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Roy Tanck
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@roytanck@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

After playing with this for a few days, I'm running into a weird usability issue, that's actually very much a "nice problem to have".

My radio can only store 350 contacts (other nodes on the network). Once that's full, new nodes are no longer shown.

That means I can't add them as favorites, or even message them.

The upside of course is that I can reach over 350 nodes, covering half the country.

And a fix is on the way: https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/pull/1379

#meshcore #lora #HeltecV4

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Roy Tanck
Roy Tanck
@roytanck@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Experimenting with #LoRa and #MeshCore. This tiny little box (which is mostly empty) and a 20 cm antenna lets you connect to a whole network of nodes.

The first one that showed up in the app's client list was located 50 km away. Wasn't expecting that kind of reach. Apparently it took 9 "hops" (other devices rebroadcasting messages) for us to connect.

Fascinating stuff.

A hand holding a LoRa radio in a 3D printed case.
A hand holding a LoRa radio in a 3D printed case.
A hand holding a LoRa radio in a 3D printed case.
Roy Tanck
Roy Tanck
@roytanck@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

After playing with this for a few days, I'm running into a weird usability issue, that's actually very much a "nice problem to have".

My radio can only store 350 contacts (other nodes on the network). Once that's full, new nodes are no longer shown.

That means I can't add them as favorites, or even message them.

The upside of course is that I can reach over 350 nodes, covering half the country.

And a fix is on the way: https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/pull/1379

#meshcore #lora #HeltecV4

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