Some have asked what I have been using for my Meshtastic setup. I have a few things that I am using:
LILYGO LORA32 T-Beam: I am using this for my mobile use since it has an 18650 battery holder. I connect to this either from my laptop or my phone via bluetooth
Heltec V3 (wifi and LoRa): I got a two pack of these form Amazon. I am using 2 of them for different things
- One I am using to connect to a high gain antenna on my roof. This allows me to connect to other devices in my area.
- The other, I have setup for WiFi instead of bluetooth. I am using this to bridge traffic over MQTT. This allows me to have others who arent in my area also subscribe to the same channels and have MQTT send messages from my Meshtastic mesh network to theirs in another part of the world by using the internet as a bridge. (NOTE: the device I am using for this is connected to a Starlink router so normal terrestrial outages of internet wont affect it like cable cuts, etc) -- Another NOTE: I am waiting for a Raspberry Pi LoRaWAN hat to come in. I will be replacing this device with a Raspberry pi to get more capability.
Here is some of the equipment I am using for the antenna for the device that I have up on the roof:
Rokland 915 MHz Antenna
https://store.rokland.com/products/5-8-dbi-n-male-omni-outdoor-915-mhz-antenna-large-profile-32-height-for-helium-rak-miner-2-nebra-indoor-bobcat?variant=39392551895123
Depending on what type of connector is on your device, you may need to get a pigtail to fit the antenna connector. This is what I got:
https://store.rokland.com/products/8-in-antenna-extension-coaxial-cable-rp-sma-male-to-n-male-rg316?variant=39391886442579
#meshtastic #comms #lora #lorawan #prepping #communication
Brian K. Wharton
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2024-04-09 19:23:03
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