Today was the first day I used it portable. It's currently reporting 47% battery level after about 6-8 hours of operation.
Update to the #reticulum status page includes a description of my configuration using re-flashed #meshtastic hardware running as #RNodes:
That's right. #reticulum firmware 1.81 is what I used.
Its a bit early to say. I live in a rural area with lots of Douglas Fir trees, so 900 MHz radio signals don't travel very far - even with the magic of LoRA low-power propagation. The 4 RNodes I currently have on the property are happily meshing together and waiting for more neighbors. If I could just get a node up on a mountaintop... In the meantime I'm using the internet as a stable gateway to other RNode networks.
Got this new LilyGo T-Echo device yesterday with #meshtastic firmware. Promptly reflashed it with #reticulum #RNode firmware 1.81. I paired this RNode with my phone running #Sideband. I finally stumbled across the "Popular RNode Settings" page in Mark's wiki on github. Now I have my RNodes operating on 914.875 MHz with a spreading factor of 8 so they'll be more likely to #mesh with other people's RNodes in the 900 MHz #ISM band. Looking forward to #wardriving some of the areas I frequent with this new RNode.
#hamradio #nomadnet
Have you looked at reticulum-meshchat on GitHub?
I converted my third #meshtastic node to an #RNode today so I can use it as a future portable/mobile node. My #Linux #hamradio shack PC has both an RNode and high-speed TCP connectivity and is acting as a dedicated bridge between my RNode-based reticulum network and the public internet TCP-based #reticulum network. I tweaked the mode settings on the different interfaces in the ./reticulum/config files to use the #gateway and #boundary modes were appropriate. You can see the modes on the status page at https://reticulum.n7ekb.net.
For #nomadnet I setup a second node so that my rnode-based network has it's own node on the #hamradio shack PC. Look for "N7EKB's RNode Network Node" and "N7EKB's TCP Network Node" in the announce stream on the #Nomad Network.
The screenshot is of Liam Cottle's #MeshChat program running on my #Fedora #Linux laptop connected to the TCP Server interface of my #hamradio shack PC. MeshChat is an AWESOME program Liam!
N7EKB's RNode Network Node screenshot...
I converted my third #meshtastic node to an #RNode today so I can use it as a future portable/mobile node. My #Linux #hamradio shack PC has both an RNode and high-speed TCP connectivity and is acting as a dedicated bridge between my RNode-based reticulum network and the public internet TCP-based #reticulum network. I tweaked the mode settings on the different interfaces in the ./reticulum/config files to use the #gateway and #boundary modes were appropriate. You can see the modes on the status page at https://reticulum.n7ekb.net.
For #nomadnet I setup a second node so that my rnode-based network has it's own node on the #hamradio shack PC. Look for "N7EKB's RNode Network Node" and "N7EKB's TCP Network Node" in the announce stream on the #Nomad Network.
The screenshot is of Liam Cottle's #MeshChat program running on my #Fedora #Linux laptop connected to the TCP Server interface of my #hamradio shack PC. MeshChat is an AWESOME program Liam!
LOL. The node reticulum.n7ekb.net is indeed only using TCP on the commercial #internet since it's running on a VPS in a data center and also hosting my web pages.
You inspired me to create a couple of scripts to add the output of my hamshackpc #RNode status to the reticulum.n7ekb.net web page. My hamshackpc (computer running #fedora #linux) talks to the greater #reticulum network only via an #RNode based on the RAK4631. Another PC in the home network has both RNode and TCP connections to the reticulum network.
I put the output of the #rnstatus command from the hamshackpc into a file. Then I'm using the #reticulum utilities #rnx and #rncp to move the file from the hamshackpc over the two RNode connected PC's and onto the web server where the #php page can display the contents! The transfer script runs every five minutes via a crontab entry. 😀
Got my #reticulum status page up and running:
#meshnetwork #meshtastic #mesh
I have my #Reticulum TCP node up and running. You can connect as a TCP Client to reticulum.n7ekb.net using port 48086.
I'd like to build a network with TCP connections to other #hamradio nodes worldwide. Reply to this note with your host:port info and I'll add you to my connections.
I have a couple of #meshtastic devices that I've reflashed as #RNodes that will be joining soon as local RF connections.
Can we safely assume they're easily reflashable to convert to #rnodes for a #reticulum #mesh network?
"Nomad Network allows you to build private and resilient communications platforms that are in complete control and ownership of the people that use them. No signups, no agreements, no handover of any data, no permissions and gatekeepers."
https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet
and can be used via #reticulummeshchat
using radio nodes #rnodes similarly to #meshtastic as well as via the internet
#nomadnet #reticulum #sideband
Reflashed one of my #meshtastic devices to an #RNode - pretty easy to do. Now to wait for some more RNodes to mesh with.
#Sideband on the #graphenos phone and #nomadnet on the #Linux desktops using #i2p seems to work really well so far.
Great potential for #EMCOMM without the restrictions of #amateurradio.
I run Windows 7 Pro in a virtual machine (under QEMU) on my #Fedora laptop to get around this issue. I keep hoping that the developers of #OpenGD77 will port their CPS to Linux so I won't have to do this...
Good evening OM! Welcome to Nostr! 73 DE N7EKB
I usually consider myself DX for them if we're in different DXCC entity locations.
Logged my first #JS8 QSO today using #JS8Call on my #Linux laptop remote controlling my #XieguG90 radio. Thanks W9PEM for the great QSO and tips! #hamradio 
I finally got familiar with #Pat, an open source #Winlink client program written in the Go language that runs natively on my #Linux laptop. It supports forms well. I'm quite happy to throw out the clunky Winlink Express running in a #Windoze VM and replace it with #Pat. 🤓 
LOL! That's how I got started with #meshtastic. You'll be amazed at how much you can learn talking to yourself! 😜
That looks like a TYT UV-390 running #OpenGD77. Awesome! My UV-390's have become my go-to handheld radio after installing the new firmware. The only downside is that the CPS is still Windows only. My hamshack is #Linux only so I have to run a #Windoze VM on my Linux machines to use the CPS.