What a difference a decent antenna makes. With either the small sma antenna or mini coil antennas that come with the #HeltecV3 all I could see on the map has a few dozen #meshtastic nodes along the Bristol channel.

With the 868mhz whip antenna from #paradar, I'm constantly seeing new nodes over the last 12hrs, people actually chatting in #longfast (from Cornwall). Maybe if I put the antenna in my loft I'll see new nodes north of #chepstow (CpNB)