They seem to be getting really popular too, a few years ago I might find 1 person on the default channels even in a big city like Boston, but now I'm in the middle of nowhere and there's like 7-10 other nodes online at any given moment using the default frequency / preset. I'm slightly disappointed that nobody seems to chat in the default channel, I guess most people are using it with private channels or to DM each other which makes sense.
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Did you 3d print that case and if so, have the stl?
https://piefed.social/comment/9492026
Hope that helps!
The more I see these mesh walkie talkies, the more interesting they are! It looks simple to set up too!
They seem to be getting really popular too, a few years ago I might find 1 person on the default channels even in a big city like Boston, but now I'm in the middle of nowhere and there's like 7-10 other nodes online at any given moment using the default frequency / preset. I'm slightly disappointed that nobody seems to chat in the default channel, I guess most people are using it with private channels or to DM each other which makes sense.
I just got into this myself, set up a node on my roof. Turns out there’s about 100 nodes in my (pretty small) city. A fun diversion for sure.
Local city its at 30 and with mqtt its over 200ish. Its exploding. Kinda.
Is there a good guide on getting mesh talkies like this setup?
If your just getting started: https://rootaccess.org/wiki/Meshtastic/
Any new contacts? I'd always guessed that boats would likely be running nodes.
None 😅