I used #Bluetooth / #BLE as a short-range stand-in for #LoRa to test #Reticulum mesh behavior with #TBeamSupreme units.

The RSSI graph worked: carry two units away from a base pair, watch signal strength decay, disappear, then recover on return.

The GPS trace? Woeful. Useful lesson: RSSI test succeeded; urban T-Beam GPS precision did not.

https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=757

#MeshNetworking #ESP32 #FieldTesting #OpenSource

Searching for #OffGrid secure communications, I was looking at #Reticulum. Very impressive for #MeshNetwork across arbitrary radios or other channels!

The spirit behind the project is refreshing and I am largely aligned with, which leads directly to the license... it is not #FOSS with restricted use clauses (no hurting humans and #NoAI )

It has me reconsidering FOSS licensing; which is already largely ignored and difficult to enforce.

Maybe declaring your unenforceable wishes is not so bad?

#meshcore #lora #reticulum #hamradio

I live near 2 lora repeaters but have no direct line of sight. I can find good reflections on building, getting signal in -3dB range via a small yagi.

The aiming of the beam is rather difficult due to intermittent ping or trace path in the app. Probably the repeaters have reception of stronger signals at those moments of failure.

What would be a good easy practice to find optimal beam direction?