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    From Rob Koliha@1:3634/56 to All on Monday, January 12, 2026 08:46:18
    Is anyone tinkering with Meshtastic here?


    Thanks,
    Rob

    ... Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. - Einstein

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  • From Matt Jurcich@1:154/120 to Rob Koliha on Monday, January 12, 2026 18:37:59
    Hi, we have a decent group of folks doing it here in Minneapolis... some on ham bands, some not... Works pretty well, with antenna height (as with anything)......

    Any in your area?

    -m

    
    Is anyone tinkering with Meshtastic here?


    Thanks,
    Rob

    ... Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. - Einstein

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: ReTR0aKTiV.com (1:3634/56)

    --- D'Bridge 4
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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Rob Koliha on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 19:49:49
    On 12 Jan 2026, Rob Koliha said the following...

    Is anyone tinkering with Meshtastic here?

    I've been trying, but Meshtastic with only 2 nodes (and you own both of them) isn't a lot of fun.

    I brought it up on my most recent 2-meter net, and I think I've sparked enough interest to get my little area in BFE meshed into a more populated area.

    Fingers, toes, and eyes crossed.

    73,
    Randall
    WZ8Q

    ... Famous last words: "I'll be there in just a minute, honey."

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  • From Ray Quinn@1:214/23 to Matt Jurcich on Monday, January 12, 2026 20:49:00

    Hello Matt!

    12 Jan 26 18:37, you wrote to Rob Koliha:

    Hi, we have a decent group of folks doing it here in Minneapolis...
    some on ham bands, some not... Works pretty well, with antenna height
    (as with anything)......

    Any in your area?

    There is none here that I am aware of. I should look into it further as we have access to a very high antenna @+7500' ASL and the local area hovers around +-300' ASL. I am at around 290'. But the location is about 37 miles northeast. We're using 5 ghz radios to connect the site to the Internet.

    What is the best site to find information? (of course a search engine would be a good place to start)

    73 de Ray
    Visalia, CA DM06ii
    W6RAY/WRKZ506

    ... Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6!
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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to All on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 11:26:07
    Re: Re: Meshtastic
    By: Randall Schad to Rob Koliha on Tue Jan 13 2026 19:49:49

    Fingers, toes, and eyes crossed.

    Crossed fingers...hands impaired.
    Crossed toes...walking impaired.
    Crossed eyes...vision impaired.

    Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. ;)
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  • From Rob Koliha@1:3634/56 to Matt Jurcich on Friday, January 16, 2026 14:47:19
    I'm in NC. I started a statewide mesh group with another gent a little over a year ago in Greensboro. Not a lot of users in NC then. Setup a private MQTT server, discord server, private map, website, etc. The bulk of our users put the domain name in their radio ID which drives new folks to us. It's
    absolutely blown up over the last year >1000 members strong on Discord right now and 800-1500 active nodes at any one time. Connectivity from the mountains to the sea. We were getting decent connectivity to GA/TN networks, but the guy with a node on Mt. Mitchell moved to meshcore so it's hit and miss again.

    Cool to hear there are others here playing with them. It's a lot of entertainment for a license free $30 radio. That low barrier for entry is what motivated us to set it all up to start with.


    Rob

    ... If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

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  • From Rob Koliha@1:3634/56 to Randall Schad on Friday, January 16, 2026 14:49:43
    Is anyone tinkering with Meshtastic here?

    I've been trying, but Meshtastic with only 2 nodes (and you own both of them) isn't a lot of fun.

    I feel your pain. We had/have quite a few islands of folks who don't have great connectivity geographically. Setup a private MQTT server to bridge the RF gap for the time being. One node in a cluster can get everyone else hooked up. Generally folks disable MQTT once a solid RF link is there.


    Rob

    ... There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past

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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Rob Koliha on Monday, January 26, 2026 22:00:31
    On 16 Jan 2026, Rob Koliha said the following...

    I've been trying, but Meshtastic with only 2 nodes (and you own both them) isn't a lot of fun.

    I feel your pain. We had/have quite a few islands of folks who don't
    have great connectivity geographically. Setup a private MQTT server to bridge the RF gap for the time being. One node in a cluster can get everyone else hooked up. Generally folks disable MQTT once a solid RF link is there.

    You ever have one of those moments where you you feel like a dolt because someone said something that you completely forgot existed and you were already doing in another application?

    I'm having that genius moment right now. :)

    Thanks for the kick in the right direction!

    73,
    Randall
    WZ8Q

    ... I thought getting old would take longer.

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