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[davemwilburn@infosec.exchange]

@boscoandpeck @tek

I might be mistaken, but ham and meshtastic doesn't seem to be either/or. The venn diagram of ham radio operators and meshtastic operators has a huge intersection. The good news is that it's a very cheap system to experiment with. Rokland sells complete radios and radio kits for pretty cheap. So don't let my challenges dissuade you.

[kawaiipunk@sunbeam.city]

@tek I did try and cruise on Meshtastic at chaos Congress but it didn't work

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@DaveMWilburn @tek

I'm out in the sticks of the country on top of a mountain. I am gathering the hardware to aim high gain antennas to nearby cities and see what happens.

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@DaveMWilburn @boscoandpeck For sure. You can get going with the mesh for like $30, no license needed. It’s fun! I really enjoy it for hobby experimentation. I just don’t recommend it for life and death things. If you count on it to communicate in an emergency, or help your friends find you in a national forest, or find your lost pet, you’re probably in for a bummer.

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@dianea @DaveMWilburn Niiiice. I’d love to try that experiment.

[kawaiipunk@sunbeam.city]

@tek maybe it was me

[ericr@social.lol]

@tek I had someone slide into my DMs because they saw me on Meshtastic. They asked me where I was because they wanted to know how far their node was reaching. Sure, bud, sure👌

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@ericr OK buddy. 👍

[on1arf@mastodon.radio]

@tek to be honest, I do not see that much overlap between linux users and mesh* users.

[boscoandpeck@universeodon.com]

@DaveMWilburn @tek that's true probably a lot of the same people using both solutions. Alright I won't completely write it off. I live in a populated area so there are probably some mesh devices nearby.

[boscoandpeck@universeodon.com]

@tek @DaveMWilburn for $30 I guess you can't go wrong. That's the cost of lunch for 2 people nowadays.
Alright, I am back on board 😂

[mikalai@privacysafe.social]

@tek
If she still let's you do meshtastik, then she doesn't mean it be 100% tinder like.

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@oseiler 👋

[avincentinspace@furry.engineer]

@tek screw it, that's all i wanted anyway.

anyone got a recommendation for a good meshtastic radio?

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@AVincentInSpace The Seeed T1000-E is dead simple to use. I have a RAK4631 strapped to my backpack for a daily driver. Both of those are great.

[km7cdc@mastodon.radio]

@tek kernel patches. diff left or diff right..

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@NilaJones Yep! https://github.com/kstrauser/frozenbbs

[gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@tek this might make me get a meshtastic device

[chekov@social.bau-ha.us]

@tek so zero "likes" for me there as well?😅

[steppl@mastodon.social]

@tek

The tinder theory is funny. 😉

My wife just asks what it is good for. When trying to explain (no internet needed comms) , she has this "oh another toy" looks. 😉