Collapsible Julian
These G2's just landed. Excited to put the stock G2 on the local mesh, by now thriving in my region. Will keep the Nano for my backpack! https://wiki.uniteng.com/en/meshtastic/station-g2
Station G2

The Station G2 features a 35dBm high power PA, specially designed ultra-low noise figure LNA and a Fast-Transient DC-DC. The Station Series aims to provide the best RF performance in all series with credit card size and rugged construction.

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Aug 15, 2024 at 1:47amWeb
Show threadCollapsible JulianAug 15, 2024

Up and running. Decided to go with a Vert900 antenna as I have a bunch lying around and they've always served me well in the band.

While scanning the local mesh, I see that the first of the 25M sheep in this country has been added to the network.

Show threadCollapsible JulianAug 15, 2024

After playing around for the good part of an afternoon, it appears that the Station G2 and the G2 Nano are an excellent disaster resilient and low power comm solution, so long as there is a Meshtastic community in one's region.

https://meshmap.net

The G2 Nano's built-in patch antenna makes it a very compact solution, and for waterproofing could fit into a plastic lunchbox alongside powerbank and thrown into go bag or car glovebox. #meshtastic #radio

MeshMap - Meshtastic Node Map

A nearly live map of Meshtastic nodes seen by the official Meshtastic MQTT server

Show threadCollapsible JulianAug 15, 2024
The Meshtastic app makes it very easy to configure a node, and also message others on the mesh when on the go.
Show threadCollapsible JulianAug 15, 2024

FWIW I found a spare 65W 15V Type C PD and so will run the Station G2 on this for now.

Will look at running direct off a small 12V SLA battery via the G2's 9-19V DC connector, fed by a panel on the shed roof.

Show threadCollapsible JulianAug 16, 2024
Great to see increased redundancy in the Meshtastic mesh over the water (Cook Strait) between North and South islands here, a pretty thriving scene around the Wellington region also. (map used: https://meshtastic.liamcottle.net)
Meshtastic Map

An interactive map of all Meshtastic nodes.

Show threadCollapsible JulianAug 16, 2024
These images are probably useful for the Wiki in the Radio section (https://wiki.collapsible.systems/w/index.php?title=Radio)
Radio - Collapsible Systems Wiki