Were you in a plane running Meshtastic anywhere near Northants today? There was a user SPD1 (SimonD (near i360)) who made contact with my nodes via the public channel today, but I wasn't around to talk back. I'm just wondering if it is you?

is there a formula fo the number of legs/rods for that??

It's taking off in UK must because all them cells out of Birmingham..

How much does one of those cost?

totally doesent look like a bomb

Hello. Could an electronic warfare device operating in standby mode be the source of the mysterious signal? From the comments I understand that there is an airport near you. Electronic warfare equipment may clog the channel with interference after detecting your packet.

95% of the time when the power goes out the Cell Towers work for at least 2 more days. What devices support meshtastic plus a cell phone connection at the same time?

Hello Simon, I have watched several reviews of this radio and all I’ve really heard is a lot of interference. Is this what it’s all about?

UK: PiHut out of stock. EU alternative suppliers attract the Brexit Tax end up being £14

She went on for the full 25min... what a wh*re.

FFS, she's still going, god damn, you're a beta male, tell her to stop, she's annoying af.

Next time can you tell your d*mb c*nt to stop doing the damn dishes, ffs.

I can't get mine to connect to my home network via my WiFi router. I thought I would have been able to do this and then connect in to my network via WiFi from the Meshtastic App. Bluetooth isn't good enough here.

Dont work!!!

How do you connect your iPhone app to the WiFi connection on the Meshtastic node?

Nice video - Learned alot, thanks 🙂

Biconic Dipole. Low gain and wideband. here are some bigger (HF) ones. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/e3eEoKaIoYxmtIk.html

The first no nonsense explanation I've seen. Thank you. When experimenting with different antennas, I want to measure how quickly the node list does or doesn't populate.

how have you been able to preview the IR camera ?

Have you had the chance to use and test the AOA-868-5ACM - EU LoRa/HaLow/Helium 868 MHz Antenna 5dBi N-Male?

One recommendation. Try not to disconnect the UFL/IPX socket too much. I would suggest putting an sma pigtail on the heltec and leaving we’ll be. Had a connector go intermittent today narrowed it down to wear and tear on the ipx plug. The sockets thankfully seem okay so far. The SMA at least will take more connecting and disconnecting. I’d say also having seen the heatshrinked coils on coax they are variable performance at best and often not resonant at the signal frequency. Good luck Simon with the experiments and thanks for sharing the video. 73 if that applies 👋

Great informative video, thanks, Simon. About that swr kink at 870MHz, has anyone worked out why is that? I also get the same kink on my nanoVNA-H and its annoying when tuning antennas. It seems like a calibration issue, but recalibration doesn't solve it.

This function on the app is on Channels module, if click on '0 Longfast', a new window appears with up/down link enable. God bless.

Thanks, I've been looking for this. My problem isn't MQTT though, it's 2 pilots flying over with a node every few weeks.

That's why you need to ground it

Does the length of the cable connecting to your outside antenna made much difference?

Can't get mine working either, such a pain as the Bluetooth on the Heltec V3 keeps going off.

Can’t you do a video about the unit you’re using when you get used to it. Please. Ty. 😊

Thank you. Your video is brilliant and so informative

Hey Simon, we greeted you on FB wondering if there's chance working together, will you be able to touch back. thx

Great! Thanks for sharing the video. BTW, can you share the link where you bought the MEDIUM PLASTIC ANTENNA?

I used welding wire as I have a huge supply of the stuff

Hi, after watching your videos I made the same and it works well. Thanks

nice v2 antenna.

Good build, i admire your "Brain Over Brawn" calculating the frequency to avoid cuts. I only purchased my nanoVNA to check my Meshtastic and long wire HF antenna (SWR and Smith) so interesting to see other uses watching your videos. I also purchased a tinySA which due to receiving other equipment I haven't had much time to get to grips with it yet, so if you have any real world demos would be great.

Great video and clearly explained suppose good for people with no RF activity in the area .Can you do a video on remote access to a node via port forwarding please .most secure way possible Simon .thanks for the videos ❤️

Excellent build. To attach the elements to the copper disc/hub, consider using a clamped on jig and a MAPP gas brazing torch to braze the brass together before soldering the radiator assembly to the connector.

Thanks for your information video! You just gave me another project to work on…😢! 73!

Yeah my one was pants that came with it. I have a Gizont 40cm whip on it now and it's nuts as a mobile unit.

I tested a freinds one this week also and same result as you

Well Simon it's nice to see you go from a couple 100 views to 5k+ views not to mention the subscribers! Safe to say you'll be making some nice money off youtube very soon! Keep it up

If you take the case apart youll see the antenna is grounded to the casing of the GPS. The interesting thing with this antenna is it doesnt seem too sensitive to position, which might be useful on this kind of device. Also worth trying it with a real world scenario - the VNA isnt definitive!

Is that a recording of the screen that you are showing?

I got similar results when testing the antenna. However there is a mesh metal tape from the antenna GND going to the board GND which at least provides a little reference plane.

Clothes line😊

thanks

Good Audio.Thanks for your time and effort.

Hej Simon, any update on the MC Gill Microwave 🤞

Hi Simon I can't help identify your mystery signal, not heard in Caterham I have been looking for a more serious source of continuous interference which is using 869.525 which others have reported and I find I can see traces of it almost everywhere. This is particularly annoying as it raises my noise floor on Meshtastic at home to around -115 rssi so I see nothing reported below that level. When walking around I have seen that narrower band continuous signal on your display which is within the bandwidth occupied by Meshtastic just a bit lower than 525.I do't kow what that is either hihi. It seems Meshtastic is doomed to failure in this country with such high levels of use of 525. Thanks for your interesting videos keep up the good work

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get your T-Echo? I want a genuine unit because I am a bit fed up with filtering out fake products - some are great, some aren't - but the Lily website has been out of stock for a while.