THIS NEW CAR GADGET IS GETTING PEOPLE TALKING!!!

[@sinologies]

FPV drone pilot here, Came for the TBS antenna, left with some new knowledge

[@andykirby]

Hey man, check out the other vids on the channel, lots of fpv stuff here 😁 quite a few fpv pilots also getting into mesh.

[@William_NS]

Yeah me too! Lol! I saw the TBS Diamond in the thumbnail and I was like "hey! That's my 915 antenna!" I was totally expecting a "how to fly from your car in winter" type video! Lol

[@suicidequad]

same here

[@mfrfpv9079]

Bruh 😂

[@alexf1179]

Hey mate. Great videos. I got into Meshtastic partially through watching your videos. I'm at the bottom of the North island in New Zealand on 918.875mhz, and fortunate enough that a bunch of good buggers around here have set up solar nodes on some of the very tall mountains we have around here. As a result I am getting connections to nodes over 150KMs away, and over the water across to the South island! The off-grid aspect is of special interest here due to the earthquake risk and the relative fragility of infrastructure here, including internet and cellular. :)

[@bltzcstrnx]

Is 918.875 mhz a free public spectrum?

[@Subgunman]

It looks like my old Escort radar detector from the eighties. In the State of Virginia it’s a guarantee that you will get pulled over and charged with having a radar detector. Problem is that the police are really uneducated in Mesh equipment and how it works. These nodes need indicator lights showing when they are transmitting and receiving data from your Meshtastic keyboard.

[@ehvway]

Another cool video Sir Andy Kirby! I am building a stealth Meshtastic node out of sight, because even for a 50 cent that fell out of your pants they will break your window. Above the wind shield there is a little space in the ceiling cover. I made an dipole antenna (put it flat to the window) and it seems to work pretty well. Thank you for your valuable vids and inspiration!

[@imbologna]

If you don't want to have to worry about adhesive on your paint, you can use nano tape. I have used that stuff to stick my cameras to bricks, and they've been up for years, when I take it off there is no residue, and no damage. I wouldn't use it on plaster or drywall, but basically any surface that won't come off with the tape is good. * I say this because you seem like you're proud of your 450bhp machine 😉

[@krimke881]

Now, if EVERYONE could install such a device in their vehicle, then it would be sustainable usable actually practical real usecase. You gotta dream of such a day.

[@RustyOrange71]

Except you can't drive and text

[@dylan_00]

@@RustyOrange71 It's not about texting and driving, it's about having nodes distributed everywhere to increase coverage!

[@EyeKnowRaff]

They *can* but the real problem is they won't bc most people don't know about it, don't understand it, and/or don't care about it. The status quo works for them, kind of.

[@dylan_00]

@@EyeKnowRaff I think this hobby is much like Ham Radio, it's a niche, but that almost makes it cooler. If you could just send a Meshtastic message to anyone at any time, it's not unique anymore. For those of us that find this exciting, though, we'll slowly but surely expand our networks to extend coverage

[@Qwiv]

Actually, it would completely fail because Meshtastic fails if there are too many devices in range.

[@dandelano1478]

That is a very solid looking installation, nice work!

[@richchester187]

I'm new to this mesh. If I understand it correctly, Does it mean that when you send a text it goes out in all directions to another station then that sends out again like a repeater ? Meaning that you could send from Glasgow to Wadebridge in Cornwall as long as there was an unbroken chain of stations between them.

[@casey360360]

Basically, yes.

[@philindeblanc]

They used to have a smaller version of this as a watch about 10-15 years ago!! They took it off market. It was actually peer to peer only within 50fett. It was a social communicator for local, for parties and in cars. Lora

[@youtuberus9122]

The government don't want you to know this goodbye Andy nice knowing you bro 😂😂😂

[@andykirby]

Byeee 🤣

[@jplacido9999]

​@@andykirby 😂😂😂👍

[@philware1546]

The government is probably installing nodes themselves and being part of the network.

