@casey360360
It's phenomenal. I've found 171 nodes from my apartment so far. Biggest thing if you're deciding to get into this stuff, buy a good antenna.
@olafschermann1592
Pro tip changing battery connector: Don‘t cut both wires in one go, scissors short the battery and you either create sparks, kill the longlivity of your battery or in worst case make fire. Cut one pole, solder in the same pole fpr the new adapter, heatshrink it - and THEN cut the other pole. Alternative cut the 2 poles at slightly different locations that you not create a short if insulation fails at a later time. Solder joints can have sharp pints, especially if you don‘t solder at a regular basis which cuts thru the insulation.
@orangebudha
I’m able to send messages to San Diego, from Los Angeles, many nodes in between, community is growing
@support2587
Been cruising around NV, AZ and NM with one in my pack back with a larger antenna. Collected over 250 nodes, most in Albuquerque.
@webluke
It's funny that my friend, with whom I was installing a new Unifi network at his business, was talking about using something like Meshtastic for communications between him and his friends when they were doing winter sports. I got a bunch of Meshtastic gear a year ago and played with it for a month, then got bored because I was the only one to communicate with. Now my friend is 40 miles away, so that won't work unless we strung a bunch of solar-powered repeaters through the desert of Western Colorado.
@traviswhitten792
I see this being very useful for putting these with Solar Panels in remote places in National Forests/Hiking trails.
@sean-sk
Great explanation in the Configuration chapter. I am new to Mesh and own a couple prefab devices I bought at a ham fest. Your description is very clear and informative. thank you
@simcopter1821
Heck yeah! Glad to see you covering this project.
@deathmetalpopart
Not gonna lie, I thought about setting up hundreds of these to be self-contained throughout phoenix to have my own private network across the city. I don't have the funds to do this, unfortunately, but it's a potential use case
@lifefromscratch2818
I've been a ham for years and I didn't expect meshtastic on this channel. haha
@oceancape
I am using the four T1000-E to create a private free network in zero cell coverage area. They clip on to your jacket, battery life 48 hours. Meshtastic network for back country snowmobiling, the system allows the four of us short text messages between each off us, and display each other on a map so everyone knows where everyone is, and a breadcrumb in action so we don't get lost. all for under 200.00
@olafschermann1592
Thank you for mentioning meshtastic. Didn‘t know that.
@RossDaniel-san
Love the t-shirt. "Somebody's gotta go back and get a sh*tload of dimes!"
@GrannyDryden
Interesting video, thought i'm still clueless on what it is/does and its use case/application. Seems a bit too niche to me.
@andresmonteverde
good work pals, very clear and well produced
@chuckles1808
Man, when I was working out in the sticks we didn't have any wireless monitoring of our equipment, we had Walky-talkies and we'd walk or ride out and call in if things needed refills. This would've been great cause we were pushing the limits of those little radios.
@patto647
Hahah I’m currently setting up a network here in South Sydney. Only real negative I’ve come across is just waiting for gear to turn up from AliExpress, but that’s standard for Ali lol
@Alex-x6q5b
Fantastic work!
@FishTankKush
nice ive been looking to get into meshtastic . hopefully i will do it soon
@zerofox3d