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Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 04:02:04 No.2858228 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2858259 >>2858474 >>2858484

Any experience using Meshtastic devices out on a camping trip or whatever?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 14:28:35 No.2858259 Report

Quoted By: >>2858286

>>2858228
...why?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 18:32:21 No.2858286 Report

Quoted By: >>2858287 >>2858294 >>2858298 >>2858377

>>2858259
Because no cell signal, it's basically like using walkie talkies except texting and nobody else can listen

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 18:43:10 No.2858287 Report

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>>2858286
You don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about. Just buy a gmrs radio.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 18:43:47 No.2858288 Report

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Are you a woman?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 19:54:02 No.2858294 Report

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>>2858286
just use smoke signals

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 20:40:56 No.2858298 Report

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>>2858286
That... isn't correct, no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 21:43:17 No.2858305 Report

Quoted By: >>2858322 >>2858356 >>2858385

No I do not but I have done some theory crafting work on how LoRa could be used effectively in a collapse and rebuild scenario by a small group hidden in the mountains.

So using SX1262 transceivers, arduinos and pi's, 3.7v lithium batteries, 2w-10w micro solar and various other sensor modules you can do a lot and your static modules can be hidden. It's quite powerful technology. The group would set up a base station with a tx connected to a larger pi with a screen that collects and logs all of the information sent by the smaller modules. The smaller static modules would be a microcontroller, sensor module, battery and solar panel connected together providing data such as temperature and moisture data coming out of a microgarden the group would cultivate. This data would be used to optimise what to grow in each garden. You can connect any low wattage sensor module to these little static remote systems so could also be used with passive infrared to detect movement as well as vibration sensor under the ground to detect steps and so on and so forth. It's such low power that your imagination really is the limit of what you can do with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 23:26:37 No.2858322 Report

Quoted By: >>2858324 >>2858330

>>2858305
I'm just going to call you a retard and not elaborate

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 23:42:12 No.2858324 Report

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>>2858322
It's a great idea its going in my book.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 01:05:04 No.2858330 Report

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>>2858322
You're out of your depth donny

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 04:26:16 No.2858356 Report

Quoted By: >>2858373

>>2858305
you just reinvented meshstatic but anyway in a collapse scenario you won't find a fuck raspberry pi, it's already hard to get nowadays

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 09:35:34 No.2858373 Report

Quoted By: >>2858406

>>2858356
I have 20 pis.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 12:54:58 No.2858377 Report

Quoted By: >>2858380

>>2858286
Me and my friends have looked into this. Plain old radio is better for most applications. Look into APRS, it's radio but can send text and use "digipeters" to send it to the far side of the globe or even to a cell phone. Compared to radio, meshtastic has less ability to penetrate so it will be blocked by foliage easier. If you're on the peak of one mountain and your friend is on the peak of another mountain so that you have line of sight, you can communicate. But this is in a situation where your phone has charge but no reception. There aren't any good standalone meshtastic devices last I checked. The T deck is the closest I've seen and most people complain that the firmware sucks dick. The only real pro that meshtastic has over radio is that you aren't allowed to encrypt your radio comms while the ISM band that meshtastic is on has no such restriction.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 13:25:05 No.2858380 Report

Quoted By: >>2858401

>>2858377
I've looked at this (nta I'm a Taiwan anon prepping for war)
>need a license
>radio will 100% be jammed
>200 dolarinos
>Encryption is illegal (even with licence)
>repeaters need a lot of power
Seems like meshstatic wins for my scenario

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 16:13:03 No.2858385 Report

Quoted By: >>2858455

>>2858305
No. I just- no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 17:59:40 No.2858401 Report

Quoted By: >>2858475

>>2858380
Valid points although there is no reason that meshtastic can't be jammed as well. It's a narrower band to jam. And it seems to me that if you're going to war then having a license and obeying encryption laws are both moot points.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Jan 2026 18:44:14 No.2858406 Report

Quoted By: >>2858454

>>2858373
What do you use them for?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 01:42:24 No.2858454 Report

Quoted By: >>2858476

>>2858406
I bought them years ago with about 20 arduinos and hats for the pis and have used them for many different projects. They are older pi 3 model b's and zero's. I experimented with wing flight controllers. Homemade missile systems with pi brains to make them IR seeking. CCTV systems using runcams. A home server.

Most of them are just sitting in a box now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 01:51:00 No.2858455 Report

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>>2858385
Yes, yes yes yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 05:04:19 No.2858474 Report

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>>2858228
I have tried them with Scouts, but the problem is you have to be somewhat a radio nerd to keep them working. I can set them up but if they quit I need to be the one to troubleshoot, and I need to be the one to charge them, etc. We did have some success using them for adults to communicate at a summer camp but that was stationary and near the cars. It reminds me of 3d printing from 8 years ago. Great for a hobbyist who can tinker but not production ready for people who want something that just works. I really want it to mature tho because it will provide capabilities that don't exist yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 05:19:41 No.2858475 Report

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>>2858401
It's narrower yes, but basically nobody uses LoRa in a military context. In case of an attack the chinks will probably jam common radios VHF/UHF freqs which will probably affect APRS but not LoRa. I'm not an expert I'm not sure I'm correct tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 06:03:39 No.2858476 Report

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>>2858454
None of that made any sense. Pis make for poor flight controllers, ir seeking would require very expensive thermal equipment, and would require much faster processing than a raspberry pi. Also runcam is an fpv hardware company, not a software for cctv and has nothing to do with raspberry pi

I’m an idiot for even replying to your nonsense

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 11:14:01 No.2858484 Report

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>>2858228
Yeah I do, it doesn't work. Power output is 0.1W
Meshtastic is more about being radio enthusiast that for actual communication.
Just get two radios, if you don't want to dive too deep into it get something consumer friendly like Xiaomi radios, those can pair to phones and share map positions where there's no network.

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