[@why6212]

They can't get rid of all of us

[@coloradokid8321]

Wow! Nice to see there are Conspiracy Theorists in the UK too (from the US)! 😁

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

Hi Andy I purchased the same aerial from alli at £2.30 each. They also do a higher gain version for 2.85 . Work excellent. So thanks for the idea. Cheers from old George vid soon

[@pdtech4524]

Breaker 19 Breaker 19 This is like 1970s 1980s CB radio for the latest gen digital age kids!! 😮😊😁 You know the ones whose parents gave them an old iphone to play with as a pacifier / dummy substitute! Roger 10-4

[@wilfredprins9718]

I hope they won't make a remake of Smokey and the Bandit using a Tesla truck and a Tesla car

[@fotografm]

That super low swr you measured is definitely due to the loss in the cable (indicated by the ripples). Try taking the antenna off the base and see if the swr changes LOL

[@droney_baloney]

FPV drone pilot here just getting into HAM. Saw the TBS antenna and absolutely thought this was going to be drone content. 😂

[@sinologies]

Drone pilot as well saw tbs antenna and couldn’t resist.

[@RCManiacPHCB13]

Same 😅

[@William_NS]

Same

[@GarryLennox]

@@sinologies tbs is old school now , been a while since the dead cat

[@CRO-dr4si]

Same over here. 😅

[@antiglobaljoel532]

Trim the antenna down to 6.2 " (15.7cm) and it will work even better. It's quite a bit long for 900 MHz.

[@willpacker3922]

im using a thunderpole window chip mount and a nagoya sma mini mag mount both with aliexpress 40cm flexi whip antennas for my mobile nodes works quite only issue i found is newer cars are using 868mhz for tpms and sometimes the low pressure tire warning light comes on when my node is TX-ing

[@pkf4124]

Interesting concept. Would love to do this but chances are I would be the only person I know with one.

[@lovelost234]

Exactly what I was thinking 🤔

[@Grandassets]

What is the best Mesh to buy? I am a long time Ham in New York, US is there a different standard or protocol used?

[@HightLink]

In romania we can add cb radios on the car... much more easy to chat.

[@scr1ptery642]

And can say Alo colega

[@HightLink]

@KANJICODER_IRL It's better because people can make other people idiots so they don't feel the need to use the car to send a message. On the other hand, a lot of people do x2 the speed limit because they anounce the speed traps

[@EricSolomon-op8ti]

Maybe do a STARTERS KIT Guide. For say a Family not in same neighborhood but in same town to connect everyone (2) teenagers & (4) adults

[@whirledpeaz5758]

So, this is similar in concept and purpose to Citizen's Band (CB) radio in the USA in the 1970-1990's. A way for drivers to communicate road conditions, hazards (including police), But used codewords and slang to obfuscate any LEO's listening in.

[@robertf6523]

LEOs had CBs in their patrol vehicles back then, and they did listen. You could even call for law enforcement over the CB & the police/sherrif would call ambo/fire if needed

[@andrewwasson6153]

@@robertf6523Channel 19 was for general bs, 14 was for walkie talkie’s. I can’t remember what channel was reserved for emergencies but there was definitely an emergency channel; maybe channel 11. SSB always bled into channel 14 for some reason. I had low powered radio shack three channel mobile units but my best friend had a proper base station with 5 Watts and a decent antenna. Good times.

[@RP-hn1qc]

We tried using pigeons but the homeless kept eating them.

[@sh4n3o23]

Hi Andy Great video can you please provide a link where we can get the fancy OS for T-Deck as i have been looking around for weeks without success.

[@MichaelMorneault-z9r]

Actually perfectly legal in the US it's called meshtadtic it's actually used alot in the US it falls under ham radio but also can be used by non like used users too

[@crazyshrum]

Sending the signals are legal in the USA, on some frequencies. However (I could be wrong) but there are rules disallowing encrypted signals.

[@RO-vh8ln]

The car is looking like under cover cop car🤣

[@freedomcontrolled6190]

Have i stumbled onto the extremely bored middle aged geeks channel 😂😂

[@Kidozy]

same!

[@mrw1160]

Sounds like UK police get extra nosey about anything with an antenna lol

[@6581punk]

Hide it away then.

[@mrw1160]

I live in the USA the police don't give a damn

[@mrw1160]

@@6581punk except on another note, idiots who arn't cops in traffic think I'm an undercover or something retarded for having a gmrs obtusely displayed antenna so they would harass me in traffic and do all kinds of ass riding so I did end up disguising it.

[@kingmasterlord]

​​@@mrw1160they'll pull you over and snatch it off your dashboard without a word, TF are you talking about?

