JOIN THIS EXCITING OFF GRID NETWORK!!!

[@marlopainter8246]

3:36 - "If you're using Linux, you probably know what you're doing." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@a_changedworld]

Being a Linux user makes me realise how little I know about what I'm doing. 😅

[@singletona082]

Ya, do more reading before I do the thing they might fry hardware. Judt because I do the Linux does not make me smart. I am just aware of how dumb I am thanks to all the things I broke.

[@marlopainter8246]

@@singletona082 there's an old saying, I know I'm stupid, so I must be smarter than you. 😜👌

[@valis992000]

Not true anymore, probably was true once. I have Linux running on a laptop I use for mostly just email and internet. I used Linux in college but that was decades ago and I have forgotten all the stuff I don't use daily. Anyhow point is, I'm running Mint and it is as easy to install programs and do routine stuff as Windows. At one time you had to have some knowledge to run Linux, but not anymore. Pretty much anyone can do it.

[@a_changedworld]

@@valis992000 you must be fun at parties

[@Psoewish]

This is the first time I hear of this technology and it's so cool, it's basically just the internet, but even the infrastructure itself is in the hands of the people. Super cool stuff.

[@tim-w]

You should look up ClusterDuck Protocol too then and other videos like it.

[@TUBEORATER]

If it only worked...

[@BrightBlueJim]

It's not Internet. At all. It's text messaging over radio.

[@mth469]

@@BrightBlueJim it will be crucial for the years ahead..

[@laptopdragon]

we can do this with routers and many devices. Only high end ISP's are advertised but we can still get dialup and/or make our own networks through neighborhoods and cities (and iirc a guy in Colorado did this for free for the entire (small) city/town.).by using low end wifi routers, but we need to be closer or have specialized and focused antenneas. One company did this with laser and has to be line of sight but tons of bandwidth... all private, unregulated. If you bought 20 wifi routers and shared them with your neighbors you too can setup a private lan. The benefit of comcast/frontier (high end companies) is speed and bandwidth on their infrastructure...but with their ties to spy on you (which is basically their own interests and service). basically the term internet or web is only the transfer of data, which can be done in many ways, and dial-up is decent for chat rooms and afaik free these days (if you have a land-line).

[@kmoecub]

Please, please, please people who watch this; attach the antenna BEFORE powering up the board. And make sure you have discharged any static buildup that you may be harboring (especially in winter).

[@cooloftheevening]

How do you discharge the static?

[@clivewilkinson5394]

Great use for that old mobile phone with no sim still connects via Bluetooth. Awesome.

[@askthebuilder]

Andy, W3ATB here in the USA. MANY thanks for this amazing video. It's very clear. If you need home improvement advice, I'm your go-to guy. TNX again.

[@EntraVenuS]

shame that a self sufficient kit couldn't be knocked up (solar by day battery by night) and plant these at random locations to create an ultimate network . would be awesome

[@celsopinheiro]

There was a project called disaster radio that foresaw exactly that. Unfortunately, the project died.

[@mikasjoman]

But in war... Doesn't modern EW kill these signals? Like would this currently working in say Ukraine where there lots of EW

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@mikasjoman LoRA transmissions can often change parameters to be adapted to EW signals to reduce effectiveness of jamming. How good this works depends from what EW signals you are facing so this can't be a "yes or no" question.

[@ad5000donnell]

People are literally doing this already lol

[@LifeSizeBox]

@@ad5000donnellwell, that’s encouraging to know… If you have any names please share.

[@Meshtastic]

Excellent introduction video, Andy! Thank you for sharing.

[@andykirby]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TUBEORATER]

No

[@syrus3k]

This is pretty much what I thought the Internet was originally (and to some extent it was..) I love this sort of thing so much

[@MrDuncl]

The internet used a lot of techniques developed for the ALOHAnet mesh radio network that was set up in Hawaii all the way back in 1971.

