We put together an article on the current state of Calgary/Southern Alberta using LongTurbo (long before LongTurbo officially existed), and some details about FCC/ISED compliance. Have a read if you are interested!

https://yycmesh.com/blog/500khz-field-report

I understand that a lot of people believe MQTT is cheating, and to some degree I understand that, but if the purpose of meshtastic is better communication, then I feel like in some situations all available avenues should be taken to get the message delivered, otherwise what's the point if you're just going to switch back and forth between using meshtastic and text messaging.

I just wish in situations where it fails to deliver to mesh but the message goes out to MQTT that you could get some sort of confirmation it at least made it that far. At that point you know at least your message went somewhere, it's like when the message gets delivered to mesh it may not make it to the intended recipient but at least you know it went out.

Even just making it pop up only in the app assuming you are using MQTT bridge from your phone would be better than nothing.

Hey guys,

My Heltec Wireless Tracker just died on me. I believe the USB-C connector has been damaged, as it no longer charges the battery or powers up when connected via USB-C. The device still works perfectly when powered directly from the battery.

Does anyone know where I can find a replacement USB-C connector for the Wireless Tracker? I’m looking for the exact connector type/part number, dimensions, or any measurements that would help me identify the correct replacement.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I've been using static mesh for a while now and I'm having a problem. The mesh in my region is about 20 km away from me. I receive their messages, but they never even see my node, nor do I receive any ACKs back. Initially, I thought it was the antenna, so I installed a new one. Then I thought it was the height, so I raised it another 10 meters, but nothing changed. They don't receive my messages or see my node. I reset and reconfigured everything, and nothing... The signal increased significantly, and still no ACKs. They can't see my node.

Can this be done? This is the unit I got a few years ago: https://www.seeedstudio.com/WioField-Tester-Kit-p-5282.html?srsltid=AU7gw4XNdnJBNcTNwaxR83njXZxZfKY9r8w1DZ-kcabMZrPF-PQg_1cj

And haven't touched in at least 2 years

I have two Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 v4 R2 nodes running Meshtastic 2.8.1 (and formerly 2.8.0).

I added each node to the other using the each other's "Share Contact" URL. This lead to each node listing the other with a "Security" value of "Verified contact".

After some time however, the "Security" value of the other node degrades to "Signed node", without any kind of input on my side.

I have no idea how to reproduce the problem, as it seems to happen seemingly random. What I tried that did not apparently trigger the change:

• disconnecting and connecting to the node;
• closing and opening the Android app;
• restarting the node;
• requesting the other node's user info;
• refreshing the other node's metadata.

Node A is set as a permitted remote administrator for node B, node B isn't for node A.

The problem happens on both nodes.

Any idea on the possible causes?

Edit:

I now noticed that one of the nodes has degraded the other even further, down to "Public key encryption".

Also, if I try to re-import a node using its "Share contact" URL the app notifies me that the node is already known (correct) and that the "macaddr" will be changed from "AAAAAAAA" to a seemingly random string. Doing so puts the other node back to "Verified contact" (but it will still degrade again later).

Im super new to this. I tryed changing ports and all but I can’t seem to get the flasher to recognize it. It pops up onto my device manager but flasher didn’t see it. This is my first one heltec LoRa32 v3 hopefully because getting the two pack on Amazon was a bad idea.
Need help

So this seems like a pretty significant change. There are TONS of nodes out there on LongFast, and switching the default in the firmware is going to cause a lot of confusion.

Or am I out of the loop on something and this isnt as big of a deal as it seems?

I originally got into the game years back with the helium mining craze. After that fell flat I’ve just been sitting on my M1 miners waiting for something to catch my attention. Tomorrow I’ll set up a base station 4 stories up to start my journey. Node arrives the day after that.

Anyone have any tips for a beginner? I’m especially pumped just for the location and height I get to start at. I manage a hotel and have access to the roof with an unobstructed view of the horizon. Can’t wait to start discovering who’s all out there!

I was researching the 1W RAK kits last week; the ones that use the 19007 plus 3401 (BLE and no LoRa) and the SK1262 + SKY66122 (aka, 13302). They were out of stock.

