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Written by 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔 🌨 on 2025-01-17 at 11:31

The #Meshtastic Experience

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Written by 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔 🌨 on 2025-01-17 at 11:37

Background: I have two nodes, which can't see any other nodes besides each other. So, for some actual connections I connected one to an internet gateway (MQTT) so it is receiving messages on a local (Ohio) channel.

Meshtastic is an interesting technology for experimentation, but it helps to have a specific use case in mind. Most communication is basically "hello? is this thing on?"

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Written by Renne Rocha on 2025-01-17 at 12:25

@coreysnipes at @lhc, our local hackerspace in Brazil, people are very interested in this topic and trying to create nodes all over the city, but I agree with you that I didn't see anyone with a better use case than sending "hello" messages to each other.

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Written by Cantabridged on 2025-01-17 at 14:11

@coreysnipes I mean most of my meshtastic communication in the LongFast channel is testing chatter and hellos. Maybe some discussion on tech. But I send DMs to the folks I know personally, and you're not going to see those.

Maybe you're in a quiet place without many nodes, or most people are keeping their convos private?

I agree it's important to have a use case in mind, or else approach it as a fun hobby, but plenty of us are having conversations that aren't just "testing".

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