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very nice analysis of the limits of #meshtastic for #disaster #communication why it is probably unsuitable for disaster communication, but also where and how it could make limited sense.
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Sehr guter #Meshtastic-Nodename im Berliner Meshnetz: „LoRa rennt“.

I have not posted so much about #meshtastic lately, mostly because our area have basically moved over to #meshcore instead. The reason is that the few people who where active wanted to try out meshcore - so I joined them.
Connection between Borås and Kinna/Skene is much more stable n…

I finally tried Meshcore on some spare heltec v3 boards I had.
Not many meshcore nodes here, but it hurts my feelings how much more reliable it instantly seemed for actually sending and receiving messages compared to meshtastic.
#meshtastic #meshcore

A while back, I was mostly-lurking on a regional #Meshcore (like #Meshtastic , but different) discord, when someone on there tried to update a repeater and accidentally soft-bricked it. They needed to climb up to where it is to get a physical connection. But there's a raven nesting near where they've …

„In the pilot NodeNet: Meshnetworks for Emergency Communication, Waag, in collaboration with the Municipality of Amsterdam, investigates the technical feasibility of mesh network technology using a set-up of 30 devices hosted by citizens from Amsterdam.“ #meshtastic #meshcore

Waag | NodeNet
NodeNet is a pilot project in which Waag examines mesh network technology as a solution in case the traditional communication infrastructure in Amsterdam fails. The research focuses on both technical feasibility and the user perspective on the basis of various scenarios.

I did a test in Romania, #meshtastic vs #meshcore and here is the quick summary:
Over 250 Meshtastic nodes found, compared to 70 Meshcore nodes.
BUT
Meshtastic was basically dead, no one talked, or answered anything. I only got one message with the following - "test&…

Ich habe Probleme #meshtastic zum Laufen zu bekommen. Ich versuche es jetzt seit zwei Tagen, aber irgendwie gehen keine Nachrichten raus. Ich bekomme immer im LongFast nur "Max Retransmissions Reached". Dabei werden mir bis zu 40 andere Nodes angezeigt, einer nur 500m im @…