Any experience using Meshtastic devices out on a camping trip or whatever?
>>2858228...why?
>>2858259Because no cell signal, it's basically like using walkie talkies except texting and nobody else can listen
>>2858286You don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about. Just buy a gmrs radio.
Are you a woman?
>>2858286just use smoke signals
>>2858286That... isn't correct, no.
No I do not but I have done some theory crafting work on how LoRa could be used effectively in a collapse and rebuild scenario by a small group hidden in the mountains.So using SX1262 transceivers, arduinos and pi's, 3.7v lithium batteries, 2w-10w micro solar and various other sensor modules you can do a lot and your static modules can be hidden. It's quite powerful technology. The group would set up a base station with a tx connected to a larger pi with a screen that collects and logs all of the information sent by the smaller modules. The smaller static modules would be a microcontroller, sensor module, battery and solar panel connected together providing data such as temperature and moisture data coming out of a microgarden the group would cultivate. This data would be used to optimise what to grow in each garden. You can connect any low wattage sensor module to these little static remote systems so could also be used with passive infrared to detect movement as well as vibration sensor under the ground to detect steps and so on and so forth. It's such low power that your imagination really is the limit of what you can do with it.
>>2858305I'm just going to call you a retard and not elaborate
>>2858322It's a great idea its going in my book.
>>2858322You're out of your depth donny
>>2858305you just reinvented meshstatic but anyway in a collapse scenario you won't find a fuck raspberry pi, it's already hard to get nowadays
>>2858356I have 20 pis.
>>2858286Me and my friends have looked into this. Plain old radio is better for most applications. Look into APRS, it's radio but can send text and use "digipeters" to send it to the far side of the globe or even to a cell phone. Compared to radio, meshtastic has less ability to penetrate so it will be blocked by foliage easier. If you're on the peak of one mountain and your friend is on the peak of another mountain so that you have line of sight, you can communicate. But this is in a situation where your phone has charge but no reception. There aren't any good standalone meshtastic devices last I checked. The T deck is the closest I've seen and most people complain that the firmware sucks dick. The only real pro that meshtastic has over radio is that you aren't allowed to encrypt your radio comms while the ISM band that meshtastic is on has no such restriction.
>>2858377I've looked at this (nta I'm a Taiwan anon prepping for war)>need a license >radio will 100% be jammed >200 dolarinos >Encryption is illegal (even with licence)>repeaters need a lot of powerSeems like meshstatic wins for my scenario
>>2858305No. I just- no.
>>2858380Valid points although there is no reason that meshtastic can't be jammed as well. It's a narrower band to jam. And it seems to me that if you're going to war then having a license and obeying encryption laws are both moot points.
>>2858373What do you use them for?