[@mrw1160]

@@kingmasterlord depends what color your skin is

[@KO4DFJRadio]

Will the original T-Deck work also? And to boot mesh is pretty sparse here in SW Scotland

[@andykirby]

Yes it works👍🏻

[@sparxz2145]

That Audi having "450BHP" is a viral piece information, to make sure the radio signals to the mesh work well. Never heard anything like that before in HAM world ! LOL

[@hx4791]

yeah its called ego some call it bragging

[@lawrencekeeley8966]

No way that TT has 450 hp unless he put in a Chevy 454, the TT has a 4 cylinder 2 liter engine with under 250 hp on a good day.

[@coloradokid8321]

LOL! 😂 It worked with me! Nice car Andy! 😎

[@FractalCodex7]

Its a flex 💪

[@jimiphillips8445]

@@lawrencekeeley8966it has a larger turbo than standard he has a video on it

[@ChristianKlasen-mq4rs]

More distraction behind the steering wheel. That makes streets safer 😂😂🎉🎉

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

Hi Andy. I have a couple of these aerials on order. Ps not related to this video but just for info the UK normal TV yagis are good up to 860mhz so with a bit of cutting, fiddling they work on 868mhz. However the impedance is as standard 75ohm but again easy to adjust. I just bought an 868mhz yagi from china as cheaper than a uk tv aerial. George ps pretty dead for meshtastic around Corby Northants. 6 stations and 4 of them are mine.

[@PlausibleMountain]

Wow! Very cool! I need to check this mesh stuff out. I wonder if it's possible to use the entire car as the antenna?

[@guitarman727]

I'm very interested in these but how do I make one and get a parts list? Also, approx how many US $$$'s ?? Thanks

[@Emtbtoday]

Used this antenna for the taxi radio never had an issue before it went all mobile it's used for old RF carphones to good for the CB, missus has one for her DAB module in the rangerover

[@andrewpeeler4389]

I noticed the TBS (Team black sheep) antenna immediately 😂

[@HairyCheese]

My brain just melted when I accidentally landed on this video. I'm gonna need to dig into what else I can do? I remember seeing the technology when it arrived but it's matured 🎉

[@rickhunter1984]

Was that antenna a tbs black sheep???

[@JamesArthurHurley]

Another thing that EVERYONE needs to have. Or they need to make the network stack open source so anyone can make one and ALL models expand the mesh regardless of what product you choose to buy.

[@jjones503]

Start distributing otc codes to your comm friends. Since this of over the air and open, you'll want to start practicing encryption methods, assign call signs, emergency codes, location/cord codes, etc.

[@DonoVideoProductions]

Unfortunately, in the US, this isn't available...

[@cskeise]

Hi Andy, have you heard about the new upgrade battery for the Twizy ? Well you be doing a review...💙👊😎

[@WX4CB]

hahahaha VAS diamond for crossfire :D never thought of that seeing as they run on the same band LOL as for the coax loss, at that length it's negligible

[@PandaFPV]

lol love seeing a black sheep diamond antenna being used for other things other than flying drones

[@andykirby]

Great antennas 😁👍🏻

[@William_NS]

Fun fact: the TBS Diamond antenna was a collaborative effort by Team Black Sheep and IBCrazy from Video Aireal Systems (VAS). One of the best antenna nerds, I mean guys out there! I have one and I use it every day on my ELRS 915MHz transmitter. So far I've had a quad out to 4.5 miles and the control link is going strong at 25mw! Incredible stuff!

[@celsocosta4845]

Great video Andy, by the way what is the name of that excellent Jazzy music track you have in the background? Is it available on Spotify?

[@andykirby]

Hey, thanks, I haven't released it yet 😁

[@motohq5341]

All those antennas on the car people are going to think it's a undercover police car 😂

[@SuperClotted]

I've got an antenna mounted on the top of my Sprinter campervan (routed through the existing radio aerial mount), with a Heltec inside, looking forward to seeing who I discover on the continent 🇪🇺

[@IndependentNewsMedia]

Nice overview video, God bless.

[@andykirby]

🙏🏻thanks.

[@JericHouse]

Why is it placed in the drivers field of view at all? Let alone centered? The antenna IS magnetic if you add a magnet? Was the antenna matched in any way? What does the fatness of the coax have to do with anything real? This is cool but where is any science r fact or any general details?

