I'd like to keep Nostr a little hard. Weed out the unmotivated through PoW.

They say you're "weird" while watching everything you do turn into a home run. Meanwhile, they sit around moaning about all their "bad luck."

HFSP, bitches.

Made in 2006 and I got it in 2007, so it's been glowing for a minute.

This one has seen some shit. Trit's about gone, but it works fine.

You share an encryption key like with a group chat on a messenger. Each channel gets one. To join, you need the channel name and the key.

The best use case we see is for off-grid comms. Hurricanes are a thing here, and the power goes out for days or weeks.

I'm experimenting with motion sensors that broadcast to the channel, also. So the neighbors know your house is being burglarized. In this area that's like a hunting permit being issued.

Yep, that's about the size of it. You can have multiple channels on each radio, also. Each channel can be a different group of devices/people. If you want, they can use the internet to jump over gaps in mesh coverage.

I think my arm really helps sell it.

Fantastic antennas. The 70cm is nice for the DMR and D-STAR rigs.

There are some cheap ones I've used that work pretty well. Look for something about 6" long. That should be about a 1/2 wave. If you have a VNA, you can verify it's centered at 915 MHz. HRCC on youtube has a good video showing how to use the NanoVNA. Not a bad piece of kit to have around. Rokland has some proven ones, also. Stock isn't great, but it works. At the end of the day, what you need are more radios in your network. Antenna matters less than that.

The RAK stuff is really giving me tingles right now. The battery life is insane. Check this one out for a turnkey solution.

https://store.rokland.com/collections/kits/products/wismesh-pocket

Am very bullshit on #Meshtastic and #Reticulum right now.

We FINALLY got an "outsider" to try our self-hosted #Snikket chat. Our son brought some printed QR invite codes to school the last day, and one of the kids actually joined. They've been talking and texting like crazy. The privacy-minded life has been lonely and tough for him with most of the kids already using facebook, tiktok, wechat, etc.

But this is a start. I'll take it.

I've been running some cheap Amazon ones that massively improved range. They appear to be a 1/2 wave. I did check them on a NanoVNA to make sure they're actually tuned for 915 MHz, though. One of my T-Beams came with one tuned for 433, so the VNA is probably a good tool to have around.

When I get a minute I want to build a little 1/4 wave ground plane to compare to these cheap antennas.

Have to wait and see who folds in Round 2.

Yeah, if you got zapped for normal use, we're all at risk. I'd appreciate an update if you find out exactly what triggered them.

These people will push us all into full-blast pirate mode. They think we skirt their bullshit regs now? Just wait.

This is a fantastic hardware setup if you want to give #Meshtastic a try. I added up all the components and this is cheaper than assembling it yourself. These RAK boards will run for days on that battery, also.

I'd say this is buy once cry once for a Meshtastic node. I can't think of anything you'd add except maybe a better antenna, and those aren't super expensive.

https://store.rokland.com/collections/kits/products/wismesh-pocket

It's a slow day in Mom's basement, clearly.

I've done some of these things, along with probably everyone else.

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If you mess with night vision, you need this in your life. #gunstr

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