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Get Into Meshtastic On The Cheap With This Tiny Node Kit (hackaday.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by TK420@lemmy.world to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm a fan of the T1000-E!

Nodes with large antennas will get you more performance of course but it's not easy to keep one of those on you. For the size it performs well with transmission, reception and battery and it can easily go wherever you go

[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I coincidentally just got two of them today! I'm getting sub 1km in my neighborhood between my nodes, but the one I suck up in the attic earlier is consistently pinging nodes in cars as they drive on an overpass 6.6 km away! Pretty neat.

Do you have any recommendations for long range nodes, maybe atenna?

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The antenna page in the docs has a section called "Testing Reports" and there's a link to a Github repository and that will give you a whole list

For the T beam supremes I chose the Taoglas 2113 and it's been solid. The ability to bend it 90 degrees lets me get lay it on the long side and keep it plugged in if I want