[@mcmediaandfilm]

Wef won't like that lol 😂

[@steveclark..]

Do you find that so many people are still clueless about the wef and their Great Reset agenda? I researched Klaus Schwab and co like 5 years ago now, unbelievable that everyone can't see what's going on now!

[@robertburdoff1789]

how hard would it be to incorporate a battery eliminator to take power from the cigarette lighter via a regulator?

[@RetroRawit]

No issues with water leakage with that antenna cable going in like that?

[@andykirby]

No it's been fine, there's a seal around the door and it still works correctly with the wire from through.

[@jujjuj7676]

My friend went to jail and now has a new encrypted phone 😮

[@Mike-H_UK]

I regularly connect to H001 & H003 from Higham Ferrers in Northants, 42 miles away with my Paradar 8.5dBi omni... 🙂

[@andykirby]

That's great, do you ever see any messages from our side?

[@Mike-H_UK]

@@andykirby Yes, I do but not all of them by any means. Last message from H001 was 3rd Nov at 15:39 saying "Sorry everyone, you can go back to sleep now" and ones saying "Morning Roy", "Afternoon Bryan" and "G7FPE copy". So not a reliable connection, but occasional stuff does get through that makes sense. Not bad for these power levels.

[@andykirby]

Interesting, possibly some lift conditions maybe 😁 have you had any since?

[@Mike-H_UK]

​@@andykirby Yes, not every day. Yesterday (23/11/24) I just received one message from H001 saying "Crazy" but nothing else. Today, I received one saying "crazy weather". I assume that a number of additional messages were sent by you that I didn't see! The weather is very rainy here over the last few days.

[@coloradokid8321]

Hi Andy, can you do a separate video on your Audi (and how it improves the overall LoRa Meshtastic signal strength)? 😁

[@ragoonsgg589]

Ah yes time yo start my bootstrap home based small business encrypted wireless provider. Best coverage on the nation as long as youre close

[@MadRat70]

Would be better if it integrated into the rear window with big LED letter. Tell the guy behind you to eat your dust.

[@SaintSpire]

Solid Flex💪 450 bhp. 🐎 💨

[@ChristieNel]

I momentarily saw a "Hertford" node from Cambridge a day or two ago and wondered if that was you.

[@andykirby]

Yeah there's been some good conditions lately, signals travelling a very long way😁

[@calholli]

So it's a wireless twitter with your neighbors. lol

[@petewright2283]

How random I was in Ware and Hertford last weekend and had nothing on my device.

[@andykirby]

Interesting, coverage should be good in Hertford town but near Tesco area it might be scratchy on a modest antenna. Ware will be tough without a decent antenna.

[@elementalshift]

I was literally thinking the other day if this would work well in a car 😂

[@rawcado]

So how much better do you think it would be if it was magnetic with a ground plane?

[@andykirby]

The car acts as a reflective groundplane anyway, with or without a magnet 👍🏻

[@mrw1160]

Side note, have you heard of the green engineering menu toolkit mod for audi and volkswagen???

[@stephenmacarthur4144]

Hi just to ask wot mhz range do we need for uk please

[@0xKruzr]

have you found the latest build of "Fancy T-Deck" is good enough for daily driving?

[@sharkeys]

Install louvres with embedded antennas?

[@VariableThisIsKnife]

Great video! (with an accurate title!) :P Hey, curious what are your other two antennas on the rear window being used for?

[@djblairmix]

😮looks like a RC CAR Andy

[@dafoex]

You're in a place called where? Looks like a brilliant case, I already got the Nibbler on your recommendation, but I might have to get this when I'm ready to get a second node

[@ju2705s]

Locks like an radar warning system 😮

[@DaveNorthWest]

This is like AIS they use on marine boats that shares location data and other small messages

[@paladro]

have you tried to break the encryption?

[@izzzzzz6]

Get back on that bike Andy. lol Very cool video. Think I'll stick to CB and SMS. Did you find the video on how to Mod the UV-K5 or 6?

[@Mascot47]

That is not the stock Meshtastic front end…where did you find it?

[@ThatTieDyeGuy]

It's Like the Klaxx!!!

[@ryank5tar]

Ive got that Team Black Sheep antenna!

