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Wio Tracker L1 Pro...still learning about it. It's finding nodes, which is cool

Previous post because it had a GPS location on it of the place I was getting some dinner.

My public key is aTvU/9r6EfIZiBqv41lRoqrEpWLouxOZqQylSnlQwxY=

Wio Tracker L1 Pro...still learning about it. It's finding nodes, which is cool Previous post because it had a GPS location on it of the place I was getting some dinner. My public key is aTvU/9r6EfIZiBqv41lRoqrEpWLouxOZqQylSnlQwxY=

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[–] • 2 pts

I have couple nodes but aside from seeing my devices in the same room and sending test messages between them, they never got any other traffic.

Meshtastic always struck me as something right in cusp of being great but it's not quite there yet.

That said I have some more nodes coming next week. Gonna see if I can get over a few hills to my buddy's house at least.

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, it strikes me as something useful more in a crowded area. Some of the shows I go to where the cellular channels can be spotty come to mind. Lot of people, but sparse coverage to start with that can get overloaded quickly.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Apparently some areas like parts of southern California and Austin have big mesh nets. I guess if you want the mesh, you gotta start the mesh. Little nodes like ours won't be good for doing that sort of heavy infrastructure lifting though. People would need to deploy dedicated powered nodes to star standing something like that up.

Of course if you're just looking at it from an emergency preparedness standpoint, having a handful of these and dedicated devices like a tdeck or the media or side load the app, you'd be pretty set for your own little mesh as long as you could keep the nodes powered.

[–] • 1 pt

This was my plan. And to mesh across the local to get a message to my brother 80-100 miles away.

Am I right in thinking that it stores the message and forwards when it sees a mesh. So in theory, if I sent one to you you could get it eventually?

[–] • 1 pt

Nice. Let us know the results.

[–] • 1 pt

It's got a lot of "joined" traffic, so it's seeing something.