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    From Chris@VERT/LLOADED to All on Thu Nov 20 10:42:10 2025
    Has anyone gone down the meshtastic rabbit hole like I have LOL. Very cool tech for sure. I am going to install a mqtt gateway since I am in a area with very few nodes, I have a solar rf node now and a portable heltec v3 I use inside.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Chris on Thu Nov 20 14:59:03 2025
    Re: Meshtastic
    By: Chris to All on Thu Nov 20 2025 10:42 am

    Has anyone gone down the meshtastic
    rabbit hole like I have LOL. Very co

    I certainly have. There are at least
    two different groups of Meshtastic
    users in my town, on separate presets.
    There are also some using Meshcore
    firmware instead.

    So far, I have a RAK, Heltec V3, Heltec
    E190 (e-ink display), and a Seeed
    Studio T1000e. Someone made a userport
    interface to connect a node to a C64,
    too.

    Unfortunately my immediate area doesn't
    get out to the rest of the city's mesh.
    A local mqtt server would be pretty
    cool.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Chris on Sat Nov 22 12:29:12 2025
    Chris wrote to All <=-

    Has anyone gone down the meshtastic rabbit hole like I have LOL. Very
    cool tech for sure. I am going to install a mqtt gateway since I am in
    a area with very few nodes, I have a solar rf node now and a portable heltec v3 I use inside.

    I have a Heltec V3, been puttering around with it. Not much progress
    made yet.





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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Chris on Mon Nov 24 13:36:07 2025
    Re: Meshtastic
    By: Chris to All on Thu Nov 20 2025 10:42 am

    Has anyone gone down the meshtastic rabbit hole like I have LOL. Very cool tech for sure. I am going to install a mqtt gateway since I am in a area with very few nodes, I have a solar rf node now and a portable heltec v3 I use inside.

    I built a WisBlock meshtastic node earlier this year. It was fun for a bit, especially at EAA Airventure this year.

    Now the thing just sits in my truck, and I occasianally remember to charge it (the battery I jammed in there lasts nearly a month).

    Meshtastic is a neat concept, but it really seems like a solution that's in search of a problem.

    ...File not found, I'll load something *I* think is interesting.

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