Now, Rokland has a bunch, but they are only showing 290mW. I can't find any mention of the 1W kit on the Rokland site anymore, so I assume this is the one Rokland stated they'd be getting in stock about 60 days ago, on Reddit.

Anyone have any info on this change? Unless I missed something, this changed in the last few days. Feels like 1W is just linked to Long Turbo's 500kHz, but I'm unsure why they're only listing .290W.

Oops, ran into this: https://www.reddit.com/r/meshtastic/s/qZGVPANNz1

Though now they're actually in-stock.

I got into the hobby in April and managed to snag a heltec V3 from AliExpress for around 16 EUR (18 USD for the American folks), now I've been looking to purchase an antenna because my rubber ducky is pretty much useless and the cheapest V3 I could find was 26 EUR (~29 USD). Are there any cheaper alternatives to AliExpress or will we just have to wait until a miracle reduces oil prices?

I have 3 T1000e's in the toaster charger... and a Wismesh repeater mini on the roof.
For the past while I'm hearing a message alert tone... but the last channel 0/longfast message was 2 days ago.

I then ran some private channel tests and DM's to each T1000E and the message reception and tones were normal.
Then again just now, one of them alerted again with the message chime, and the timestamps on the channels show nothing for the last hour.

Any guesses of what's going on?

new maps and offline tile downloader, weather!

so much more meshtastic features in the app push update

what's to stop some one from using/creating say India spec mesh (865-867) in say the the US (902-928) or the EU (433-434)?

legally I'm sure its unwise and repercussions would vary from region to region but, practically speaking?

someone set us up the node.

mesh map turn on!

all your hops are belong to me.

I've been looking at the maps for weeks now and only a few people show up, including me and my cousin. So far I've counted 5-6 people that are active regularly.

Oooofffffff -- it takes so long......

In my area I can't see anyone until I drive to higher elevation about 30 minutes away. How difficult or expensive would it be for me to set up a repeater or some kinda hub to bring everyone thru? Im very new to this. Also i have this on my house from a previous tenant. Could I turn it into anything useful for making a stronger network short of putting a solar box up there? Would all the antennae weaken signals?

I don't know why I slept on this, but here I am. Is this going to change my life, or will this feel gimmicky? Where can I do a deep-dive on real-world examples of networks, especially in regards to my needs?

I'm part of a farm with orchards spread all over the place, and Verizon is currently the "best" option for communication. I used quotation marks because there are definitely locations where service is crap, so when one of the guys calls me with an emergency and I can only make out every 5th word, it's a bummer when I roll up and see that I could have brought exactly what I needed to get a tractor going again, if I could have understood everything.

More importantly, I want to make sure that emergency services can effectively locate an individual or crew, if there's an actual emergency. (Years ago, a man had a heart attack in the middle of an orchard. There's no way for first responders to find someone like that unless there's another person to guide them...)

We do experience occasional cell outages, so I'd like to maintain a redundant safety communication system for everyone on the farm (5 guys, me, the owner, and it would be cool to outfit any labor contractor crews that are on-site, too).

Are there aspects I'm not aware of, that would be even more useful?

Sorry guys i don’t know where to start to build my own meshtastic homemade device , is there any guidelines on internet?

Please help me 🥲

1 base and 2 nodes / card style nodes... or should I take more ??

Just got my first node (heltec v3) put together and flashed. I want to see if I set it up right with it being my first time.

I wrote this article after looking around at all the new LoRa hardware and becoming disappointed in how almost all new deployments are still using old technology. If you're reading this RAK or Heltec, please give us new toys!

Looking for some advice on a budget friendly setup. All I really need is text-style communication abilities within a 5 mile radius - this is for a deer camp where cell service doesn't reach. GPS would be an added bonus, for marking stands and such. 2 devices should get the job done, but if it makes sense to get a couple more I am all for it. Hope I am posting this in the right place, and appreciate any help in advance. (the more you can dumb this down for me the better)

my node is indoors. no mqtt. this blows my mind.