#EU - Spain

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copper carbon
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haha

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idk I saw on the node map and it looked pretty close

ripe coral
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the Montalt node is probably somewhere between us-ish, but it's 300 metres higher than we both are, so I'd be expecting us both to be getting most messages via it, really

full trout
ripe coral
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It's about 5km when I drive via the road, probably 2.5km or so, direct

full trout
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yes, something like that

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I don't know if there aren't any actual nodes in a good location from me or something is wrong with my node, but my signal shouldn't be so unreliable.

ripe coral
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Hmm, dunno, I think the protocol is a little unreliable too tbh

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Like for example, I'm not reliably getting messages from the Montalt node, which I'd expect I would do given the distance and lcoations of the two nodes and antennas

full trout
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I often get messages from bcn and girona, but when I send them half of the time it doesn't get acknowledged

ripe coral
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From where I am to the node is a weird path as it's slightly on the other side of the mountain, but it was working better the other day

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The Montseny node is no longer visible from Montalt either, that's definitely making a huge difference

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I think I need to place the Montalt node better, so it can at least get to the Montseny node again

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Hard to know whether Montalt node has degraded for some reason; leaves on trees or something. Or whether the Montseny node has.

full trout
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Is there any way to contact the owner of the Montseny node?

copper carbon
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I paid him to set up a new node

full trout
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oh wow

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I didn't know that

copper carbon
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what do you need to tell him?

full trout
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We could ask him if he knows anything about the status of the node, if he's also felt that the connection got a bit worse

copper carbon
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got it

full trout
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There is also a lack of nodes in a good location near mataró, I get some nodes but they always have a bad signal

copper carbon
ripe coral
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Oh sweet! Didn't realise you knew him!

copper carbon
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yeah I met him though the telegram

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he showed me vids of him installing the Montseny router

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how it all started

ripe coral
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Oh that's cool, It's a great location for a node, it was one of the first places I went to test the distance out

copper carbon
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oh nice

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yeah

ripe coral
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I got a connection from my home node to Montseny one day, which was pretty cool - haven't actually seen his router from my house though, so perhaps his location wasn't quite the same as where I tested

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It's quite high and has great views all around, one of the highest spots in the park Montnegre.

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Downside is it's still only ~600 metres, same height as Montalt

copper carbon
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i’m not sure but i’ll take a look at it later this week

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i’m gonna scope out the map

ripe coral
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Google Earth is handy for this 🙂

copper carbon
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yeah

native oasis
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According to this tool, you might still have problem to reach montseny.

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I have tried to good location on your side of the mountain.

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Though a sail boat would have no problem reaching you

copper carbon
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imagine installing a node in the water

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@native oasis ask you french?

copper carbon
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@ripe coral he said “Es posible ya que cuando instalé montseny en el árbol, no había hoja alguna”

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also my T-beam is arriving today

ripe coral
# native oasis According to this tool, you might still have problem to reach montseny.

Yeah, there's not much extra height, but I could get it on the other side of the trees more easily. I suspect the trees might be the issue. My test yesterday was kind of invalid as the test node I took with me was having issues due to the new firmware, so I'll have to test again tbh. If I can find a spot on foot that works, then I can potentially move the fixed node to that location.

ripe coral
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Do you know if the location it shows on the map is accurate or not, did he say?

copper carbon
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@ripe coral he said it’s approximately the location yes

ripe coral
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That's good to know, I can validate my placement a bit better

native oasis
copper carbon
native oasis
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What gave it away?

copper carbon
native oasis
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Well spotted 🙂

copper carbon
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haha

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from which part?

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in from paris

native oasis
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Nope the north, though I spent 6 years in Paris.

copper carbon
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I meant to say i’m from paris

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but nice

native oasis
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Let's get a drink and talk nodes one day. @ripe coral when will you be in the office?

copper carbon
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yeah sure!

copper carbon
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@full trout can you send a ping?

