That black connector is a CGB, compression grommet bushing Be sure to check how small the CGB compresses down to, it’s possible to buy one that doesn’t compress down to the size of the wire you’re running through it
Great video Andy - i managed to get my 3 units working and setup one as an Internet gateway and have been chatting with people all over the world - Keep up the great vids!
I have an outdoor hotspot for helium on a pole above my house in Surrey - I think I'll convert that - 360 dgerees line of sight for miles so hopeful of use. Thanks Andy for all the information here. Great channel!
@@andykirby I just used alien double sided tape and mounted to the top half on battery. Mine were different design than yours had the 18650 battery mount in back. Before that I took a tyt uv8000d attached to a 4ft Paracord used crossband repeat and great results. Was a calm day.
@@andykirby hiya Andy I’m roughly 10miles from Liverpool, still learning this neat little system if I appear on the map it’ll be my callsign 2E0SQA. Either way thanks for pointing this little project out 👍🏼
You use carrier pigeons? The airmail of previous days. We still use messages in bottles where I live. Kinda slow but it has bandwidth potential if you fill the bottle with large-capacity micro SD cards 😅
love the comments here.🙂 So the pigeons will maintain an aerial mesh network above town providing solid comms as long as they eat and rest on some viable flight schedule. Very simple and economical and birds are adorable. 🤓 They can do airdrop? 😂 💩
I am from Germany and receive a station 110km away. DB0WTH is the name of the station and is operated by radio amateurs. I live southeast of it at about 680 meters above sea level. So ist very good. But i use betafpv Antennas.
My issue is that I just logged on and looked at the map and I can now see the HOME ADDRESSES of everyone who has one turned on in their houses (and put their addresses in)... I Hate this lol
I have a genuine fear to my bone that all the fancy things a no more than beacons for our location no anonymous function at all, think a programmer is needed to have a deep look and tell what needs doing for more anonymous function (s)?
Andy could you do a video about the recent OFCOM consultation and the major changes to amateur radio? Recently pass my Full and now looking into building a 1kW amp lol. Awesome stuff Andy as always!
Love your videos mate. Im just getting into wireless communications a bit deeper and i really enjoy the variety of things you talk about that fall under that umbrella.
How random. I was watching the shots of the town casually thinking "I wonder if it's anywhere near me". Looking a it though.... Hertford? Where I grew up! :-)
@@andykirby The more you look into this, the more you find out. I just ordered another Lilygo TBeam because the the radio chip on the other ordered one isn't the best, despite being newer. It seems the SX1262 is more powerful, more sensitive and more efficient than "newer" models SX17xx. I've only recently subscribed to your channel (prior to the Meshtastic stuff) but I think this is worthy of an entire series... there's not a lot of consistent material out there on RUclips. There's certainly a gap to fill and you may well be the man to fill it...
Thanks Andy. I found your RUclips channel while ago as you're talking about things I am also interested! I'm quite new HAM operator (portable radios only) and I have been very interested to follow all of your topics. And I just noticed that you're doing also excellent electronic dance music too! You seem to be on Spotify, so now your music is easier to be listened there 👍
Absolutely love the content Andy. Very cool device. I also love your deep dive on these devices. Btw I bought the IC-705 because of you. 😂 My main is the ft-991a really love that too. One for QRP and one for QRO. 😅 Have an awesome day mate. 73s SM6VIU. 😊
those UFL connectors are not meant for repeated disconnects - they are only rated for no more than around 6 connections after which your signal will degrade badly
I'm going to do some testing on the true range of these being near winter hill I've plenty of height. 8.5dbi colinear vertical antenna 460mw erp small solar panel and a chunky lipo. Signal prediction says it will work from Fleetwood to Wigan off 1 of the smaller hills near me. We shall see.
I was more impressed with how beautiful your town was. Where in England did you record this video? Would love to visit there some day. I'm about to dive into this hobby so thank you for the great video.
FYI: If your SWR is lower than the official spec, you might have some losses in your cable/adapters/etc. Just a thought for further testing and improvements. Edit: Nevermind you mentioned that 2 minutes into the video. 😆
It is like the good old days of packet radio ( M1CCH / G7OCP ) , But I've let my ham licence laps . I may have to think about setting up a node and see who is in the local area.
Do all these devices show on the Mesh map? That seems inconvenient when privacy and security matters. I just found a device in Gaza. Isn't that a concern?
