A Meshtastic node has been one of the toys of the moment over the last year, and since they are popular with radio amateurs there’s a chance you’ll already live within range of at least…
Lets say I want to talk to a buddy of mine a couple of miles away. I can see him via one node away. Sometimes when I message it doesn’t show up. Sometimes none of the messages show up if its a busy day.
This isnt an isolated problem. Ive had my node on my roof for over 2 years now. Its a bit sporadic no matter which device I put up there. Threw an RTLSDR up there and found there’s a lot of traffic happening around the US frequency in my area. But it shouldn’t affect it all that much. Hope that makes sense!
I own 4 meshtastic devices. They are awesome when they work! But I personally wound’t rely on them for communication. An old walkie talkie would probably get better reception if need be.
I think theres a small queue? Im not sure. I know it will attempt at telling you if the message is recieved if it can. But beyond a couple of hops, its anyone guess. Longfast looks like a lot of half made messages.
It works best if there isnt as many hops (as you can probably imagine).
From what im seeing, frequency is fine. I have seen different devices use lora to communicate pretty decent distances, if there is line of sight. Its decently reliable.
Meshtastic tells you if SOMEONE heard and repeated your message (the cloud icon). You don’t know if it has arrived to the intended destination. Unless you’re in direct range of each other, then you’ll see the person icon.
One thing that city people have a problem with is smart electricity meters doing their own mesh thing on the same frequency. There’s so many of them that a lot of the time they drown out the polite little chatter of nodes. This is certainly the situation in the EU 868 MHz band.
Lets say I want to talk to a buddy of mine a couple of miles away. I can see him via one node away. Sometimes when I message it doesn’t show up. Sometimes none of the messages show up if its a busy day.
This isnt an isolated problem. Ive had my node on my roof for over 2 years now. Its a bit sporadic no matter which device I put up there. Threw an RTLSDR up there and found there’s a lot of traffic happening around the US frequency in my area. But it shouldn’t affect it all that much. Hope that makes sense!
I own 4 meshtastic devices. They are awesome when they work! But I personally wound’t rely on them for communication. An old walkie talkie would probably get better reception if need be.
Do undelivered mesage queue and eventually come through? I would agree with the walkie talkie idea but would need longer range.
Edit: also, do different frequencies not affect much? Sorry for all the questions lol but i appreciate your time
I think theres a small queue? Im not sure. I know it will attempt at telling you if the message is recieved if it can. But beyond a couple of hops, its anyone guess. Longfast looks like a lot of half made messages.
It works best if there isnt as many hops (as you can probably imagine).
From what im seeing, frequency is fine. I have seen different devices use lora to communicate pretty decent distances, if there is line of sight. Its decently reliable.
Meshtastic tells you if SOMEONE heard and repeated your message (the cloud icon). You don’t know if it has arrived to the intended destination. Unless you’re in direct range of each other, then you’ll see the person icon.
One thing that city people have a problem with is smart electricity meters doing their own mesh thing on the same frequency. There’s so many of them that a lot of the time they drown out the polite little chatter of nodes. This is certainly the situation in the EU 868 MHz band.