Solarbird 
cascadia's listening to meshcore all the way up in parksville and sechelt
the whole dang country's just silly with it
Marcos@moira I need to find a way to get an antenna up. Having my box even up by the ceiling indoors just doesn't cut it. The reliability is terrible otherwise. I've been shopping solar repeaters. Not too terrible price wise even for complete kits.
@glitch25 A number of people are using telescoping flagpoles. You could try that. (eta: Also, not all are metal, and carbon fibre or fibreglass is probably better here unless you want to build a pole grounding system. Plus (basically) no antenna coupling.)
Also, just to be sure: you've tried windows, right? Height isn't always everything. It would be more directional, but as long as you hit people it doesn't matter.
@moira Yup. I've tried windows. Sometimes it's a little better, but it is still significantly inconsistent. Height in the case of LoRa is absolutely everything since the best flow is line of sight.
I've also been contemplating grabbing one of the Rak 1W boards to see if that helps. There are a few repeaters within 5 miles or so, but it's still difficult to keep a consistent connection in my area with my clients and upgraded but still modest portable antennas.
@glitch25 More power is always (?) more better.
Here's my public key, try to ping me or whatever it is? xD
f58f9e06795db86a80fd4ca2a0fd1cc2e77e80aadc0b41c2f539aa97a30926e2
@moira ea3f4e9f2c79b8f08153dd69afd96d5383105597f38aa2940f0ac650068baf49 for me. My client isn't letting me add yours for some reason.
@moira Much better!
btw, do you know about this? https://cascadiamesh.org/map/
@glitch25 I'm still getting fails on all my attempts to DM you, I've got three from you (latest "Hiii" at 12:17pm) but nothing gets back out. I _am_ seeing comms on the local General channel tho', and I can see repeaters.
@glitch25 can you allow telemetry for me? i've allowed for you, maybe that'll help diagnose?
@glitch25 well here's our problem: it's not just us
https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/issues/1834
So that's... good? honestly? that it's not just us.
@glitch25 What software are you using? Can you use the "listen for repeater" functionality and see if you've got good access to repeaters? Because if the bigger problem is errors like this it might just be software.
@moira I'm using the official Meshcore android app. Trying the "Discover nearby nodes" looking for repeaters, and not seeing any at the moment.
@glitch25 the meshcore.io app?
can you boost your output power? that uses more xvcr battery (if you're on a battery device) but
@moira do you mean on my companion? I'm using the official build from meshcore.io for the heltec v3. And no... I mean I can change the power setting, but it won't change the output power. It is already at max for the device.