Fill the external box with a bunch of those dessicant sachets and seal it as much as possible... any "ventilation" holes would just allow the humidity (read moisture) inside and outside to equalise...🤔 Re. the Yagi... is the directionality (is that a word ?😂) not a bad thing for a grid /mesh network ?... I would have thought an omnidirectional vertical whip would be better though you sacrifice ultimate range for lack of directionality... 😎👍☘️🍺
Is this the stuff introduced to africa, what 5-8 years ago, pre-gsm? Those offered mesh/relay as well as dropbox function, picking up message when connection occured.
@@digitalmediafan I’m using 10w at the moment to test but to be honest because of the time of year it’s not enough to keep the battery charged, trying to keep the size small so it doesn’t get noticed by walkers, I’m out in the country, still testing at the moment.👍
Can you do a video on setting up solar powered ping extenders that can receive a msg signal over 100’s of acres? We would like to use it for cattle ranches and remote mountain cabins.
Interesting device. I will be going after more detailed information about the device. BTW, what is the antenna attached to the top of the vertical support seen at 5:54?
10:48 I know that this is off topic, but how do you use off grid solar to charge your bike and do you have a video review of your bike? What do you think of using this off grid messaging system as a part of a remote AirBnB experience?… it’ll probably start with depositing all other ways of communication inside an RFID blocker lockbox. We would love it if you did a, “what if…” video about this scenario. What if they had this in the movie, “Leave the World Behind” (2023)? How would it, if at all, been different?
I have been enjoying this series of videos but like I said last time i am so out the way it didn’t seem worth it but looking at that map there is a few nodes close by so maybe it is worth a bash in the future..73s
Andy...does this meshtastic technology sole purpose is only sending and receiving messages between 2 separate devices or can it do more...lets say opening up websites on laptop or a tab etc.This is a fascinating technology I must say.
Another massive outro tune 🎉 still search for meshtastic users in Bristol, to many hills 😢
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I wonder how much you could pull from there 868 MHz antennas on LTE B20 or what remote towers you could connect to. Definitely will look into the Meshtasic thing though, I have basically a 360 degree view and might be able to get some interesting here.
New to all this... Question for anyone in the US... What frequency works best here? Andy said they are using the 860s in UK, but the company that makes these items website has like 4-5 options for frequency, and I'm wondering if that changes here in the states. Thanks.
Wait so you'd use these things to communicate in the scenario where for some reason you couldn't even use a local wifi network and an a chat app on your phone?
Range test with a bicycle? Nah that would be too far to ride 🤣. On 868 MHz you can reach 15 km+ on ISM. I recently got my callsign and tried the 433 MHz version (100 mW). With the stock Antenna it can reach the next iGate 30 km away but in small depressions outside los it fails. I upgraded to a 1 m Antenna on my car and now it works like a charm - range test is still pending but I think 50 km+ is no problem. This technology is just amazing! PS: Keep in mind: With directional antennas you might need to reduce the transmit power to stay below the maximum allowed ERP but I guess most people will just plug and play.
Actually it wouldn't make as much difference as you thing, these things have a massive link budget of around 120-150dB so can see just added 20db won't make as much difference as you think.
You're using an adapter to connect the wrong antenna type. That antenna is for Wi-Fi, the port is for Cellular SMA type. The antenna you used is RP-SMA, not SMA. Try a cellular antenna for 4G bands or tin foil wrapped around a carat to go head-to-head against the RP-SMA antenna, I'd tune in for those results. :) If you were in the U.S. I'd say PM me your address and pay the postage and I'd send a couple. I have some extras, I think it might not be worth it overseas though. Offer stands regardless.
It would seem to me the design of this meshtastic protocol is destined to fail, and will very quickly saturate the spectrum available as more and more nodes come online. Unless I am missing something? I have two nodes here in Melbourne Australia.
I know this is a bit off topic,but do you still have anything to do with Kirbebike conversion kits? I'm trying to source 1 for a fat bike front hub set up.love the content and thank you in advance.
Why is the aerial sticking up, making the case an awkward 'L' shape? Lay it along the alongside of the lora board and it would be a far more convenient rectangle.
The signal will propagate better with a vertical mounted antenna, plus its spaced a bit away from the main PCB so theres little interaction of the metal parts and other antennas (wifi+ble), the design of this case is actually pretty good IMO.
Haven't found a place yet, a good alternative is the raspberry pi pico + waveshare pico lora hat, it's uses the same 2040 SOC as the RAK, power consumption is around 30ma. It'll probably go way lower with power saving features.
