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Meshtastic mentioned in video (www.youtube.com)
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Orig title: We Tested the Off-Grid Radio That Scares Cell Companies

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Respecfully, anytime I see something like this or people claim meshtastic/core is the "way of the future" I just cringe.

Yes, mesh has it's uses, but for the cost you can pick up decent GMRS or MURS gear that will give you 10x the range (yes, I understand GMRS can only have up to 1 second dara burst every 30 seconds, manually operated).

I personally don't see the hype over mesh that other systems can't do other than form factor.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Mesh in itself is not that useful, but it's one of the few options that you can use to legally encrypt your communication. Most things that touch (Amateur) Radio/CB will only allow cleartext.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Most things that touch (Amateur) Radio/CB will only allow cleartext.

    Could you not just have an application that runs your intended text through a cipher and then send that? It's still just cleartext when sent, but gibberish for people other than who it is intended for.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    What the mesh does that GMRS can't do though is if the person is not by their radio, the minute you want them, then once their phone comes back within Bluetooth range of their radio, it will just download the message and notify them that they got a new message that they need to read.

    With GMRS, if I'm taking a shower, and the radio is in my bedroom, and somebody calls me, then I just miss out. But with the mesh, somebody can just send me a message. And when I get back to my room, I'll see it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I get that, but GMRS allows data messages to be sent. Since Vero has been pushing for this, I can see other companies intigrating a APRS lite for GMRS.

    I think mesh (when it works) is great for text messages. I thought it was really cool someone got BBS working. The other issue too is message collision (which APRS also suffers from)

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