I’ve actually been using meshtastic since January of last year, and I’ve known of meshcore pretty much since its release. However, until now, I have refused to use it because there was no open source application for smartphones to use with it. And I do not touch software that is not open source if I can at all help it. A couple of weeks ago, I learned about a new meshcore app called Meshcore-open that is currently in alpha. Last night I decided to give it a try, and so far I do like what I see. Unfortunately, the population of my city is only like 45,000, and there are only a couple of meshtastic nodes even in the area, and so I’m all alone here. I unfortunately am unable to put up my own repeater because my yard is absolutely full of trees and a solar node just will not stay charged.
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I resisted it too for months, for the same reason, until a certain radio club members buit a few well placed repeaters. The whole thing has gained a momentum and now we have a network spanning over 3 countries.
It’s pretty funny to relive the experience of the past when the geography instead of nationality was the main factor affecting human connections.
solar node just will not stay charged.
nrf based microcontrollers (as opposed to esp32) need surprisingly low power to stay up. I’d say get a Sensecap solar from seeed studio and give it a try.