When I was on CB radio back in the day we used to call SWR "swire" we would use a "swire meter" and "swire it in". In all the many videos I've watched in recent weeks as I'm getting back into radios, not once have I heard it referred to by anything other than SWR. Whatever happened to Swire?
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Just got mine in the mail. The signal set up on a UHF 12db antenna. Omg! It’s signal is over 50km 😮
Is that it? 30 miles?
db is a ratio. dBd or dBi?
That black connector is a CGB, compression grommet bushing
Be sure to check how small the CGB compresses down to, it’s possible to buy one that doesn’t compress down to the size of the wire you’re running through it
Great video Andy - i managed to get my 3 units working and setup one as an Internet gateway and have been chatting with people all over the world - Keep up the great vids!
that sound just like a modernized C.B. radio, like we had in the 70's and 80's... so your just talking to random people ..
How did you do that? I would like to know. Thanks.
I have an outdoor hotspot for helium on a pole above my house in Surrey - I think I'll convert that - 360 dgerees line of sight for miles so hopeful of use. Thanks Andy for all the information here. Great channel!
Helium! Brings back memories
Lol @@scharlesworth93
I don't know much about crypto mining so why would you need an antenna? I thought you did it through your internet connection.
Have three units connected one to my mavic pro and flew to 350ft. Was able to use that one as the repeater basically and was texting 10 miles out.
How did you mount it?
@@andykirby I just used alien double sided tape and mounted to the top half on battery. Mine were different design than yours had the 18650 battery mount in back. Before that I took a tyt uv8000d attached to a 4ft Paracord used crossband repeat and great results. Was a calm day.
GENIUS!
This is an awesome prepper tool, thanks for giving us insight.
Awesome prepper tool for what? So people can trick you into meeting so they can then rob you?
Back when cellphones were first introduced, this is what I assumed they did. Was wrong.
An "off-the-grid"grid... 😉
I now have mine up and running, at the moment temporary, until I get a battery. Cheers Andy!
Nice, where are you? Add yourself to the map if you feel inclined 😁👍🏼
@@andykirby hiya Andy I’m roughly 10miles from Liverpool, still learning this neat little system if I appear on the map it’ll be my callsign 2E0SQA. Either way thanks for pointing this little project out 👍🏼
What battery do you use?
I remember the Tiger electronics version of this geared towards teenagers and I’m so excited to see it back and also better
Lol I vaguely remember this and it was a cool idea at that time. I think I might have even wanted one myself.
Not sure exactly what you are talking about, But do enjoy seeing people getting enthusiastic about their hobbies.
I'll keep my carryer Pigeons because everything comes back in cycles 😅
Nice one Andy, great tunes brother.
You use carrier pigeons? The airmail of previous days. We still use messages in bottles where I live. Kinda slow but it has bandwidth potential if you fill the bottle with large-capacity micro SD cards 😅
Welp, just need to wait another half-lifetime for voice activated texting patent to expire then this thing will take off like sliced bread.
love the comments here.🙂
So the pigeons will maintain an aerial mesh network above town providing solid comms as long as they eat and rest on some viable flight schedule.
Very simple and economical and birds are adorable. 🤓
They can do airdrop? 😂 💩
I'm down near Enfield, and will be setting up my nodes shortly. Should increase coverage for south Hertfordshire!
Amazing. Hopefully this is the start of something big.
I am from Germany and receive a station 110km away. DB0WTH is the name of the station and is operated by radio amateurs. I live southeast of it at about 680 meters above sea level. So ist very good. But i use betafpv Antennas.
My issue is that I just logged on and looked at the map and I can now see the HOME ADDRESSES of everyone who has one turned on in their houses (and put their addresses in)... I Hate this lol
yea that's not good
Chances are if they have one bit or radio equipment they have a lot more @@livinagoodlife
You can set it up to not give a gps signal out.
It’s a choice to identify.
I find this best on private setting.
I have a genuine fear to my bone that all the fancy things a no more than beacons for our location no anonymous function at all, think a programmer is needed to have a deep look and tell what needs doing for more anonymous function (s)?
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Andy could you do a video about the recent OFCOM consultation and the major changes to amateur radio? Recently pass my Full and now looking into building a 1kW amp lol. Awesome stuff Andy as always!
There’s loads of RUclips videos about it already.
so from a laymans point of view, what practical application would this device have ?
Clandestine comms during an escape/evade scenario.
Awesome. I’ll be setting up a node near Castle Cary / Yeovil over Xmas as long as the kit arrives in time! :) x
nice one.. on the bridge your camera filmed a kingfisher flying down the middle of the river ...love your chanell keep up the good work..
