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Xringer · 03-16-24, 07:19 PM

The people in Austin Tx are interested in some back-up communications. They have a good start on a mesh in their downtown area. https://austinmesh.org/
They had an awful experience with a grid down situation.

We have a Meshtastic group (FaceBook) starting up in New England and a small group starting in the City of Boston.
It might be good for Boston kids who want to text their family or friends on an encrypted channel, using an old phone or tablet. No WiFi or Data needed after the app is downloaded. (Once the city has enough nodes).
I can also see this technology might be used by drug gangs or other criminals. Then maybe banned in Boston

Yesterday, I linked a node 26 miles away from my town, via direct transmission from a local hill. I think these T-Beam nodes output about 0.1 watts on the 906.875 Mhz common channel. It will be nice when more nodes (packet repeaters) are in my area.
There will be no need to go hill climbing.
Coming soon I hope..

03-16-24, 07:19 PM	#3
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	Mesh The people in Austin Tx are interested in some back-up communications. They have a good start on a mesh in their downtown area. https://austinmesh.org/ They had an awful experience with a grid down situation. We have a Meshtastic group (FaceBook) starting up in New England and a small group starting in the City of Boston. It might be good for Boston kids who want to text their family or friends on an encrypted channel, using an old phone or tablet. No WiFi or Data needed after the app is downloaded. (Once the city has enough nodes). I can also see this technology might be used by drug gangs or other criminals. Then maybe banned in Boston Yesterday, I linked a node 26 miles away from my town, via direct transmission from a local hill. I think these T-Beam nodes output about 0.1 watts on the 906.875 Mhz common channel. It will be nice when more nodes (packet repeaters) are in my area. There will be no need to go hill climbing. Coming soon I hope.. __________________ My hobby is installing & trying to repair mini-splits EPA 608 Type 1 Technician Certification ~ 5 lbs or less..