Posts tagged radio
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Will it Antenna - FT8 With a Patio Roof
Will it antenna? I clipped my Xiegu X6100 onto random metal around the house to see what the built-in ATU could tune, running FT8 from my Lenovo tablet with FT8AF. The fence could hear the world, but the patio roof got me a contact into New Zealand.The Phoenixing of SunBird
My solar Meshtastic node SunBird was slowly losing its battery due to poor sun exposure. Here's how I rebuilt it with a gutted Bunnings solar floodlight for a bigger battery, bigger panel, and a new home on the hill.Deploying my first solar meshtastic node.
Having built my version of the Solar Meshtastic Node, tested it for a few weeks and planned out possible locations, it was time to actually put it out in the world to see if we could connect people in northern Brisbane. (If there were any.)
My Radio Rig
This is my radio setup. It's not the biggest or most expensive, but it is designed to balance cost vs portability to allow me to get out and use it as much as I can. Which I admit hasn't been as much as I would like :(
Mapping Meshtastic Node Locations
What started as a hunt for a better spot to put one solar node ended with me building my own RF line-of-sight planning tool — and a map showing exactly where two towns' coverage overlaps.
Solar Node - 1 Week in
It has been about a week since I have re-built my meshtastic solar node with the Heltec T114. Solar Node Build. Here are the results of how it has performed over the past week, and what I plan to do next.