Sup. A mate asked me for recommendations for dried food, specifically sliced potatoes.
I dry my own fruits & veggies, and have sources for the staples (rice, beans, flour, oats, etc.), but not potatoes.
So I wanted to check real quick if there was a favorite you use that does mail order.
If you haven't personally bought from them, save it. I'll give a loophole for you if you **are** the producer. 😎
Oh, I think humanity can fuck up more than one thing at a time.
The #climate models are wrong, eternally suggesting our problems are smaller than what's happening in practice
Started looking into LoRa antennas and the #Meshtastic docs came through for me again!
https://meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/antennas/lora-antenna/
The app & web interface seem like they were made for radio people instead of normal humans, but their documentation is top notch!
I hope I find an alternative app that makes configuration more user-friendly. Also, why does my node keep forgetting the name I assigned it? Another mystery of the universe, I suppose
I'm going to be trying to make a node (based on a youTube video) with a solar panel to run 24/7 operations. I might try it out with several radios (Raspberry Pi Pico based one and mabe a RAK) to see how they fare (better/worse range, battery life, etc.). I'll post back my notes here when I have test results.
I was thinking that one should get permission before mounting something on a tower. As nostr:nprofile1qqsqt94cze77fkfxhgt9s2rfxmht6gjn96n8asf2jrq8szkkdhclexgprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumgd96xvmmjvdjjummwv5hszxnhwden5te0wfjkccte9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2ap0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uvturtf has demonstrated, a Meshtastic node can be helpful in an emergency, so getting permission might be possible. I want to get the solar & weatherproofing down first before trying to coordinate to get tower space.
Sounds like you have the background to pick up LoRa/Meshtastic pretty quickly. I'm new myself, but willing to dive in head first.
Might you happen to be able to get tower space on Campbell Hill to install a node?
I'm looking up all the highest points between Illinois and the Washinton DC area to figure out where the ideal repeater locations would be.
This is single hop. Much farther possible with 3 hops.
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/new-lora-distance-record-830-miles/
According to the article, that was dependent on the weather and the ocean. I'm aiming to go over land, including a small mountain range, in all weather.
Still, it's encouraging to read that at least one end of the link was not way up high, but rather at sea level. In my local testing, elevation was very important.
I saw HAM operators can go up to 10W of transmission power, but of course that would mean no encryption. ☹️
Apparently not.
I was careful to put the peppers on the bottom so I didn't get any hot pepper seeds mixed in with my strawberries or tomatoes.
It wasn't until they had been going for a few hours that it occurred to me that there might be a problem. Yay for unintentional science experiments! 🎉
For those who advocate choosing "low time preference" and also advocate spending a huge amount of time to "study bitcoin", how do you square these concepts?
I'm especially interested in responses from people who believe the fiat world will eventually go away, meaning you won't be able to buy bitcoin anymore because there will be nothing left to buy it with (other than your labour, of course).
To anyone wondering how many passwords can a #Signeg hold: I don't know, because I've never reached the limit, but I can say that my personal device currently has 585.
Wow, the projects are coming in hot tonight.
1. Got the thumbs up to build a shelf for the 400 lb batteries. Cool.
2. Checked my oil. Level is good but it's pitch black. Okay, piston rings are probably fried, but I can replace the oil and take this one step at a time.
3. Hook up the trailer and go to the hardware store. Hear a sizzling as I walk by the hood. Long story short, it took a gallon of coolant. Wasn't full, wasn't leaking onto the ground either. Yikes!
And the garage is full of solar panels, so I can't pull my car into the garage. #StreetMechanic it is then!
Nope, dehydrating it.
Similar effect, but freeze drying requires far more expensive equipment. On the flip side it also keeps longer.
Nope. Room for improvement, but honestly, I'd rather do it with solar power instead of electricity.
I can attest to large trees absorbing 915MHz, but if you back away from them, it usually works around the issue somehow, even without line of sight.
What hardware did you use with reticulum? Just re-flash those same lily devices?
Am I doing it right?
#dehydrating #dehydrator #garden #gardening #homestead #homesteading #food #foodstr
OK, a buddy of mine has just thrown down the #Meshtastic gauntlet, possibly without realizing it.
The challenge: transmit messages between central Illinois and northern Virginia, without any non-LoRa backhauls.
His take is that Meshtastic is merely a proof-of-concept and something that can not be relied upon. He also said he doesn't see any real world use case. Maybe he's right, but either way, I want to blow his mind by getting a message to him. Even if we both need to be outside, I still think that'd change his mind about whether it can be useful.
I might be able to get some tower space here in Illinois, but we're going to need some high points in places like Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio and/or Virginia.
Who is down to help me do this or provide evidence to prove that it is not possible?
This has me all fired up now. I plan on joining the Meshtastic Discourse group to collaborate with people there and read up on what crazy rage tests people have done in my region of North America. Maybe the infrastructure is already partially in place? (I know it's not fully in place because I have done range testing where no mesh nodes received my transmission.)
#radio #LoRa #LFG #GrowNostr
How do the Raspberry Pi Pico nodes compare? I heard the guy from one of the videos say they were close to the RAK, but he didn't know if they were higher or lower, just that they were better than the ESP32 based devices.