[@andrewchesney]

What's the background end music - reminds me of Shakatak!

[@Aver812]

Y just not use 433.1 ser?

[@reddo84]

cool upload Jim

[@mark5690]

Andy, what Device Rolls are you using on your RAK Car Node and your Lilygo?

[@andykirby]

I switch it between client and client_mute depending on if I need the rak to repeat packets when I go in a shop with the tdeck etc.

[@Justdigit2]

I really don't get it..... Is this like a 2025 27mc community?? Sending messages if. Everything is working well?? And that's it?

[@lt209]

@andykirby what firmware are you using for your tdeck?

[@magking1971]

Looks like a GMRS antenna

[@HorribleEdgar]

Is that a TBS crossfire antenna?

[@andykirby]

Yup!

[@HorribleEdgar]

@andykirby looks like the old days of my drone flying will help in this project 😂

[@SacredFireUK-bm6mv]

I’m pretty sure he hasn’t explained what this actually is at any point in the video, just its functionality with this handheld device. I don’t get it. Will someone help in simple terms and then share why this is useful please?

[@philware1546]

So anyone can add a node? Like the government?

[@BadwolfFPV]

Yes, it's how the governments attempt to track dark web traffic, they run nodes. People were trying to use their routers to make a mesh network in the 90s, not enough adoption and not enough range. This has a greater range and requires less nodes to be functional, but the bandwidth will always be tiny, it will never allow much more than text messages.

[@anthonypierre2094]

This is cool but no one cares about me texting my wife about what to get from the store lol

[@m3tapHysiCaL_GrAfFiTi]

Mesh networks are only as good as the number of people using them. I'm guessing this will have such low user take up it'll hardly be worth it. Add to that the increased danger encouraging people to text while driving.

[@alfo6085]

My Skoda only ‘Runs 190hp’, will this still work😂

[@dj_chalky]

Have you got a link to the first antenna you use?

[@andykirby]

Search TBS Diamond antenna

[@dj_chalky]

Cheers ​@@andykirby, although it's encouraging me to go further down the rabbit hole!

[@dustinnance3163]

Every time a cop sees this you’re gonna get pulled over

[@heatshield]

Why’s that?

[@phillipalbert8918]

What firmware has the GUI?

[@giuseppeiacono7766]

So basically you create your own closed loop encrypted cellular network between users.

[@andykirby]

Yes basically.

[@woritsez]

it looks like a mobile message board from when wap phones were a thing.

[@garystinten9339]

If they could ger voice calls over this system.. you know how quickly the telcos would jump on this.. i mean it all starts somewhere right.. independent mobile network.

[@mell3109]

Breaker breaker for a text…..doesn’t sound the same as my CB when I was a kid

[@Cookie.x.monsterr]

My friend had an encrypted phone. He’s in jail now.

[@Mike-H_UK]

Maybe you'll be joining him!

[@Cookie.x.monsterr]

@ no, I actually had a career

[@yz250ftony]

He didn't have a phone loicense?

[@harimadhavan1712]

Why was he arrested for having an encrypted phone?

[@fotografm]

@@harimadhavan1712 That's not what he said ! Eg. "I had toothache and now I am in jail" 🙂

[@bermondseyboy416]

Would like to try this out let you know how it ggoes

[@woritsez]

i can't think of a use case, other than as a message board, like randoms asking 'asl please'. what do you all use it for ?

[@andykirby]

It's a fun way to communicate and prepares you for communicating in a potential grid failure, Internet outage... it teaches you skills in radio comms.

[@woritsez]

@@andykirby if there's a grid failure i'll make a sandwich 🥪and take a nap, the network operators have generators and engineers to work stuff out, i don't have anything important to say lol

[@timhull8664]

First thing the cops will do is infiltrate the mesh..

[@JordanReese]

The Mesh Must Grow

[@JQ3B941]

Yea that's half the fun

[@rawcado]

Or jam it

[@JohnChrysostom101]

Mesh has been around and its encrypted if they really wanted on it im sure theirs a way the point is it's just texting and you don't need to pay a bill and in an emergency you could text a friend others the internet or cell may be down so it's like CB that way

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

This mesh network would be so ideal for emergency events like the internet is down in areas.

[@tzrrsdave]

Looks like the antenna i use with the walkie talkie, if so not to bad