Famparc Meshcore Group

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When - Wednesday March 4th from 7:30pm - QD Clubrooms and Streamed

Heath VK3TWO/VK6TWO will be taking us on a tour of Meshcore.

Remember Packet Radio in the 80’s well Meshcore is a modern equivalent on the 900MHz ISM band so, you don’t have to be a licenced amateur.

MeshCore is developed by HAM’s, but available to all and is a decentralised text-based communications platform. It is designed to run on commodity, affordable development boards and uses LoRa radios to create a meshed network.

Hey guys,

I received my Meshcore Repeater a couple of weeks ago and I have it installed on one of my 6M poles in the back yard.

I was concerned that it may not get enough charge for the onboard battery via the solar panel, however I am finding that it is keep a charge very well.

On overcast days, it may drop to around 80%, but with around say 2 hours, it's back up to around 95%.

It is working as it should and allows my Thinknode M5 Companion device in side the house to send and receive its messages easily via the Repeater.

On checking the phone app, it has made single hop connections as far as Burnie Tasmania..

Message:

Good afternoon.My name is Ethan and I am a local of Chelsea. I am not a member of your club but I am interested in packet mesh radio and run a Meshcore repeater. I believe you recently wrote a blog post about it: https://www.vk3frc.org.au/post/mesh-whatMy understanding is that you have access to a tower on premise? If that is true, would it be possible for me to host a repeater on that tower? If there are fees related to that I am happy to pay.Feel free to call me for more details

Regards,

Ethan.  

Just fitted my new antenna to my Thinknode M5 and can now get 42k on a single hop..

Menzies Creek in the Dandenongs

Woolami Phillip Island

Whooooo hooooo

Cheers...