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longfast

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i’ve put new node on other side

full trout
copper carbon
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ah ok

full trout
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I've got a great connection with the 2250 node

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This is the traceroute I have with @copper carbon

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I don't know why there are so many hops between me and luu

copper carbon
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-16dB? hmm

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seems bad

full trout
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i'ts doing a direct connection

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instead of hops

copper carbon
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yeah

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but still

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before it was better

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with the seeed card

full trout
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is it in the same place?

copper carbon
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yeah kinda

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just a little more to the right

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maybe the meliá is blocking

ripe coral
copper carbon
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interesting

ripe coral
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I have to do some running around

copper carbon
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what time?

ripe coral
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I don't think I'll have time tomorrow tbh, I have to go do some things - we're organising an event and I have to go visit the locations and the restaurants and check them out 🙂

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I'll be in the city more over the coming weeks though!

copper carbon
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sure, just let us know

ripe coral
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hmm, that's a point... I thought the node had been quiet today, I just realised I don't know where the phone is it's connected too, lol

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And that T114, I had to eventually do a full factory reset on it before it started to see new nodes again

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That was after flashing back to an earlier firmware

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So unsure if a factory reset would have fixed it without the firmware flash or not, but worth bearing in mind if you have similar.

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It could be something like if you erase the node db in the client, other nodes don't send you their nodeinfo unless they don't recognise your public key

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So you have to do the factory reset to reset the public key - this is a guess 🙂

copper carbon
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which node are you talking about?

ripe coral
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This is my a354 node, the H2T/T114 that I tried to use to test the locations on the Montalt mountain the other day - it was playing up and not seeing any nodes

copper carbon
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ah

full trout
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Restoring it fixed the issue

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it could be a weird bug on the most recent firmware

ripe coral
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Interesting! I'm guessing it could be something to do with the keys, but not sure.

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Yeah, it seemed to be triggered when I updated the firmware to the latest

copper carbon
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so I reset it?

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how

ripe coral
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I did a factory reset from the software on iOS, it's under Device in settings iirc

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You'll need to re-enter all settings, obviously, as it's a factory reset! 🙂

copper carbon
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okay

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i'll do it tmr

full trout
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on which node are you having problems?

copper carbon
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2250

full trout
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oh

copper carbon
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I only got like 20 nodes

full trout
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Leave it on for a bit longer

copper carbon
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okay

full trout
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it takes time

ripe coral
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oh, 20 nodes is a lot more than I got, I'd got 2 after 24 hours, so it definitely wasn't right

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though you're in a much busier spot I guess 🙂

copper carbon
ripe coral
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When I first setup a node, I literally didn't see anyone for the first month or so, so that still doesn't seem too unusual for me tbh 🙂

copper carbon
copper carbon
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is this gonna happen?

ripe coral
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Well, not in the city, no

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Didn't know those alarms existed tbh, I presume it's a broadcast to cell phones, rather than sirens

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oh, yeah "Además de activar las sirenas, Protecció Civil también mandará una alarma al teléfono móvil de los ciudadanos que se encuentren en las zonas mencionadas."

copper carbon
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yeah

full trout
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My traceroute to ITWorm is crazy

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copper carbon
ripe coral
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Just did a ping for Seba from here 🙂

copper carbon
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wow

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seed card is amazing

ripe coral
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Yeah, I was surprised it got direct connections to both nodes

full trout
ripe coral
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That location was a bit unrealistic, pretty sure there's no other nodes out there at the port but it shows Meshtastic can cover a good distance with LOS

copper carbon
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I will be going to the costa brava for the weekend, i’ll see what nodes I can get there

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maybe see if I get a connection to you guys as well

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cap roig

copper carbon
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@ripe coral @full trout on the way there I will send message when I pass by you guys

ripe coral
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Ahh, yeah, will be interesting

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At the moment I don't think I'm connected to any of the nodes up there, due to the Montseny node being out of contact, but let's see!

copper carbon
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yeah

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I got someone in Roses

full trout
copper carbon
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in an hour

ripe coral
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Wow, you're starting your weekend early 😉

copper carbon
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yeah, well i’m in summer vacation already

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school’s over

ripe coral
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Lucky you! 😦

copper carbon
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hahah ye

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exams were a pain tho

ripe coral
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I wish I sitll got school holidays, them were the days

copper carbon
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you don’t get them at work?

ripe coral
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Well, not as many. I think it's like 24 days of holiday a year or something.

copper carbon
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a year????

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yikes

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they got you working hard

ripe coral
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That's normal!!

