LilyGo T-Deck in #freecad and it's #freecadfriday and it'll be running #meshtastic
I keep typing things like "Ant_Recess" and "Ant_Bore" so I feel like @futurebird is hangin' out before school...
Basically this post is Peak Fediverse.

Who also brings their #meshtastic node to #EH22 ?

Finally bought a battery for my #meshtastic node...

Thanks for all those that came out last night, good conversations, and a start to playing around with #Meshtastic. I have two channels I could share if anyone is up for testing. Reach out.

Also a great thanks to Polack for bringing along a master lock hack show and tell.