How'd it go today?

[Kaveman]

Went out with the boys today...

 

[davidwyby]

Billy goatin around with a friend from up north

Great day

Repeat today

 

[cory]

Are those critters wild?

 

[pigwot]

Rescued a LoRa Meshtastic node from a tree twenty minutes south of me this morning. On the way home I bought some magnetic tool holding strips. I’ll use them placed in a routed out slot in the back of a nice piece of wood to mount the kitchen knives on the wall…
Now off to see a play: Pygmalion.

 

[Burnham]

I have no idea what you have rescued, Pat . But I am sure it will be beautiful.

 

[flushcut]

Are those critters wild?

Wild asses, perhaps. Lol

 

[SeanKroll]

Feral, like feral horses, both introduced species.

 

[pigwot]

I have no idea what you have rescued, Pat . But I am sure it will be beautiful.

Burnham,
It was a radio repeater node a friend had set high in a tree. They are Meshtastic, LongRange (LoRa), rechargeable and/or solar-powered, 915MHz radios which create a mesh network, passing messages from one to the next.

It is an off-grid communication system which would be a way to communicate and coordinate should say, cell towers be hacked or the internet went down, or if you are lost in the wilderness. Different areas of the mesh can also connect over long distances via a technique called mqtt, by using the internet.

Our local section of the mesh regularly gets messages from enthusiasts as they fly through our airspace at 30,000+ ft elevation.

Photos
The Map: shows our part of the mesh along the I-95 corridor.
The small green item with antenna: is my R1-Neo Meshtastic radio
The snippet of messages: a Meshtastic user on a plane flying over a day ago