43 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 20 Oct \ parent \ on: My Next Obsession tech
Pulled my radio up about 55 feet yesterday to see if I could hit some more nodes. No luck. Gonna need a higher powered antenna. Have recieved some messages when guys with nodes in planes fly over. Connected to some nodes over 3 hours away.
I'm learning but looking forward to a meetup with other folks. Hopefully next month. No other mesh people in my rural community yet but there are several within 30 miles. If I can get a node up high enough I am hoping I can connect.
I have a buddy with access to a tower in a city 20/miles away. Hoping he will be willing to stick a solar powered node on it for me.
How is it going with your setup?
I tried the linux advice you gave and finally quit trying. I got the firmware easily loaded with my wife's windows laptop. I also live in a rural area, so I didn't see any contacts. I'm thinking of running a pole off my roof, but I didn't break the news to my wife yet.
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Yes. I will do that first. I was only playing around with it for a short time. Have you played around with different antennas? As a ham I became addicted to baofeng handhelds and was amazed at improvements from correctly tuned aftermarket antennas.
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