I posted here a couple days ago, but I think my post was removed. Someone accused me of being a bot… But I’m not a bot. I’m not sure what that’s about. Maybe it’s the way I write.
Anyway. I want to set up a base station on my house. I looked on the metastatic site and the nearest base station to me is around 25 miles away. Is it possible to reach this far with equipment a mere mortal can possess?
I live on a hill in a marine environment is that helps. I can power it with mains power or set up a solar panel. I would be open to spending a few dollars on the right setup if it means I can connect to the greater network. I’m IT savvy, but a radio noob.
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.


Get a nice big antenna, meshtastic has a list on GitHub of their testing results.
https://github.com/meshtastic/antenna-reports
I just ordered one of the bigger antennas, the price was $40 which is higher than they listed it as.