[@thecandyman9308]

​@@MrDunclNever heard of the ALOHAnet before. I've always been fascinated by the early days of ARPAnet. Time for me to do some reading. Thanks for the tip.

[@BillAnt]

Andy Kirby.... the man and the legend who makes the intro, contents, and outro music kick ass. :D :D

[@andykirby]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁

[@BillAnt]

​@@andykirby- Putting Armin van Buuren to shame with your incredible trans/techo/EDM fusion. :)

[@neilbchilton]

These are a lot of fun to play with (had them for some time). Setting licenced ham operator would be useful on the 70cm band in some parts of the world where power can be higher with a PA. But also that setting that (should) disable encryption as per local laws. One thing to be aware of is the channel name you choose will create an encrypted channel. So if you change that you'd not be on the "default" channel that Andy shows here. You can see the encryption settings for the channel in the radio settings dialog. It can actually get pretty complex once you start digging. But that's part of the fun! There's also a version that is only for Amateurs called Meshcom but there are really few users of that at the moment. Worth checking though. Thanks for the video!

[@perkunast9680]

From what I understand its a grey area your technically setting up an experimental remote repeater.

[@lboston4660]

"As per local laws"? Who are you, the feds? Bro is over here showing us how to take power away from the government and you, the #2 top comment, want to give it back? Glowie piece of garbage. I'm not falling for this. 45 likes my ass, probably all NSA bots. Screw you.

[@philcross7315]

I live very near to the south Devon coast. My helium miner hits the channel islands from here, no problem. It also pings off portland regularly. This got me thinking. Once offshore, boats have either no, or very expensive connections. This cheap piece of kit could be a very useful way of sending messages, particularly a mayday/panpan. From my location alone, I could cover a big chunk of the English Channel.

[@andykirby]

Fascinating! You should definitely set a mesh up. What antenna are you using on your miner?

[@thyhaggis7139]

Boats have DSC for that purpose,and it's is free and well monitored

[@TurboTor]

Hf-Vhf radio is mandatory from vessels ranging in small and upwards. Larger vessels usually have Satcom and LTE links.

[@smithhoowe]

Is helium mining worth it? been considering using one of those and later setting up with a solar panel (Live on east coastish shit town in a flyover state so no competitive issues).

[@fivestar2227]

I am blown away by the range and bandwidth achievable with these modern transceiver protocols. LoRa, OcuSync, WSPR, NextGenTV ect ect. The government will be butting in on this mesh stff no doubt. Imagine how pist they would be if we the people created our own internet network.

[@davidpalmer9780]

Agree... the 3-letter government departments won't like this as they lose control over what they can monitor and will atttempt to influence governments to shut it all down due to 'national security'.

[@rickstokes2239]

If some could be connected to some routing equipment it’s definitely possible.

[@russellallen1006]

The government aren't actually the ones at risk. They may very well but in, but it would be because of the corporations padding their pockets. The internet is already decentralized anyway. That's what makes it so difficult to control.

[@Drew_Hurst]

​@@russellallen1006That's why it's important to reject misinformation laws, because they're censorship laws obviously.

[@chrishnah]

They have been going after network people since 2017

[@tlc12070]

Andy, I enjoy your music at the end. Don’t stop! 🎶

[@kevinhansford3929]

Iv been eyeing up lora devices for meshtastic for a few years now! Glad you've decided to give em a look too

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Do you have any Open Source alternatives which don't require you to join an association like "LoRa Alliance"?

[@Zictomorph]

Finally pulled the trigger and set this up for camping. The wife doesn't like intrusive walkie-talkies so this is perfect.

[@NocV]

Came for the cool little radio board, stayed for the banger trance anthem.

[@PEGF4MG]

Great channel Andy! and I LOVE the music you play afterwards - awesome 🤩

[@andykirby]

Thanks!

[@TheSpitfiregoggles]

Thanks for this video, Andy, watching it on the train while setting up my first Heltec board and wouldn't have had a clue without it! 73, Simon G0CIQ

[@garyclarke1641]

Would make a great sim free ebike gps tracker. Tap the bike for power. Get a mobile node repeater thrown in.

