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The LoRa Meshtastic T-BEAM device are small battery powered devices that will mesh with other T-BEAM and send messages and other data from your phones, tablets and computers.

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[ChiEKKUsama]

Can't wait to get my first message on this thing about my car's extended warranty.

[FPVSlacker]

It should be used as such: Encourage as many people as possible to install in their attic for low cost. A small solar panel and lithium battery will allow the network to remain in place in power outages. Joining the mesh will allow access to the mesh. The mesh will carry encrypted data from users on the network. Encryption keys will be used like phone numbers. Individuals may communicate outside normal networks, with strong encryption preventing the ability of government snooping or censorship. Yes government tyrants, I'm talking about YOU.

[thewebmaster]

Excellent tutorial and sharing of essential knowledge in the age of hyper-surveillance. Also good for the revival of interest in ham, cb, and other types of radio aficionado niches. If digital tech fails, analogue and radio will save us

[austincarroll]

The things I'm learning on this channel are really exciting. I've never been a tech guy, but seeing what can be done with this stuff has changed what I do in my spare time. Thanks for all of these videos, and I look forward to watching more in the future. You now have a new supporter.

[skrrpilot]

The great performance of LoRa in all these 3 features (good sensitivity, low path loss, good obstacle penetration) makes LoRa a disruptive technology enabling really long range links. This is specially important in urban scenarios, with very difficult transmission conditions. To sum up, LoRa can get long ranges in Smart Cities deployments, so it reduces dramatically the size of the backbone network (repeaters, gateways or concentrators).

[dancoyle]

I’ve been watching prepper/ham radio videos for a few months now and this is the most intriguing idea I’ve come across in them. Thank you for the information

[ahmedmanajid]

I remember following a project that used the lora to setup repeaters like this in puerto rico? They launched them in floating rubber ducks.

[krikka]

Great video Josh, let’s continue to experimenting on this powerful mix of LoRa and mesh networks! 👍 I’m waiting next videos 👏👏

[jovaraszigmantas]

Just letting you know that these modules have GPS on them. Meaning that you don't even need your phone for others to see your location. The feature for your location to be pulled from your phone is there because other supported module don't have the GPS. Furthermore there is a new version of ttgo tbeam with better lora and GPS chips on them but is 7$ more expensive. Cheers

[davidpritchett]

This is pretty cool! I've been wanting to set up a basic mesh network for my property to monitor the charge of solar batteries that charge electric fences. There seems to be a lot of value to these kind of long range blue tooth systems.

[pablod]

As always, another good video from HRCC. Even if this isn't something that I would use, I appreciate learning about new radio tech.

[LoveWins]

I just might start buying these like a few each month and setup my own private network around my house. I love up on a mountain in the woods so this would be cool to setup in my area and allow some of my friends and neighbors to connect. This is a fun little hobby

[yugbe]

I watched a video earlier today of someone setting a world record for longest LoRa connection at roughly 150 miles. He was on setting 12 which I belive is long slow, and it was done with a small antenna. It's all about LoS.

[EyespenNoFear]

I've never heard of this before. It's definitely something I want to learn more about!

[richtaft]

I've worked with LoRa before in a master to multiple slave type scenario. The amazing thing is you're only transmitting about 20mW. This is a variation of DSSS and due to the orthogonal signal spreading, the receiver can pick the signal up below the noise floor. I have been able to get up to 2 miles with the Multitech module. With a 1 watt FHSS module on the same band, with the same antenna, I get about half that range. Not all modules get the same range with the same settings. The Atmel version I tried didn't go nearly as far with the same settings. Atmel didn't know why. A node up on the roof or a pole with a better antenna should go really far.

[superspeederbooster]

I wonder when all of the off grid people gonna unite and create a grid...

[arikjohnson]

This is killer - looking for dissident tech for the coming authoritarian era... more please 🙏💕🔥🙌

[rvamark]

Interesting! Two years ago I didn't really understand Mesh Networks. Today, I have a couple of mesh networks in my home, and it appears I will be experimenting with this as well. Thank you for making this video.

[stephenholland]

I’m glad you present ham radio as very inclusive. Hams are a perfect audience for this even if it isn’t ham band. Hams excel at patching things together. The more tools the better. Also, this tells me there are ICs that are available. So this little video highlights the technology for anything from application to hacking. Great to show these technologies! Love it!

[midnightsailor]

I find this very intriguing. Especially at the price . Can't wait to see all the possibilities of this as folks start working with it. As always, thanks for bringing us the best and most communication info anywhere.