Love your videos mate. Im just getting into wireless communications a bit deeper and i really enjoy the variety of things you talk about that fall under that umbrella.
How random. I was watching the shots of the town casually thinking "I wonder if it's anywhere near me". Looking a it though.... Hertford? Where I grew up! :-)
I’m waiting for a couple of different LoRa boards to arrive from Aliexpress any day now and can’t wait to join in 😃
😁😁😁
@@andykirby The more you look into this, the more you find out. I just ordered another Lilygo TBeam because the the radio chip on the other ordered one isn't the best, despite being newer. It seems the SX1262 is more powerful, more sensitive and more efficient than "newer" models SX17xx.
I've only recently subscribed to your channel (prior to the Meshtastic stuff) but I think this is worthy of an entire series... there's not a lot of consistent material out there on RUclips. There's certainly a gap to fill and you may well be the man to fill it...
bought one !!!! you cost me money every time i watch one of your videos lol
I have to so get one of these, looks so much fun and nice that it uses RF not internet!!
Thanks Andy. I found your RUclips channel while ago as you're talking about things I am also interested! I'm quite new HAM operator (portable radios only) and I have been very interested to follow all of your topics. And I just noticed that you're doing also excellent electronic dance music too! You seem to be on Spotify, so now your music is easier to be listened there 👍
Absolutely love the content Andy. Very cool device. I also love your deep dive on these devices. Btw I bought the IC-705 because of you. 😂
My main is the ft-991a really love that too. One for QRP and one for QRO. 😅
Have an awesome day mate.
73s SM6VIU. 😊
Thanks mate, appreciate that! The 705 is an amazing radio!👍🏼 73!
those UFL connectors are not meant for repeated disconnects - they are only rated for no more than around 6 connections after which your signal will degrade badly
I'm going to do some testing on the true range of these being near winter hill I've plenty of height. 8.5dbi colinear vertical antenna 460mw erp small solar panel and a chunky lipo. Signal prediction says it will work from Fleetwood to Wigan off 1 of the smaller hills near me. We shall see.
Yeah if you got good takeoff it'll defo work well! It'll be interesting to see who pops up!
For moisture, Silica Gel Packet/Desiccant Bags (usually buy the colour changing ones)
I'm loving your trance Sir.
Insane performance from such a small and low power device.
Isn't it just!
if you're not careful though, you can get into a terrible mesh 😅
I'm in a mesh with these things already!
@@billcarson4601 Or Lauren and hardy, who got themselves into a fine mesh I'll tell ya 😁
we had a local guy who has a plane doing pmr tests around here a couple of years ago. Now that would be fun with lora mesh
I was more impressed with how beautiful your town was. Where in England did you record this video? Would love to visit there some day. I'm about to dive into this hobby so thank you for the great video.
Sounds like good gear for when SHTF
Andy Meshby
The ordered 4 units which arrived today. Ill be looking at setting up a node in Weymouth/Dorchester sometime soon ;)
Nice! Add yourself to the Map!
Can you just leave one of these on and it will help other people?
@@user-jt5vm3mi1wya it’ll be a node as a part of the mesh from what I understand
I know abit about Mesh hete in the US,
and saw a Mesh set up at the October
2023 Nearfest, in Deerfield. NH. Thanks. 😊 73 de W2CH Ray NH
Hi Ray, Don from Manchester. Is this thing worth it?
@@DonaldMerrit Sorry, I am not active
with Mesh, and do not have these devices.
Thanks 😊
FYI: If your SWR is lower than the official spec, you might have some losses in your cable/adapters/etc. Just a thought for further testing and improvements.
Edit: Nevermind you mentioned that 2 minutes into the video. 😆
This is brilliant mate, been lookimg for something like this.
You're playing on my 868mhz CROSSFIRE BAND Andy....🤔😏😏🇬🇧
It is like the good old days of packet radio ( M1CCH / G7OCP ) , But I've let my ham licence laps .
I may have to think about setting up a node and see who is in the local area.
Nice. Heard about these, never tried one. Maybe I will pick one up
Do all these devices show on the Mesh map? That seems inconvenient when privacy and security matters. I just found a device in Gaza. Isn't that a concern?
Fill the external box with a bunch of those dessicant sachets and seal it as much as possible... any "ventilation" holes would just allow the humidity (read moisture) inside and outside to equalise...🤔
Re. the Yagi... is the directionality (is that a word ?😂) not a bad thing for a grid /mesh network ?... I would have thought an omnidirectional vertical whip would be better though you sacrifice ultimate range for lack of directionality...