[@jonjohnson2844]

I have a homelab/server that runs 24/7 - going to look at how I can set up a repeater node for this, hopefully we can get a mesh covering most of the UK.

[@paulstimpson830]

Could you start a website or Telegram group to coordinate this? I’d much prefer something that didn’t rely on Facebook

[@minibikemadman]

I was gonna get a helium miner way back in the day...mesh stuff is cool .I have a hpe server running to and would love to setup a node .

[@bigmouthstrikesagain4056]

It wasn't just a communication system it used secure scuttlebutt so it mould be more like social media

[@Drew_Hurst]

​@@bigmouthstrikesagain4056It uses secure Scuttlebutt, an open-source protocol and network for decentralized social networking. It’s similar to a traditional social network, but instead of relying on a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer network of devices to store and distribute posts, messages and other content. The protocol is designed to be secure and decentralized, using end-to-end encryption to protect user privacy and prevent censorship. It also doesn’t require an internet connection to work, making it useful for people in areas with limited or no internet access. Sounds cool to

[@robonator2945]

I was really surprised by their range and it got me thinking about how practical it would be to setup small solar-powered nodes. If it's small enough to run for a usable amount of time in a package that small then it can't burn too much power at all, so a small solar panel or something with a simple metal rod to stick into the dirt and a 3d printed housing could make a really nice little relay node. If it can be ran on pretty generic hardware I might actually chase down that idea a little and try to get a small ESP32 or NRF or something going. If you could get the price of a self-sustaining node under, eeeh, 25-50usd, then even a single individual could reasonably afford to setup relay chains spanning miles and miles. Granted, at that point you'd probably want to have an integrated low-precision GPS module in them as well so that, if one *_does_* go offline, you can see where the chain broke because it stopped reporting it's position. Could be an interesting little project to chase down.

[@smithhoowe]

I was thinking something similar, honestly my GF and I considering living in a more rural area due to crime in the inner city, as well as just high cost for a flyover state city, its just not worth it as I get older.

[@thebloodyvlad]

Or you could maintain the map with device uuids and know which went off without gps

[@robonator2945]

​@@thebloodyvlad that wouldn't necessarily work. I mean in the first place it's non-generalized, so you'd have to intentionally map out IDs to positions which is just a pain, but it would fail if, for one reason or another, they got moved around. Say one got picked up and taken somewhere else but still technically has connection then it'd register as still working despite not being in the correct position for the chain.

[@falls2shine712]

@@robonator2945 hmmmm.. if one got moved and you mapped and tagged each node, surely you can look at the map, which would just be a series of numbers or names on an ordered list and query until one does not respond. Then either that one is down, has been moved out of range, or the one just before it has been moved but not down.

[@PreparedOverlander]

I have 4 nodes right now. I just got done flashing the most up to date software in them. All of mine have GPS enabled. I am currently setting one up to be a repeater node. You can set these repeaters up to work with any device or just known devices. If you want to make a closed network, you can do the known devices only, but you will need to manually add any device you put on the network so it will know to repeat that signal. Check out AustinMesh on YT, he does have some videos where he makes a solar powered repeater node.

[@paulstimpson830]

Amateur radio mode gives access to higher transmit power, as permitted by an amateur license but disables encryption as that isn't permitted for this kind of amateur radio use. It also causes the unit to transmit your callsign every 10 minutes to maintain compliance with your amateur license

[@markharrison1160]

Tell that to prepper's with baofeng preparing for shtf

[@kiloalphadx]

Great videos on the Metastatic Andy. My two Haltec boards arrived today and this video really helped me set them up. Im yet to find any other nodes in my town. Tomorrow i will be heading to high ground for the sunday Chanel 34 afternoon DX net. The Meshtastic will be with me. If anyone fancies trying some DX. Ill be on from about 2pm. Hopfully i can find some active nodes.

