Meshtastic Range Test 3 - 3 man level nodes 

For sure! Thanks for watching

The ham radio dudes do a lot of stuff this way: wrist rocket slingshot fitted out with lead fishing weights and with an open spin reel mounted on the thing. Loop it over a high branch, pull the repeater up, lower it down later when the field exercise is over. Most people don't look for tech high up. Fishing line and weights are cheap.

InnerCity: may I also suggest using a 3D printer to make LoRa enclosures that look like a piece of garbage or a random stick or other innocuous items that don't catch the eye.

@@suzyamerica4679 I was just thinking to myself about making one that is based on those fake cans that are actually "safes" that you see at the store every now and then. I mean, it would have an antenna sticking out of it most likely but at least it wouldn't be a glaring plastic box. :D

@@innercityprepper I thought about that too. So you would have a tiny antenna within the thing itself, and, somewhere nearby but better out of sight, the router or repeater that passes info back to the net. Meaning automated telemetry about the passing of vehicles and other sensor data. Edit: are you familiar with the notion of the short message codebook as used by U-boats to report (essentially) location & sensor data into very few characters? Same thing applies here too. A little local processing to summarize the sensor data (flickering shadow; passage of vehicles, how big, direction; significant thumping or rumbling or noises; etc) and squirt off a few bytes. Even better, since this is a mesh net, the point from which you receive the data ultimately and pass it on could be very very hard to find. Also figure out what the intel loss is if the devices themselves are removed and examined. Hence that nearby repeater which is higher up and hard to find.

Thanks!

Thanks you!

Thank you!

You should, Sean! It’s pretty interesting stuff and may be a good option for off grid comms with non-hams

Thanks!

Thanks for watching! Yeah, terrain is a big factory with these LoRa nodes. But if you know the lay of the land, you can make it work well.

Awesome! Glad I'm able to provide value to someone. Thanks for watching, Chris!

@@Scout75PortableRadio with living in Wisconsin, and our terrain, your helping me out big time on these. I am still confused but watching you and other channels are helping

@@Scout75PortableRadio with living in Wisconsin, and our terrain, your helping me out big time on these. I am still confused but watching you and other channels are helping

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Right!

Thanks Rodger!

The T-Echo is the way to go IMHO. You’ll be seeing more on that very soon!

Thanks Mike!

I haven’t been able to figure that out just yet. But I’ll be sure to make a video on it when it do. Thanks for watching!

No kidding!

One could do that.