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I think a lot of Spanish/Catalan companies actually give you less

copper carbon
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I think i’m not passing through the beach

copper carbon
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idk I get like at least 5 months out of the year

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3 for summer

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2 for winter and easter

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I got acknowledged here

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ripe coral
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Ugh, being young is underrated

copper carbon
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haha

ripe coral
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Probably see Atomsk around there

copper carbon
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maybe he received my message

ripe coral
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If you're heading in the direction the map shows, pretty sure you're going the wrong way, haha

copper carbon
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nah i’m taking the AP-7 up north now

ripe coral
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Probably won’t see mine or Seba from there as we’re both on the other side of the hills

copper carbon
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hops?

ripe coral
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You’ll probably see the Router Montalt node though

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Yeah, if anything I’d imagine a hop via Montalt as it’s up at 600m

copper carbon
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yeah

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I sent another test at Mollet del Vallès

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acknowledge

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next test is at granollers

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and then sant celoni

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are you guys getting my messages?

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getting there

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full trout
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@copper carbon i got your message on long fast

copper carbon
full trout
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did you get mine?

copper carbon
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on longfast? no

full trout
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I didn't get RadioPepper

copper carbon
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montseny is up there somewhere

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full trout
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i'm sending messages

copper carbon
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nothing yet

ripe coral
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Saw Seba's test but nothing else

full trout
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Hola!

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I met informer on the mesh today, he's also from sant vicenç de montalt. His hex is e6f3

copper carbon
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just got a signal in the middle of the forest from this node

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ripe coral
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Ah, E6F3-CLM-868, I see that node! 🙂

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Montseny router has popped up for me again as well

native oasis
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We have just received a message from Valencia on LongFast.

copper carbon
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that's cool

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btw why do you guys name you nodes like this-GW-868

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or CLM

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or Cl

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what does it mean

native oasis
copper carbon
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I don't have taht at all

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who's connecting us?

native oasis
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R = Router, CL = Client, CLM = Mute. 868 for the frequency. They have proposed in the group to follow the portuguese group naming "name-type-frequency"

copper carbon
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and GW?

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gateway?

native oasis
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Client that is the base and message there will probably not be read. Gateway indeed.

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It's Montseny that on good day can catch Valencia.

copper carbon
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nice

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oh I got people in valencia

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that's almost a world record

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for meshtastic distance

ripe coral
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Wow, that’s crazy.

ripe coral
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So tomorrow I have to go to Italy/Milan for a day, so I'll be leaving my car node at the car park at T1 for the day, with a node with me in my laptop bag as I travel.

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So you might see some pings across all of BCN around 7:30am as the flight takes off and then around 8pm or so as it lands again 🙂

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And potentially some connections via the car node to nodes south of Barcelona from the stationery node in the car park - I'll park on the top level of the car park 🙂

ripe coral
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352km!

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5 hops, but still!

copper carbon
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yeah i saw that as well

copper carbon
copper carbon
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you should do canned messages

ripe coral
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Hmm, think the canned messages are only for being able to trigger from the device though

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As in, you set a few up and then you can use a rotary encode from the device to select and send

copper carbon
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idk

ripe coral
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yeah

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The only thing that triggers messages unattended is the range test, but it just sends out sequence numbers on a timed basis (it's pretty annoying)

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I'll leave it set to do nodeInfo every hour, that should trigger a few during the day

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node info and gps info, that'll probably be fine

copper carbon
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yeah I need to learn more of these features, I haven’t gotten into range tests yet

ripe coral
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it's kinda basic tbh, with an esp32 based node you can get it to save the data to map out the received pings, but it's best done on a private channel or it's super annoying for other people 🙂

copper carbon
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oh okay, will do. I have a private channel between my home node and my tracker

ripe coral
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That’s what I do too, yeah!

copper carbon
ripe coral
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I don’t understand the point of putting 868 in the node name… nor this idea of putting CL/CLM etc, that’s all contained in the nodeInfo packet anyway 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Just ends up making the node names less readable

copper carbon
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ong I kept telling myself this

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I don’t understand putting the frequency at all

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and how’s italy?

ripe coral
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Warm 😂

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Haven’t seen any nodes here though

copper carbon
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here too!

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UV 9

ripe coral
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Though I’m just right in the city and haven’t had much time to test - already heading back to the airport 😂

copper carbon
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ah dang

full trout
ripe coral
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Ah yeah, didn’t realise he had a YouTube channel tbh, will have to take a look!

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Cleaner and more professional, hmm

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Not sure I care 😂

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I dislike the idea of repeating things in the name that are already being transmitted over the air, just seems pointless to me.