[@Presidentofstate]

My favorite part was where you didn’t explain what the heck this thing is

[@consideritdunn691]

Like yeah….. what the heck is this thing and what does it do???

[@JohnLaird7]

It’s a low powered off the grid communication node that lets you text anyone with another node in range, or multiple people depending on how many nodes, or if they’re set up on Wi-Fi

[@JohnLaird7]

@@consideritdunn691 It’s a low powered off the grid communication node that lets you text anyone with another node in range, or multiple people depending on how many nodes, or if they’re set up on Wi-Fi

[@HackMyWayOut]

Found your channel through TechAirSpace Meshtastic T-Deck video. How did I not know about Meshtastic before? Our local HAM circles are out of date! Nice to see "new" HAM stuff pop up!

[@briankamras2913]

Firmware music goes unnecessarily hard, love it

[@snufkin4374]

This is the most mind blowing concept for communication.

[@Strideo1]

You should tell the Moomins about this!

[@RupertBruce]

From the way the board is built with power at one end and antenna at the other, it invites the creation of a meshtastic - stick! Battery at one end, antenna at the other. Make a magic wand by extending the antenna and adding some 3d printed decorations on the case.

[@cloudenvying]

hmm this is neat. I don't think i'll get one but it seems like something cool during a power outage to be able to send messages over a mesh that was still powered by solar or something.

[@zion2285]

Hi Andy , thank you so much for great video. I think I just got hooked up , ordered my first device ...

[@thisisus.504]

Well, slap my thigh and call me Brenda! I seemed to have actually achieved some kind of setup! Now.... configuration!! Thank you for your help, magic.

[@Andrew-xk6hr]

Thanks for this video. I didn't know where to start.

[@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE]

Great video, thanks Andy. You asked about the Licensed Amateur setting. This turns encryption OFF because it's illegal to use encryption on the ham bands. I have unchecked the Licence Ham setting, so that I am just a Joe Public in this scenario. Best 73, Ace G0ACE

[@lpil]

That outro track you've made is a banger

[@CountryGeek-hr8tk]

These will be great in case of SHTF. Keep in touch with your neighboring farmsteads, even when everything is working!

[@dougbas3980]

Just hearing about Meshtastic. Interesting and thank you.

[@2626sylver2626]

Gotta love the music at the end 💪🤟🤘👍👏👏👏

[@farleyeye]

Thanks Andy for making this very simple!

[@iamthetinkerman]

I was considering attaching one of these to a helium balloon, above my house to get so good range!

[@iamthetinkerman]

PS Love the uplifting trance, I grew up on this stuff. Do you upload your tracks anywhere?

[@scotterdog1036]

Brilliant! Concise! Just what I needed! TNX OM!

[@paulmark63]

Hi Andy i based near orpington kent a few weeks ago i got a node 113 miles away west of Birmingham i looked at our SE meshtatic group and some other members also got this node are they running some high gain antenna ? i had a few nodes 50 -60 miles in the south cost Andy have you had any good ranges paul

[@stephendonkin5497]

Great information Andy

[@paultomlinson528]

Im so going to give this a go😊

[@DonzLockz]

It seems like alot of progress has been made in the past few years, awesome.👍

[@wisteela]

That keyboard model very much intrigues me.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

The Lilygo T-deck, apparently they use unbranded blackberry keyboards. I first ran across it looking for mini PCs and it caught my eye too, but I had no idea what any of this stuff was until now. About the same price on Amazon as the little device Andy shows here.

[@wisteela]

@@TheRealAlpha2 Ooh, I must check it out. And buy one.

[@Mike-H_UK]

Ordered & should arrive tomorrow. This looks fantastic. I live in Northants. It would be great if could get through to you in Hertfordshire....

[@nigelgunn_W8IFF]

Be careful with "just plug in a battery". There is no standard for the polarisation of that little connector.

[@SteveHomer]

just ordered some of these to have a play with - it would be interesting to link the mesh via the net to expand the system UK to Ireland.

