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Walking the dog just got a whole lot nerdier | r1 neo (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by mmmac@lemmy.zip to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz
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Side note: how do y'all carry your antennaed nodes while out and about? Like to the gym or errands

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[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for answering

  1. Are those protocols interoperable? Or are they fighting for individual market dominance?
  2. Sad, but that’s often the case. And yes, you’d need to store a couple of devices in a hell of a faraday cage, in hopes they will survive an EMP detonated above your head. In the end, this is one of the main use cases I can see. If you use those devices today, it is similar to amateur radio: Fun and nerdy, but not needed.
[–] mmmac@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  1. Semi, there are some network bridges that translate packets in to ones that the target network expects. Meshtastic has the "market share" in my area, and is completely FOSS, so I gravitate towards it. Reticulum seems very interesting but doesn't have high adoption at this time.
  2. Yeah, I'm sure that some people do. Cell networks may also go down if overloaded during a natural disaster, but yes this is mostly a hobby.

I'm planning on leaving a few nodes in advantageous locations near families work and home to ensure we can coordinate if cell goes down, and will get around to stashing a few away in a cage just in case