😎👍☘️🍺
Is this the stuff introduced to africa, what 5-8 years ago, pre-gsm? Those offered mesh/relay as well as dropbox function, picking up message when connection occured.
I've been using this for a few years now. I have my own node as well for IoT
Do tell more about your setup, have you documented your journey?
Will have a rummage and see if i can get one knocked up in time :)
I must get into this but down here in Brighton there's just one node atm 😢
Be the second! It's gonna grow!
I’m up the coast near Hastings and already have two, just ordered a couple more to set up with solar and put up on some hills to test.👍
@@andykirby I will but where do I get the 3d printed case ?!
@@Peelerville What type of solar panel(s) are you using ?
@@digitalmediafan I’m using 10w at the moment to test but to be honest because of the time of year it’s not enough to keep the battery charged, trying to keep the size small so it doesn’t get noticed by walkers, I’m out in the country, still testing at the moment.👍
Just found your channel. Thanks to Ringway Manchester (I think it was lol). Good videos. A new subscriber.
Can you do a video on setting up solar powered ping extenders that can receive a msg signal over 100’s of acres?
We would like to use it for cattle ranches and remote mountain cabins.
Interesting device. I will be going after more detailed information about the device. BTW, what is the antenna attached to the top of the vertical support seen at 5:54?
Save all those little silica dessicant packets to use as condensation prevention 👍
Yeah you are not wrong!
@@andykirby Better idea to use cat litter crystals. they are the same thing but you can buy kgs of the stuff for relatively cheap.
10:48
I know that this is off topic, but how do you use off grid solar to charge your bike and do you have a video review of your bike?
What do you think of using this off grid messaging system as a part of a remote AirBnB experience?… it’ll probably start with depositing all other ways of communication inside an RFID blocker lockbox. We would love it if you did a, “what if…” video about this scenario.
What if they had this in the movie, “Leave the World Behind” (2023)? How would it, if at all, been different?
Interesting that you mentioned that movie as this will be America's last election
To be fair, what a cool idea 💡😜
I have been enjoying this series of videos but like I said last time i am so out the way it didn’t seem worth it but looking at that map there is a few nodes close by so maybe it is worth a bash in the future..73s
It’s like digital CB radio? Amazing
Yes exactly 👍🏼😁
RAK wireless has the most adaptability to other sensors.
WHEN YOU AND RINGWAY COME TO MANHATTAN , LET ME KNOW.
Very cool! Imma get one for me and my dad!
Gotta love the name. Heltec
Great tech info Andy, love the music !
By Wayfair 🤔 I bet they give away your position also
It would be cool if you did a ham radio get together
put one on a drone as a repeater, possibly use drone to put on top of building or tree etc
Wow , that's amazing & thank you for sharing , I might make one & see if there's a Meshtastic network , in Brighton ?.
Great video Andy. Keep your ears pinned back. The yagi is on its way.
Nice! Where are you?!
Andy, how come 'Move Your Feet (BM Dubs Wiggle Your Toes Mix)' wasnt a general release.
cracking tune
that canal with the boats looked like an area where an episode of peep show was filmed😂
It is MAD that this is with 20 dBm … 4 km!
I know right?! LoRa is very efficient.
Andy...does this meshtastic technology sole purpose is only sending and receiving messages between 2 separate devices or can it do more...lets say opening up websites on laptop or a tab etc.This is a fascinating technology I must say.
Just text messages. Yes it's pretty awesome.
Another massive outro tune 🎉 still search for meshtastic users in Bristol, to many hills 😢
I wonder how much you could pull from there 868 MHz antennas on LTE B20 or what remote towers you could connect to. Definitely will look into the Meshtasic thing though, I have basically a 360 degree view and might be able to get some interesting here.
I assume 915 MHz is right for USA? Also Canada? Thanks Andy.
Yes
New to all this... Question for anyone in the US... What frequency works best here? Andy said they are using the 860s in UK, but the company that makes these items website has like 4-5 options for frequency, and I'm wondering if that changes here in the states. Thanks.
915 in US.
3:55 Isn't it better to in that case get the correct antenna connector ? There is SMA and RP-SMA
in this video, how are you getting YOUR gps location to determine distance to your base station?
Wait so you'd use these things to communicate in the scenario where for some reason you couldn't even use a local wifi network and an a chat app on your phone?
