[TriLUG] anyone using Meshtastic?

[Tadd Torborg via TriLUG]

Climbing the tower is something I’m ok at.  More antennas needed.  I am working on a ham radio packet network.    See NCPACKET.net

If it was important to save a few dB on the receive side, I would improve the feedline.  On the transmit side. I am at around 30dBm, I think.

I am still learning how Meshtastic routes traffic.  I am dismayed by the lack of diagnostics, so far.  I may be missing something. 

Tadd - KA2DEW

> On Jun 24, 2025, at 5:55 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at trilug.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, 24 Jun 2025, Tadd Torborg wrote:
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>> The Meshtastic unit is in my hamshack, about 90 feet of LMR400 from the antenna.
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> that's 4db at 900MHz. You're OK with that?
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> The other option, putting the LoRa unit on the tower, weatherproofing it and lightning proofing the 5V power feed is not easy either.
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>> I use bluetooth to get to it from my iphone.
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>> https://torborg.com/tower-dec2024-img7835.jpg
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> nice.
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> I take it from the number of antennas on it, that you're comfortable with being at 55'.
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> Joe
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