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I know the node is 868 or I wouldn’t have received it on my 868mhz node 🤷🏼‍♂️

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And I can see the node it’s set too because it gets broadcast (more efficiently) in the packet info 🤷🏼‍♂️

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I can see the benefit of putting things like whether the node is fixed or mobile, as in, in a car or carried with a person, that’s useful and doesn’t exist in the node info.

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Definitely worth having an identifier so you can see which nodes belong to who. Or to have a name that explains them: “Router Montseny” with the mountain icon for example, super helpful.

copper carbon
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yeah tbh

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not very useful

full trout
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I just got messages delivered to a node in valencia

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370km and just 1 hop away

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copper carbon
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wow!

full trout
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the mestastic record is 331km

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copper carbon
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yeah

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but someone actually told me it was 1300km

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on a boat

full trout
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probably 434 mhz

copper carbon
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maybe

full trout
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I've had directcontact with a node in valencia which doesn't report position but I guess it should be around 350km away

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Balcón de Montroy

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I first got a connection from valencia last year and I couln't belive it lol

copper carbon
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damn

copper carbon
ripe coral
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Soy me!

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I was in the city at a friends for BBQ, hospital sant Pau area

copper carbon
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oh nice

wide mantle
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Zaragoza hoy.. 11 nodes 👍

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ripe coral
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Fantastic! Getting some traction there too!

nocturne atlas
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Basque country, network is growing fast

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ripe coral
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Good density in that area!

ripe coral
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Holiday season seems to be bringing out the nodes

ripe coral
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So, my "Siftah 996" node got stolen

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so if anyone sees it pop-up online, please let me know, I would very much like to go visit it's new owner 😉

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Siftah 996 HELTEC_MESH_NODE_T114 F8:B9:96:D7:1B:E0

ionic hazel
copper carbon
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I will be checking

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not at home yet

ripe coral
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I noticed it was actually still around the airport when I left yesterday evening, the node I had with me made contact at nearly 6pm, but the battery was down to 37% by then

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So it's likely it's still somewhere in that area - I've just been over there again, as I had to go to the mossos there, but I didn't see it.

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Battery is no doubt dead by now 😦

copper carbon
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last seen 3d ago

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what other valuables did they steal?

ripe coral
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Ah, just a bunch of random stuff really

copper carbon
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but like expensive stuff?

ripe coral
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They were after the documents for the car by the looks of it, as they tore into the dashboard to get into the glovebox for the docs

copper carbon
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or nah

copper carbon
ripe coral
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In total there'll be a few grands worth of stuff, aye, but it should all be insured and covered

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They literally smashed the window open using a fire extinguisher 😦

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The car has double glazing with laminated windows, so they take a bit of breaking

copper carbon
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damn bro

ripe coral
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Yeah, bit annoying, but y'know, nobody hurt, all good, just an inconvenience really

copper carbon
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yeah

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you think it was on purpose that they broke in and took documents?

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or they just broke in like morons and took whatever they saw

ripe coral
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I think a bit of both

copper carbon
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hm ok

ripe coral
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The weird thing is, when I went back today, I spotted another car which had also been broken into in the same way - but the glovebox was closed and it didn't look like they'd stolen those documents.

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So it makes me wonder. but I dunno, maybe they'd just closed it again after stealing them, I didn't look too closely.

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They certainly foced their way into the boot of my car and took everything they thought was valuable.

copper carbon
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maybe they are trying to steal company documents

ripe coral
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I need to get the insurance assessor to check over the car first, before i start tidying it and cleaning, but I'm just hoping there isn't too much damage to the seats etc. I can see some blood on the centre console, where I guess they cut themselves getting through the window.

copper carbon
ripe coral
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I understand they steal the cars documents, so they can clone the car and get away without paying tax or something, dunno

copper carbon
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oh damn

ripe coral
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The mossos aren't interested in checking for DNA, we did tell them

copper carbon
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what why?

ripe coral
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I don't think they go to that much trouble for a car robbery

copper carbon
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I swear they are working in 1860

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in the US they would

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a DNA test is not much trouble at sll

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it's really easy

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they just send it to a lab

ripe coral
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dunno, they're a bit more old fashioned here sometimes 🙂

copper carbon
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yeah fr

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btw my T1000-E stopped turning on

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I got another one

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but yeah it broke on me

ripe coral
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Ah, I can tell you how to fix that

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Hold the button down, touch the charger to the pins and then disconnect

copper carbon
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no no

ripe coral
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then it'll be reset and should work again - I've had the same

copper carbon
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I tried everything

