Before Powering on Meshtastic LoRa You Must Do This! Off Grid Texting 

Wow. Thanks bud ❤️

You have no idea how happy it makes me that you spotted the little details like the recessed hex nuts, I sweated a lot of tiny things most will never notice (but then that’s what makes good design, when you barely notice it)

I just made a video about T-Deck. I'm loving it! Meshtastic is amazing.

needed this video like last week. thank you!!!!

Really cool video. Looking forward to build one for myself soon.

National Instruments screwdriver...Instant respect!

Great video. Videos on your other use cases would be excellent as meshtastic seems to have many creative uses.

In the UK the frequency used is 869.525MHz So those stubby antennas may be for the UK/EU market. Just thought Id point that out Cheers 👍

Awesome video. Thanks!

14:40, I used to always pull off the film, but I find with these more recent ones with the green tang, you can carefully remove said tang and leave behind a screen protector which is virtually invisible like a phone or tablet screen protector..

Very neat!

Love this video, thanks. I just ordered a pair from Alibaba, paid more than I expected but they're on the way. Can't wait to get on air.

Have been playing since amost day one, its very cool

Thanks for sharing. I have been following and playing with Meshtastic for about 3 years now. It is really starting to gain a lot of excitement. I hope it takes off like it is in UK here in the US.

Nice video! I found it informative and the included links are handy. Speaking of them - is there a link to the tiny switch you are using by chance ?

14:50 - this is why I am here.

I’m 45 and completely understand what you mean by how far technology has jumped since the 80s and 90s. We literally carry the world’s libraries in our pockets… unfortunately many people just use it to bicker

My cases are finally on the way so thanks for the information. I found from another RU-vid channel that channel 0 used in the US is actually on 906.875Mhz. I watched the transmission on an SDR and saw that was what is being used. Just an FYI for antenna tuning.

I have no idea what the stuff is, but I feel I need to understand it, or I’m not a true nerd. Subscribed.

Thanks for the video. I'm waiting for a couple of the " Bender" cases. I got in on the 3rd batch, he sold a lot of them. I got the side mount antenna, planning on using a 90 degree sma and folding antenna. Fold it over the top.

You mentioned getting parts basically for free, I’ve been saving old vape batteries that my friends toss for a few months and already have over 100.

Making the Antenna at a 90 increases SWR. 1.5 straight and 3.2 at 90 degrees. FYI.

I am one of those who keeps the film on the displays. I just remove the tag. I would hate to have fingerprints on the display. Plus these oleds have a matte grainy surface.

Network analyzer you got there ? NanoVNA details ?

I noticed the grey box you have on the desk there had a ferrite core on the antenna. using it as a choke? did it make a difference? Just curious.

I noticed the other case you were holding at the end of the video, I was trying to print it myself but keep having problems with layer adhesion around layer 60ish on the back plate. Did you see anything like that while printing the back plate?

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Hey, how's that foldy antenna when it's at a 90deg? how far off from straight?

Hey, Do you know if a Micro JST 1.25mm connector battery will directly fit the Heltec? If not what connector does it use?

What 3D printer and type of filament did you use?

Question: What is either the part number, or name of the connector wire (you said from Heltec) that you actually connect from the battery power to the Meshtastic control? I'm not finding those.

Got a couple questions if you or anyone else can answer. Do the heltecs have gps? seems like that would be a more "covert" option. Would be nice to have something that has no ability to relay coordinates. Can you detect/track other nodes without gps?

Can the antenna be disassembled and trimmed down to the correct freq?

Well, I'm all started and there is nobody out there.

Does the 18650 Battery need to be removed if you decide to use the USB C connector to power it up?

Just to make others aware...if you order the antennas from the link provided, check the resonance of those antennas if you have the means to do so. The ones I received were way out of spec and were resonant down around 860 Mhz for one and around 888 Mhz for the other. Both were supposed to be for 915 Mhz. I sent the company a note about that and they promptly issued a refund without requiring me to return them. I'm not sure if I want to order again. Instead I may look for a way to crack these open and trim the length just a little.

100mW? it is 25mW in Europe. are there different TX power versions of the Heltec32?

Amazon link doesn’t work. Thanks for the great video though, I have a few on the way.

Plastic cases are all sold out. I have a 3d printer so I got the 3D files.

would of been good to see it actually work and text?