I appreciate your British stiff upper lip and humor…😂…especially to those who complain…😂. I a first thought you borrowed the space dish to focus your signal..😊! 73!
Glad you use kilometres so us Aussies can get an idea of the distances you are talking about without having to reach for the calculator. Keep up the good work.
Bloody hell mate, you walked 200km that`s radio dedication for you right there, hope you had plenty of banging drum and bass to keep you two going - - - - - - - 🙂
I absolutely love the added info about the history and the fab pics of the area. Part of what makes radio fun is knowing a little bit about the history of the area you're in, IMHO.
Hi not commented before, all very interesting and good to see thanks. I suppose that that this is the new packet radio message system. I used this years ago and remember hoping though nodes to send and receive messages as a licenced radio armature. I saw your comment on Km being used. I would agree with the other person, we live in the UK where all of our signs are in miles I feel rather proud of that we hung onto this from the EU. Cheers 73.
Great video, thanks! I really enjoyed your interspersing the technical data with still shots and drone footage which gives an idea of your operating conditions as well as the beautiful scenery. More please! 👍
By far the most interesting part of this for me is how far/broad the coverage is including the maximum possible number of nodes/hops, seeing the practical maximum distance you can currently reach in your area is extremely cool. Part of me hopes there will be a day where you could reasonably expect to reach most of the UK if you wanted to
Some people!! I love castles and rock formations, we dont see enough of them on radio channels. Thank you Lewis for shining a light on their being terriby forgotten in the radio world! Some great views can be had for many kilometres! Thank you again 😁👍
I love the combination of history, tech, and long views and music. Don’t change anything Lewis. What an amazing spot that was too, and great day for it.
Yup, I head up to Sedgely Beacon and it's possible to get Stafford and Clee each a single hop away. We're a couple of well placed nodes and better routing algorthim away from covering 90% of the population.
Love the castle B roll, really makes the video. 200Km walk to the trig!!! what route did you take? 🤣😂 Great video as usual Mate and some amazing results on such low power.
I was about to comment on the 200km walk but you beat me to it. (Maybe you really should stick to imperial units Lewis.) Keep up the great work everyone, even if some of the technicalities are over my head.
Thank you for all the radio videos. They are enjoyable. Here is a thought for you. When there is colder air over warmer water, one can get radio ducting propagation. This will provide extended range. Both ends can be at sea level. Fog is a good indicator for this effect. Your map shows you are near the shore. Checking the weather and water temperature is a good way to see if effect is likely to occur. I like the scenery. Please keep showing the castles.
Absolutely beautiful terrain. I want to live in rural places again. The serenity and calmness is unparalleled. As I’ve learnt, back in my home town they now even serve 5G. Hah, best of both worlds. Feels just like a year ago when slow ADSL was all we got.
Thanks Lewis. Fired up for the arrival of my Heltec V3 on Tuesday as per your recommendation. @7:24 Some Yagi! Why so many directors? Have you thought of putting your Meshtastic on the drone and getting height that way?
90km, that's like twelve miles, right? LOL, just kdding! Seriously, I can't imagine getting mad at you for anything on this channel. Thanks for all the videos!
Sweet! DCM is using one the nodes I built, was chatting to him from South Wales too, while he was there was seeing a lot more from up north down here too! Thats 2x 100km hops!
It's amazing how some folk complain... I've a RU-vid channel too and it's hard work to keep it factual and interesting what you do is above and beyond so ignore those folk they are just castle haters.... lol
Some friends an I are working on a mesh network to cover our entire state in the US. we've got about 35% of the whole state, no not Rhode Island either, we're in the midwest.
Use to go up Mow Cop in the early 90s with a CB. That brought back memories! I might get a Meshtastic. I'll have to have a look at what's the best one for me. A bit of research I think...
It’s pretty amazing to see that these small radios can connect and talk over such a long distance while my wireless mics at my work can’t even maintain a steady connection over 70 meters 😅😅 Greetings from Germany ;)
i live close to mowcop i can walk out in to my back garden and see it i am on the staffordshire side of it heading up to Biddulph moor got a HF discone scanner antenna just to do some listening i belive there is a radio ham repeater up there some where
Between the great shots, the fantastic choices in music and the interesting locations, I really want to make radio contact with the UK at some point. The next step after that is going over to transmit and make contacts from the UK. Cheers from KD9SXA.
😂😂 way to give it to those morons who's life is so bad they have to complain about absolutely nothing! Love you videos. I'm very curious about off grid comms here in London Ontario Canada. I'm not sure if it's any different with the laws regarding radio here but I'm looking into it. Keep up the good work!!!
Great location, spent many days up there You can see my old house from there, 5K West Rode Heath There is/was 3 Amateurs up there 1 with p60 Versatower by the PMR Masts but no antennas..??, 1 directly behind with a HF Beam, and another with a Collinear Would be a Good Location for Meshtastic Device in Repeater Mode
Love it! Trollers gonna hate lol. I’ve gotten over 50km on 433mhz. 915mhz is a bit flakey and many people don’t know it here in Australia so the game is slowly taking traction much slower than many other countries 😊
I would be really interested to know if you or Andy have tried to measure the RF power output on one of these devices.. maybe with the low-cost log detector modules great video! (especially the castles)
I'm Steve G4FAB - I used to speak to Chris's Dad Brian G8HCB in the 70's when I lived in Wigan. There was loads of activity on 2m then when the Liner 2 SSB rig hit the market. They were great times. I've just started playing with Meshtastic, but not much doing here in Bingham East of Nottingham. Hopefully I can generate some interest! The amateur antennas seen at 7.25 could belong to G3OHH?
