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Receiving very good but sending not sending (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz
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Hello guys again!

I do understand how meshtastic works, that buildings, trees may cut the signals and the higher the better etc.
Yet, in my home, leaving my device l1 tracker pro at a specific place, gets lots of traffic, and I receive more messages than before. Since then I always leave it there. Now my question is, how come I can receive messages but not sent, especially when channel utility is 7 or even 10 percent? Do I miss something?

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

There is likely someone with a higher power repeater (think RAK 1-watt kit) or much higher gain antenna running a node somewhere nearby. With a better transmitter, there is enough wireless link budget to receive such a strong signal at your location, but the puny 25mW@2dBi from your handheld cannot be heard out through the trees and walls.

Look into getting a roof top node set to CLIENT_BASE.

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

    Thanks for your answer! Yea they told me about the client_base, planing to do it in couple months.

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