[@Neil-bp5rq]

Light enough to fly up on a drone!

[@Nitrrous19]

Would love to try this with a decent kite, as a budget alternative

[@marcogenovesi8570]

a blimp is probably better, drones have very limited flight time

[@DistracticusPrime]

Taped to the side of a Mylar balloon might accidentally make a parabolic antenna. Fill the balloon with helium for altitude and extra confusion!

[@m7trsradio]

Great video Andy. Think i will get one and have a mess to see if any more are around me. All above my head really but thats how we learn. Like the idea of getting one solar powered 👍🏽 73

[@Moonhack95]

I had this idea a few years ago but don't have the knowhow. Glad someone finally did it.

[@SilverXTikal]

I have no idea what this device even does but it looks cool

[@VincentdeKoning]

Cool video - now I want to buy those devices for the Netherlands! Absoluut great banger in the end of the video! 🎧🎼

[@jameshall5314]

I'm loving the meshtastic stuff

[@sleddy01]

they finally actually put them in a case

[@JaseEtheridge]

I've just ordered two of these bad boys... it's given me an itch to scratch ;-)

[@morbid1134]

Off grid referring to not using the traditional internet (www). This is, however, introducing a new type of grid. Not everyone would want to create this and so perhaps you let others use your infrastructure then you're the same as an service provider. Being on a grid isn't inherently bad. What matter is the grid you prefer to be on and what you expect from it.

[@0xsupersane920]

I don't understand what problem this solves and what the primary use case of this is. It's a great video explaining the setup but I have no clue what this is. Is it for local text messaging (SMS)? Is it a internet hotspot?

[@ThatMattWhite]

Yes it's (primarily) for sending text messages, but crucially it doesn't have to be local as your messages can hop across multiple nodes to the destination. Internet would definitely not be very effective as the bitrate is *very* slow.

[@0xsupersane920]

@@ThatMattWhite Ok, cool. Thanks! Now it seems like it can be useful in case of an internet blackout or maybe even for privacy reasons.

[@benayers8622]

no records of comms or logs available to gov or other opressive forces

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

Hi Andy thank you for this video. My problem is as I get older I don't own a computer or Laptop just a modern phone so most things are out of reach due to my age etc. Especially computers. So unable to update my radio firmware etc. Cheers from old George and Jane

[@testi2025]

I did some investigating if this is popular here in Finland and it seems that the government already built a lora network that covers the whole country. Still trying to figure the pricing.

[@supernova1976]

Wow didn't know that, sounds amazing, based on your info I am placing an order for few to keep the family connected 🙏

[@espenskog8745]

Thank you. Interesting video. If I want "the best" pre-made and pre-programmed unit with battery, display and a nice antennae (portable antennae/whip). What is the best to buy (if you disregard $$$ as a factor). What is the top shelf unit ?

[@gadjetsvideo]

Great video and I love the music, subscribed 🎶😁

[@pyramidsinegypt]

Thanks for your great video's on this topic! One thing remains unclear to me - if I buy two, can I give one to my son and will that allow us to send messages to eachother with just the 2 devices, or do I need to set up something like a meshtastic accesspoint? I doubt there will be many people involved with LoRa or meshtastic where I live 😅

[@chris_vandepeer]

I still have 2 sitting about me and my brother played with them. I am sure the dish/beams are at my mums old place will have to take a look.

[@datguy2730]

Thanks for taking the time to share this video! Did I see the M5Stack Core device on the Meshtastic drop down list? If so I guess if you have the M5Stack Core and connect it to the M5Stack LoRa Transmitter/receiver, it should work... I guess???

[@whatamievendoing]

This is amazing!

[@slashsplat]

At 4:10, SHOULD connect antenna BEFORE power - always. Transmitting without antenna could fry the transmit circuit.

[@starviptv6544]

I have to research.. sounds cool

[@gunnargu]

FYI leaking your nearby wifi SSIDs can leak your physical location.

