Subj : Re: BBSing opportunties
To   : Warpslide
From : Vk3jed
Date : Wed Dec 22 2021 06:48 pm

-=> On 12-21-21 21:20, Warpslide wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Wa> On 19 Dec 2021, Vk3jed said the following...

 Vk> Short distance LoRa mesh (Meshtastic and similar networks), longer
 Vk> distances - limited options (especially legal ones), the US DoD will go
 Vk> after us if we use their sats. :D

 Wa> What would be considered short & long distances in terms of LoRa?

Good question!  But given I'm 150km from Melbourne and with a mountain range in
between, "long distance" options are important to me!  And that distance is
short by our standards. ;)

 Wa> I just watched some YouTube videos on it and some people were getting
 Wa> 2-3km on a quick test walking the dog and others were boasting ~20KM.
 Wa> I see one video where someone got more than 100KM!

The tech does seem capable of really good range, which is a point of interest
for me.  I'd like to see what the paths were like.

 Wa> Just wondering if it would even be possible for someone like Nick and I
 Wa> to communicate using something like this ~75KM away (and across a
 Wa> stretch of Lake Ontario) while still getting decent data rates.
 Wa> (Assuming Nick would even want to try something like this).

Sounds worth a shot.

 Wa> (I would be using US902-928 here in Canada)

I think we only have 915-928 MHz on that ISM band here.



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