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Written by fdlamotte on 2024-12-30 at 14:13

Tied a #meshtastic node on a six meter pole in the garden ...

This is a XIAO ESP32-S3 node with a gizont antenna

But it works far worse than the same antenna on an heltec v3 in the attic (5.5km vs 100m)

Need to take the node down and investigate. My guess is that the antena is disconnected. Could also be a tuning issue so I'll probably use an heltec next time since it works

For now the node stays there to see how it lasts with solar panel, and if it resists the wind (15knots tomorow,then 30)

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Written by fdlamotte on 2025-01-02 at 09:23

the pole resisted 40knots gusts and the node is still up

I've not modified the xiao to read the bat level, but I think it is ok ... i'll read the bat voltage when the node is down

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Written by fdlamotte on 2025-01-03 at 10:46

Still up

After all it seems the node works, but does not relays positions well (maybe a config issue when there are too many hops 2 in my case)

Made a contact from 1.8km ;) to test the 5.5km I need to be at work (where I have a high point), too bad the node will be down by then

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