aha moment last night when @Jestopher sold me a #meshtastic device. He went to bed in our hotel and sent me a message over meshnet while I was still at the lobby bar. Going to have fun with this thing 
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i also ordered 2 mehtastic devices last day, cant wait until they arrive.
you got a nice 3d printed case right !?
I'm actually living a bit down the street!
Glad you got the message 👍
Oh! Thats cooler then
What device and case do you recommend to get started?
This device, heltec v3, is basically as inexpensive as you can get and works perfectly well. The board itself is an ESP32 and is upgradeable with a better antenna. The ESP32 is not very energy efficient, so for low power & solar applications the RAK WisBlock devices are better.
Lots of options here:
Devices | Supported Hardware Overview | Meshtastic
Detailed documentation on Meshtastic supported devices, including hardware specifications, performance comparisons, and guides.
Whats the range on these things?
What’s the approximate range? Sweet.
Btw be sure to set your region to US in the app. Without that, no one will be able to get your messages.
This is a really cool concept. Very interested in how to send a note doing this.
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It depends on line of sight, and I’m not sure for the antenna with those Heltec kits, but we have nodes doing 20-30km with higher gain antennas here in South Australia.
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Wow!
Personally I think this outdoor solar node is really cool. Supposedly it will handles heavy rains well. I just need a high up location to mount it.
$100 on Etsy
#meshtastic
#meshtastic
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Mesh pilled?
Link?
Next up Reticulum network.... Much brighter future I believe for off-grid and mesh networking.
Where did you order?
I do love Meshtastic. I had a couple of nodes at home, and this one for one the go. 
It's LoraWAN presumably so you won't nostr over this one presumably.
Eager to see what you create.
#Reticulum #RNS
@jb55 pls
Really far, like 10 miles, but line of sight is very important since the signals don't bounce well.
10 miles is solid for clear sight. Need to get me some to play with.
which one did you get?
Can someone orange pill me on these. Not totally clueless but still
Being a mesh network, range is potentially global as sufficient user-base develops.
Welcome to the mesh 🤝
100% . This is exciting.
Future To-do :)