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Set up solar nodes last weekend. 200 miles of range now. Nerds, mad ideas. Good times.
by robotswantdata 4mo ago
Set up solar nodes last weekend. 200 miles of range now. Nerds, mad ideas. Good times.
- giwook 4mo agoWhat do you need 200 miles of range for?
- swaits 4mo agoRTO
- NooneAtAll3 4mo agowhat does that stand for?
- thejazzman 4mo agoReading The Onion
- steve_adams_86 4mo agoReturn To Office
- giwook 4mo agoRace The Otter
- qsxfthnkp2322 4mo agoReno To Oakland
- ux266478 4mo agoRestarting The Oracle
- at-fates-hands 4mo agoRacing Towards Oblivion
- RetroTechie 4mo agoReach The Others
- 1e1a 4mo agoRadio Transmission Optimization
- spacebacon 4mo agoRound Trip Orbit
- dtj1123 4mo agoReally Tiny Ombudsman
- robotswantdata 4mo agoZombies
- PaulHoule 4mo agoPersonally I find it very satisfying to get long near-line-of-site performance in VHF and up. That could be reaching a repeater 100+ miles away on two meters with a handheld and a tape measure yagi https://www.jpole-antenna.com/2017/02/07/build-it-2-meter-tape-measure-yagi-beam-antenna/ https://www.jpole-antenna.com/2017/02/07/build-it-2-meter-ta... or talking to somebody with a bigger station 300+ miles away because of a tropospheric duct or just getting into the WiFi at the hospital from the other side of the lake.
- m4rtink 4mo agoWhile the local Czech MeshCore network is heavily supported by a couple repeaters on higher hills and mountains to connect the meshes around metropolitan centers, ideally it should be much more distributed and less dependent on such a few important nodes. Basically a lot more repeaters & more hops to reach longer distances. This also helps with scaling as more messages can be routed local only via MeshCore region support scoping, effectively using the available bandwidth on many places for different purposes at the same time.
- mikestorrent 4mo agoNot having great luck with my solar node. Nothing ever seems to get out, even with a pretty nice antenna...
- robotswantdata 4mo agoWrong antenna for the frequency?
- johntash 4mo agoDid you set up solar nodes in random spots or only areas you own/control? I've wondered if it'd be legal to just chuck a couple into some random trees.
- bethekidyouwant 4mo agoAnd when the temperature drops below zero?