[@Shaken_AND_Stirred]

This device appears to be the same thing (or similar) to the goTenna Mesh network devices that started on Kickstarter back in 2012 I believe. I actually have a pair of the goTenna’s. They use a 1w UHF radio/GPS transceiver in them. No cell service, no problem. Although they are limited to 3 miles line of sight, unless you set one or more up as repeaters.

[@LiveWithMarc]

Nice! Going by your amazon postcode if I get into this you may be in range of me! (Antenna providing)! Nice to see other people interested in this too!

[@jerseyjeeper1575]

Where do you get that plastic case..? None in stock anywhere

[@GadgetAddict]

It's pretty cool, although when starlink starts supporting SMS, and eventually calls, I guess this kind of tech will become less necessary.

[@celsopinheiro]

Elon cannot turn this off to help the Russians...

[@xavierayayaell546]

You're missing the point entirely - decentralisation

[@kevinpellerin6715]

That thing is sweet, like the hardware. It has Wifi and an antennae, USB C, OLED

[@Mrpopular689]

Can you please explain the drivers part? I go to a different page and different things. Thank you.

[@Tom_2E1FUE]

Hi Andy, sounds very interesting indeed will have a go at this it looks great :) Your Music you have created is top notch mate, reminds me of Paul Van Dyk very nice indeed :) any links to the full remix or a mixed set you have done?

[@wantagetreat]

@andy - loving the tunes, do you have another channel for music production?

[@wenladam]

Really cool, mind adding a link or description on the type of battery? i'm very new to this. cheers

[@m3snusteve]

I would also like to know what type of battery I need for the board. I am definitely going to get one if I know what battery I need.

[@carneeki]

This makes me want to get my ham license again... And my old callsign is still available! 73

[@meocrisis]

Great music you’ve made! You should definitely release it or upload it here!

[@somebodyelseful]

Absolutely! Loved the music on headphones. Where can I get more please?

[@SimonBlandford]

Excellent introduction! This is new to me and I can’t wait to get started but, since I ordered from Aliexpress, I don’t think they’ll arrive till next year. I was hoping they’d have a battery on board but I guess a USB power pack and a USB lead should get it to light up.

[@MadBison]

I ordered from Aliexpress after this video was posted, and I have received the three heltech lora devices today. Australia dellivery.

[@smithhoowe]

Just be careful of your suppliers, I had bad products from them a few years ago and ruined one of my side businesses.

[@TheFreezer1966]

Hello Andy. Great job on the Vids! 🍻 I am in Japan and from what I can see (if I am looking correctly) there are only a handful of these units here and I have half of them! lol I may have to get external antennae's and setup a repeater due to my 5600 Km LOS that I would like to cover. I need to setup a test Emergency Comms plan in preps for these earthquakes here. I am pretty familiar with location, power and basic antennas but, this is all new to me. Any chance we could correspond so that I can get these correctly setup. Thank you for any assistance. 🤟

[@hi-tech-guy-1823]

I would Fit MeshTastic to CB FM And let the Mesh Node Take over CB FM 1, 2, 3 & 38, 49, 40 Channels as Upper side Band FM Oddy You can still CB FM PTT Along with it (Analogue Voice With A Mesh Node DATA Network) Back to MeshTastic I would also Fit them To A Cars & Vans With A PI 4, PI 5 an Co Run a WiFi Mesh Network (for More DATA Hog Services - Everything P2P, WEB Video, Voice, Game DATA ) This moving Mesh network Can Run London to Scotland & Everywhere in Peek Traffic hours

[@rabokarabekian409]

excellent exposition verifying this is not hackable...oh...what... never mind. This'll be great for talking with anybody off grid within walking distance.

[@andykirby]

You have no idea...

[@justlou717]

I’ve watched a few similar videos and I’m confused - can you mesh with a national group of existing nodes to potentially reach thousands of miles away or is it just self-deployed nodes (like a LAN)?

[@garyfrancis6193]

Could you explain what this is and why would I use it?

