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Rak wireless module with battery/solar.

My question is…now what? I’m in Seattle, I can pick up 121 nodes, but there no traffic.

Is everybody using private channels? Or is nobody talking? I don’t see many messages and got one reply to a general CQ I sent out, but no response to the follow up.

I guess I was kind of hoping for what I get over ham radio, occasional chats, evening nets, etc.

Am I running into a technical limitation? Or is that the gist of Meshtastic?

As a follow-up, can I easily see if my router is handling other people’s traffic? I’d like to know if I’m helping.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does the length of that coax have a negative effect on the antenna signal?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Possibly. I’ve ordered a higher end cable. Waiting for the weather to clear before installing.