Side note: how do y'all carry your antennaed nodes while out and about? Like to the gym or errands
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For situations like this, I like to use devices with internal built-in antennas such as the Heltec MeshPocket, Seeed T1000-E, or RAK WisMesh Tag.
But all those devices are best used with a local repeater.
What am I even seeing here... Is it a wireless leash for a dog or something? Apparently I have heard nothing about this branch of tech, because I recognize none of the products you just mentioned. Man I feel old.
Its a low powered long range radio that runs meshtastic firmware!
It allows people to share text-based communications without needing the internet or cell towers, think of it like walkie-talkies that can talk to multiple people at once and automatically relay messages from one radio to another, creating a mesh network.
You're not too out of the loop, if you're on Lemmy!
wait, so this is basically a text machine/pager that allows other users to band together and uses each device as another relay? cuz that's fuckin rad and the nerdiest thing i've ever heard at the same time
Yessir, and it's funny that you say pager because there's a device that does just that!
https://meshtastic.org/
This is exactly the thing i've been looking for!
Welcome to the rabbit hole. Hopefully you don't spend as much money as I did initially lol 🤣
Don't listen to this guy. Spend as much money as you damn well please. And go down the rabbit hole so deep you think you'll never find your way back out. Lol