Hi Andy, love your content. What's the bike you're riding here? I'm looking to get a high-power fat tyre ebike in Feb
ois bulla that track at the end was sick as i wish i could mix as well as u bra
800mhz doesnt care about obstructions. Old Ubiquiti 800mhz antennas can push almost a Mbps through hillsides.
For Mesages Its Super Easy To Get Sent Further Away, now Voice Is Diferent World You See.
Range test with a bicycle? Nah that would be too far to ride 🤣. On 868 MHz you can reach 15 km+ on ISM. I recently got my callsign and tried the 433 MHz version (100 mW). With the stock Antenna it can reach the next iGate 30 km away but in small depressions outside los it fails. I upgraded to a 1 m Antenna on my car and now it works like a charm - range test is still pending but I think 50 km+ is no problem. This technology is just amazing!
PS: Keep in mind: With directional antennas you might need to reduce the transmit power to stay below the maximum allowed ERP but I guess most people will just plug and play.
I wonder if these could be used to transmit mavlink data to a drone, kind of like a telemetry radio. Probably not high enough data rate.
Obviously you would want to employ a compression protocol .. look at the "short signal message" format used by U-boats in WW2.
I wonder how far you can get if you use an signal amplifier
Actually it wouldn't make as much difference as you thing, these things have a massive link budget of around 120-150dB so can see just added 20db won't make as much difference as you think.
Great content these devices look really good that was some range. Keep up the great work this is interesting stuff.
Cheers David!
Brilliant Andy👌
You're using an adapter to connect the wrong antenna type. That antenna is for Wi-Fi, the port is for Cellular SMA type. The antenna you used is RP-SMA, not SMA. Try a cellular antenna for 4G bands or tin foil wrapped around a carat to go head-to-head against the RP-SMA antenna, I'd tune in for those results. :)
If you were in the U.S. I'd say PM me your address and pay the postage and I'd send a couple. I have some extras, I think it might not be worth it overseas though. Offer stands regardless.
I watched, but don't get it. You showed a device that pinged others. How & where do you see messages? I'll have to look at links.
If the ploice get one it can be developed to snoop I expect.
What about a Quadcopter!?
Yes! The plan is to do that when the weather's better.
Won't work in California. PG&E and other companies have filled 900mhz with all sorts of crazy signals.
It would seem to me the design of this meshtastic protocol is destined to fail, and will very quickly saturate the spectrum available as more and more nodes come online. Unless I am missing something? I have two nodes here in Melbourne Australia.
How about using your drone to take a Meshtastic to the Max legal height and attempt a long range contact.?
I know this is a bit off topic,but do you still have anything to do with Kirbebike conversion kits? I'm trying to source 1 for a fat bike front hub set up.love the content and thank you in advance.
Yes www.kirbebike.com hit the team up and you can get what you need 👍🏼
@@andykirbythank you greatly sir!
Why is the aerial sticking up, making the case an awkward 'L' shape? Lay it along the alongside of the lora board and it would be a far more convenient rectangle.
The signal will propagate better with a vertical mounted antenna, plus its spaced a bit away from the main PCB so theres little interaction of the metal parts and other antennas (wifi+ble), the design of this case is actually pretty good IMO.
Any place to buy WISblock kit in the U.K.? Want to set up a repeater node in Hampshire over Christmas
Haven't found a place yet, a good alternative is the raspberry pi pico + waveshare pico lora hat, it's uses the same 2040 SOC as the RAK, power consumption is around 30ma. It'll probably go way lower with power saving features.
When I was on CB radio back in the day we used to call SWR "swire" we would use a "swire meter" and "swire it in".
In all the many videos I've watched in recent weeks as I'm getting back into radios, not once have I heard it referred to by anything other than SWR.
Whatever happened to Swire?
Same, back in the late 80s- early 90s locally we called it swar. I guess now with the internet local slang has kinda died off a bit?
Yeah swar is what we called it too in the 90s, and the S points we 'pound' 😅 yeah your giving me 9 pound mate!😅😅
Taken me until today to realise they were probably saying swar and not swire. Sound the same where I'm from 🤣
@@andykirby yeeessss mate, gods… it’s been a while since I’ve heard that…
@@Slacker1967 I’m from Gloucestershire, so we sounded more like swaaaaaarrr! 🤣🤣🤣
Next pension payday i will get one on order have a play althou not sure how much activity there will be around here Market Drayton
You might be surprised!
What's best way to get intouch with you Andy
Discord? or andy@cloudsto.com
I just found this video and the links are not available. Is this sold somewhere in the US?