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I know how the damn thing works

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I know broken when I see it

ripe coral
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Ah, the reset thing is annoying tbh, I didn't know about it and was away with a bricked node, super annoying

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What happened to yours then?

copper carbon
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there's a part inside that fried that is attached to the bootloader

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so it will never boot on again

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I opened it

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and I tried to fix it

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but nah

ripe coral
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Pretty compact and fiddly I guess

full trout
# ripe coral

Dang, that's really a shame, my mom's car got broken in to a while ago in a similar way and they stole a bunch of valuable stuff. The police didn't really do anything. To my knowledge they didn't even bother checking security camera footage.

ripe coral
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Anyway, nearly sorted now 🙂

wraith pine
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@ripe coral hi. Im in Barcelona Forum Diagonal Mar. Bought Meshtastic Mesh Device Station G2 - EU868MHz

ripe coral
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Awesome! What's your node, I'll look out for it 🙂

wraith pine
# ripe coral Awesome! What's your node, I'll look out for it 🙂

I ordered an antenna with higher gain and a cable. I'm waiting for it to arrive and will turn everything on. I live on the third floor of a 17-story building. If it can reach from the 17th and not from me, I'll put a kit with a solar battery on the roof. I'll be in touch soon.

copper carbon
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@ripe coral i’m in california. The mesh here is so good

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600+ nodes

ripe coral
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Yeah! Meshtastic really took off in the US eh?

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I guess they’ve a much bigger HAM community over there too

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And more interest in off-grid comms, prepping and all that kinda stuff

ripe coral
copper carbon
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i’ve got so many nodes

wraith pine
copper carbon
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you need a clear line of sight to mataró near there

ripe coral
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Hmm, I don't see a 71d4 node

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Which is odd, as you obviously can see my SBS2 node!

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Aha, I do see it, my bad!

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I just sent you a dm 🙂

wraith pine
ripe coral
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Sweet!

wraith pine
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Dm not sending for you

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Direct message

ripe coral
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I don't see your response for some reason, on the public channel

wraith pine
ripe coral
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I'm not entirely surprised though given the number of nodes now, I suspect the network topology is starting to be a limit

wraith pine
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How many hops u have?
Trace to node Reencarni Solarium work?

ripe coral
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Hmm, will check

ripe coral
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Everyone still meshing?

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My solar node is still up, kinda amazed it's lasted tbh

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Will have to go visit it if I get a second, be interesting to see how it's holding up

copper carbon
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I go on and off yeah

ripe coral
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I just ordered some new nodes to play with too, no real reason though, I have too many already, lol

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you still got your nodes active though?

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I've currently been playing around with vhf/uhf and PMR446 handsets

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Went for a driving holiday with some mates and used the PMR's in the car to keep in touch. Made me want to investigate them all again and upgrade my kit 🙂

copper carbon
copper carbon
ripe coral
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Dude, charge your node, you’re giving me low battery anxiety from 7 hops away 😂

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copper carbon
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that info is incorrect

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😅

ripe coral
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Phew! 🙂

ripe coral
ripe coral
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Actually looks dissapointing compared to the T1000E

opaque sorrel
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Does anyone have experience with the Heltec v3? Do you recommend buying it with the housing? Do you recommend upgrading the antenna when purchasing? I'm new into this and I want to learn!

copper carbon
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(sorry for the very late reply)

copper carbon
opaque sorrel
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Thanks for the advice!

ripe coral
ripe coral
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Heltec T114's are decent too, nrf based and fairly cheap. But yeah, for a battery based node the T1000e is excellent, can't go wrong.

ripe coral
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Just retrieved the old “TALT_36AF” node from the forest. It went offline for some reason.

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Batteries look fine and it’s still giving off Bluetooth, but didn’t seem to be online.

unique anvil
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hola a todos, España tienes una dedicated discord server? perdon mi español

ripe coral
copper carbon
ripe coral
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Same, though I've no idea what I'd use it for tbh 🤣

copper carbon
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I mean it’s a cool little gadget

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I used to have one

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but it broke

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cheap clone from aliexpress

ripe coral
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Did you find much use for the transmit capability?

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I don't have any SDR's with transmit, so that kind of interests me

copper carbon
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I mean I can replay and analyze signals

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it’s useful

ripe coral
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Stealing cars, that sorta thing

copper carbon
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it can’t directly steal cars out of the box

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but it can aid