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I'm thinking about setting up #meshtastic in my apartments, but I'm not sure how well it would work in a dense urban area. From my window, I can literally see the windows of another building with over 20 floors right next to mine.

I could mount something on the window and plug it into a wall outlet, but I haven't figured out yet which board would be best or what's the situation with antennas. I'd also like to get something portable, but so far I’ve only found a few options and still have no idea which one would be the best choice.
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Tubii 1mo ago 💬 1

Not the best place for deployment. Also glass is blocking rf so hard that it makes it sometimes unusable.

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Иван 1mo ago

Yes, it's not the best choice for a stationary node, but I also don't want to drill holes in the wall just to run a power cable. Maybe I can find someone skilled enough to build me a self-contained outdoor setup, but to be honest, I'm not sure.

Putting the radio outside with a proper antenna is a problem for me right now. There are some specialists in the city who work with TV signal antennas, maybe they could come up with something.

But at this point I'm not sure it's worth going that far just for Meshtastic. Especially since there's Reticulum.