The tech is the same, its mostly the hops and verification infa thats there in meshcore vs tastic.

Ive found tastic works best in like events, camping, out on the water, etc.... because it works faster at establishing that initial push nodes. Core is VERY slow at the initial day or so of populating.

That being said its all LORA. Your not wrong, core I can get into multiple states miles and miles away. Technically tastic can too, but its a longshot with their 7 hop limit.

When I worked with software for both projects, it was interesting to see the design choices too. Core had some benefits using Tastic as the model. And Tastic had some huge code cruft inside the main python cli and documentation for years. Both are still fantastic projects.

In general Meshcore can reach further than Meshtastic. It really depends on what your local mesh is. I can reach people from several different states on Meshcore

From what ive seen:

• Meshtatic is fantastic at communications ad-hock.
• Meshcore is fantastic if you have static infastructure to work with.
• reticulum is using the same tech but for a different purpose. more like traditional internet.

All three have phone apps, can work on computers, and are in active development. Theres more Meshtastic nodes than anything else but all three can be used on the same devices.

I would try meshtastic first if I was new. Theres a metric ton of nodes in a LOT of major cities. Hope that helps!

Yeah, finding out who is on the mesh and how big the local mesh is is half the fun! I hope you have fun.

Roger that. Thanks. I live in the flat lands near the coast so that might be problematic but now im curious who else has them in my area.

Line of sight. They can hear a lot further than they can broadcast though. Miles at night.

Interesting, thank you for providing another way for me to occupy my limited amount of time lol 😂

Ive got one thats been doing its thing for 2 years without needing too much maintenance. Theres a couple of mountain nodes that are surrounding where im at that have been doing their thing even longer. Its pretty cool.

Its a hobby to me but some people take it to another level. Its awesome to see what the community does with them.

I started with a couple of heltec v3s less than 20$. Theres probably better options now for beginners, but my advice is to not overspend your first couple of devices. Play around with it, get the phone apps, and try to make something work.

10-4, thank you. Whats the range between repeaters you get with this setup?

Absolutely. These are great. Just keep in mind you will need a companion as well as a repeater for Meshcore

Greetings, thanks for sharing this. Are these devices stable enough to run 24/7…always wanted to tinker with it but didn’t really know where to start.