I used to have a tech no code license back in the '90s. A group of my friends all had them and we'd use them for coordinating road trips and camping and hiking

I used to have a tech no code license back in the '90s. A group of my friends all had them and we'd use them for coordinating road trips and camping and hiking. It worked ok, but also often just not great for either 2m/440 propagation reasons or just human "I didn't copy you" reasons. Once cell phones became common with texting, we basically stopped using them. Things like talking on repeaters was boooo-ring IMHO, and autopatch was fun but ultimately not that useful when I had a cell phone on me anyway. I love HAM for the idea of emergency comms. But at my 10 year anniversary, I literally didn't feel it was worth renewing, and all I had to do was send in a form and maybe a check... That Meshtastic LoRA stuff seems fascinating though! Anyone doing anything interesting with that?