I’m checking out Meshtastic, it’s piqued my interest and I’m always concerned that if things went awry, radio would be a great way of communicating with the Internet down and the way Phone conversation is going with my wife between my mobile and hers, a bad line, always a bad line - radio might be better!!!
Further to your last post about community spirit in ham radio: I have been tinkering with Meshcore recently and wasn't having much luck with getting it to work properly. So, last week, I picked a random callsign from the Public channel (Andy, a G3) and looked him up on QRZ to see where he was. I noticed from his page that he had a HOIP phone so I gave him a call out of the blue. He answered and really couldn't have been more helpful. I was still having problems however, so 2 days later I then found myself in his shack, drinking tea whilst he configured the life out of my little Heltec unit for me. I'm probably becoming the bane of his life, but he continues to help me out with my many questions etc.
I like to think (hope) that most amateurs have that same willingness to assist others.
It's such a wide-ranging hobby with so many facets, that I think everyone has to call on someone else's knowledge at sometime. Me more then most and I've not found anyone unwilling to assist.
Lovely post as usual Christian. I am certainly grateful to the repeater keepers for one or two usable from my QTH as it has meant I am able to participate in the hobby with very budget friendly gear, and on my days WFH I can monitor and see what the regular 4 or 5 local voices are up to. Lately that's meshcore - and it's funny how another way of sending off grid messages to one another has led to far more activity on our repeater than normal! Radio begets radio or something like that. Thanks and 73s
It certainly does! Depending on the time of the year, my radio experiments can hit a lull, but it’s always a chat on a repeater that reins me back in. :-)
I’m checking out Meshtastic, it’s piqued my interest and I’m always concerned that if things went awry, radio would be a great way of communicating with the Internet down and the way Phone conversation is going with my wife between my mobile and hers, a bad line, always a bad line - radio might be better!!!
A very enjoyable read, thanks.
Further to your last post about community spirit in ham radio: I have been tinkering with Meshcore recently and wasn't having much luck with getting it to work properly. So, last week, I picked a random callsign from the Public channel (Andy, a G3) and looked him up on QRZ to see where he was. I noticed from his page that he had a HOIP phone so I gave him a call out of the blue. He answered and really couldn't have been more helpful. I was still having problems however, so 2 days later I then found myself in his shack, drinking tea whilst he configured the life out of my little Heltec unit for me. I'm probably becoming the bane of his life, but he continues to help me out with my many questions etc.
I like to think (hope) that most amateurs have that same willingness to assist others.
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Love it.
It's such a wide-ranging hobby with so many facets, that I think everyone has to call on someone else's knowledge at sometime. Me more then most and I've not found anyone unwilling to assist.
Lovely post as usual Christian. I am certainly grateful to the repeater keepers for one or two usable from my QTH as it has meant I am able to participate in the hobby with very budget friendly gear, and on my days WFH I can monitor and see what the regular 4 or 5 local voices are up to. Lately that's meshcore - and it's funny how another way of sending off grid messages to one another has led to far more activity on our repeater than normal! Radio begets radio or something like that. Thanks and 73s
It certainly does! Depending on the time of the year, my radio experiments can hit a lull, but it’s always a chat on a repeater that reins me back in. :-)