[@madcarew5168]

Are they all at the back of the drawer with flat batteries now?

[@antonygillard269]

Just can't find anywhere to buy a board - any suggestions where to go? Thank you.

[@JohnDerrick-cc4yd]

Andy, could you show an sdr screen of what the signal looks and sounds like please, for identifying meshtastic nodes are about using an sdr. Nobody on youtube seems to have done this

[@ciscokiduk]

Yes this would be a good idea I think as well please

[@ltva8781]

It's series of up chirps, basically very slow chopped sawtooth wave.

[@CristalMediumBlue]

I will definitely try this out

[@IsaacSteele1]

Sorry it’s the wrong video to comment on but looking for help, on your Audi TT just wondering what MPG you are getting with it being stage 3 now? Would love to know thanks !!

[@andykirby]

Better than it was as standard! The thing is, with my tune my turbo spools up around 3K RPM so if you are doing an eco drive you are basically off boost. Of course if you tear around everywhere then it's worse👍🏼😅

[@IsaacSteele1]

@@andykirby cheers mate best tt build I seen out there for sure! Seen your channels flying recently don’t forget us petrol heads when your famous 😂

[@Cqdx11]

TTRS FTW!!

[@ATomRileyA]

Thanks for this.

[@spudhead169]

Can't you configure it from a PC? I really hate things that need apps to work.

[@yamez69]

There is a web app for PC

[@andykirby]

Yes, I didn't mention this because it's still got bugs.

[@apted]

Hi Andy, great video. I'm finding no activity in my area after buying a Heltec v3 which is a little disappointing. I understand the supplied antenna is a little lacking, what 868mhz antenna would you recommend to pair with the Heltec that still provides portability (also not too expensive). Thanks

[@andykirby]

This one if you havent already got it... www.experimental-engineering.co.uk/product/868mhz-2dbi-helical-lora-antenna-ufl/ Ulitmately the best option is a home/loft mounted (if you haven't got solar) amzn.to/42yxYke Activity will come😁 have you checked the canvis meshtastic map to see if there are users in your area?

[@EugeneHuman-kl1vc]

with these Heltec Lora 32 V3's do they automatically do their thing (of meshing) . Do you have to setup some to be repeaters or something? if myself and say 4-5 people in my area each being 1km or 1.5km hop further. Will it extend the ranges of the "zone" to be much wider automatic. or do you need to setup maybe 2 or 3 of them as being repeaters. Or does each meshtastic device do it's own thing with the relays and extending the zone.

[@vaughnwilliams1208]

If You're in the centre of a city there may be other meshtastic users but there seems to be only 3 in all of North East England. So it's going to be lonely unless you take it to the top of a hill.

[@rabokarabekian409]

so it's perfect then

[@ukjjs1]

Great video.

[@VAS.T]

interesting, but only useful for nerds in a local proximity i guess? or does it work like mobile data network / used with SIM like back in the blackberry / iphone era where they discovered this "unused" network? whats the max bandwidth of this network or does it use wifi?

[@AintBigAintClever]

I reckon there'll be some "specialist retailer networks" using these for boss-to-lackey communication soon enough. Line of Duty season 7 coming up...

[@Flightlevel350]

Thks Andy..ordered mine now from AZ and the Housing from Ali....do i need a Battery with a micro JST Connector....?

[@andykirby]

Awesome! Yes you do need a battery or just run from USB. There are 1100mah batteries on amazon with micro JST.

[@Flightlevel350]

@@andykirby ...ok...thks...👍

[@yamez69]

JST 1.2mm. Double check the polarity before connecting.

[@Flightlevel350]

@@yamez69 ....yes, ok, but the JST plug only fits in one Position, Cables with plugs and open ends are included....Nevertheless, thanks for the Tip.

[@ricks4361]

Ok, so these are just the boards and don’t come with a battery but have a USB port?? What type of battery is recommended and where does it connect? Pretty intriguing stuff but still early on and a bit dodgy what?