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Here is the fast setup for the Heltec V3
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@AD6DMDennis Ай бұрын

It's very surprising how fast the interest in this has picked up in early 2024.

@BillyMcCord Ай бұрын

@hamradiocrashcourse stop by the South West Ohio GMRS booth at hamvention this weekend we would like to say hello ! Also if possible we will have our mestastic router up and running! Building 1 booth 1802

@voltmastr Ай бұрын

Are we back into using pager? 😂

@dieselstruck Ай бұрын

@@voltmastr this is decentralized + encrypted

@user-hz5rk5vy1t 4 күн бұрын

We all sense something is coming and we no longer trust telecom and internet companies.

@NoOneFPV Ай бұрын

I've built 4 Heltec V3 units now... two for myself, two for a friend. Acquired a RAK, a T-Beam and an T-Echo as well. I've been having fun. :)

@Samc6127 Ай бұрын

I did, as anything. You got me into this, made me pass my general test. Your videos are great. Helpful, not stand offish, and you break it down for us non tech savvy folks.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Great job! Thanks for the kind words.

@jimmybaker7494 Ай бұрын

Great information 👍 Always enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

@A-a-ron480 Ай бұрын

Thanks I will look for more.

@gregsmith1116 Ай бұрын

I have two LORA units at my QTH and they are meshed all due to your video many months ago. I got them on Ali Express!

@Buzzygirl63 Ай бұрын

I got a Heltec V3 about a month ago, out of sheer curiosity. They are super cheap on eBay, like $25. It was easy to set up and easy to configure. That said, as of May 2024, despite roaming and searching around my area (it's a large metropolitan area) I was not able to pick up other nodes. Given that this is SUPER new tech around here, hopefully this will change soon! Also, the stock antennas the various Heltec V3 kits come with are almost useless. Definitely need to upgrade them. Thanks for always being on the cutting edge of communications, Josh!

@nikandr23 29 күн бұрын

soo.. for $25 (lie) you got device.. antenna is shit.. device is useless.. what is next?

@ordyy89 Ай бұрын

I love this channel.👍

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jdscoco Ай бұрын

I have a couple units setup and it works great. Works better with Androind than Apple IMO. This thing is great for my area that is sometimes difficult to maintain cellular connections.

@Radi0activeBen Ай бұрын

I had never heard of it until a few months ago. Now a friend and I have a couple of repeater nodes up high in our area.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Nice

@JamesHalfHorse Ай бұрын

just set up a couple. I figure I can make a radio, antenna, battery, solar panel and case for 50 bucks maybe. If I can get my neighbors interested I will build a few like this as repeaters and put them along the road and maybe use a few gpio pins on a few for driveway and gate sensors which I understand it can do but haven't seen anyone demo it yet. Could set a node up so a new person out here wants it just zap strap the whole package to a tree or post that gets decent sunlight and go. Go along with the GMRS repeater I have for community/emergency use. I bet parents around here would more likely give their younger kids a tdeck or a radio to call home than turn them loose on a internet connected phone provided it even gets signal some places around here. We had a flood once and were without phone for over a week (exchange was under water) only some cell. Took nearly a month to get internet back. It will be very interesting to see how well they mesh here in the mountains. I think if I can get the high points it with a decent omni and maybe a yagi back to another if it's far away will do well.

@syverjove Ай бұрын

Found out about it because of you, haven’t started yet. Thinking about setting up a repeater in my area since no one else has so far.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

You should!

@syverjove Ай бұрын

@@HamRadioCrashCourse RAK wireless makes some pretty cool enclosures for their meshtastic line. Integrated antennas and everything. Anyone you know have any experience with their stuff?

@Bezstopy 24 күн бұрын

yeah, I would connect antenna before firmware update ..just in case :D

@toddc4221 Ай бұрын

What is the range of one node?

@elsuperpollo2273 Ай бұрын

If my family would move out of California, to were I'm at on the east coast I would buy a few lora mesh devices so we can have our own private form of text communication. I'm trying to get a couple of my neighbors to get thier amateur radio license. I do have a couple meshtastic devices linked up to a neighbor of mine 4 houses away from me.

@ericwilliams1687 Ай бұрын

928Mhz or 915Mhz? First, great video!!! Thank you. So helpful for me. One of the clearest I have seen. Humble question though, I think the link to the antenna is a 915Mhz and yet the Meshtastic device link is to a 928Mhz? Are there 915s and 928s in the U.S.? Compatible?

@MyTube4Utoo Ай бұрын

I wonder if that's the international sign for communication at 00:11. 😆 Yes, Meshtastic is getting *HOT* around here. Thanks for the video.

@tomleddy7620 Ай бұрын

Great video. Correct me if I’m wrong. Isn’t mesh just like APRS but with encryption? And I guess it’s cool to have a little device to play with too. Oh, and no license required as well. Thanks

@DerekMurawsky Ай бұрын

Is there a way to get this logging GPS locally to track hikes that you go on? Or an easy way to log the messages to a map? I think this would be great for scouting and other outdoor hobbies.

@thomasmelton7073 Ай бұрын

You spoke about printing the case as was wondering what printer you used.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Bambu Labs. They are all great.

@etrigan1976 Ай бұрын

Not sure if someone has mentioned this but I ran into the issue where my heltec wouldn't show up in the Ports list. It showed up in the "other devices" section in DM. I installed the driver from the their website and it showed up in my ports list. proceed as normal from there.

@blue1cee Ай бұрын

Any thoughts on the Lilygo T-Echo? I've got one in the mail. It seemed like the best device in its class but I haven't seen you feature it.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

It didn’t get a positive recommendation from the Meshtastic devs, so I haven’t featured it.

@koldark Ай бұрын

Okay, this makes a bit more sense of why have one.

@OnAirVoice Ай бұрын

Kinda makes me think of packet radio. Updated a bit.

@Out-to-Pastor 22 күн бұрын

Could you do a video on the wismeshpocket? I know it's still preorder at the moment, but it really seems like a turnkey solution.

@larrymccalvy7202 29 күн бұрын

What are your thoughts about using Meshtastic with Win-link? Is there enough bandwidth?

@twanner Ай бұрын

Josh, in your video, did not see an antenna connected when you connected power to the board.t It is low power but, the probability that you will fry the radio is not zero.

@BrandonLang-tw7qb Ай бұрын

I saw an antenna on every device

@twanner Ай бұрын

@@BrandonLang-tw7qb Referring to time stamp 2:11.

@BrandonLang-tw7qb Ай бұрын

@@twanner i stand corrected !

@Coyot21 Ай бұрын

Josh, i saw that you also have the Lilygo T-Deck in your inventory, have you attempted the Ripple firmware with it yet to eliminate the need for your cell phone interface?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

I have not.

@Coyot21 Ай бұрын

@@HamRadioCrashCourse dang! I was hoping you had so i could pick your brain on how to get it working correctly. Hope you enjoy your trip. I will look forward to seeing your videos this week. Thank you for responding.

@ChrisC-fp9qu 10 күн бұрын

Question? Can you flash the device directly from the internet on your phone 📱? I have my phone powering the device usb C to usb C. Im just wondering if you can flash the device on the go if no computer is available.

@dieselstruck Ай бұрын

I love the idea but I what I would like to see is a robust board packed on a really rugged case. I seems the variety of boards have some quirks that still can be solved. I know this is experimental but a robust board in a rugged case would be great at this point.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Go look up the RaK wireless LoRa board. Easy to build it “robust”.

@alexgraf3567 13 күн бұрын

So some devices can transmit at the 433mhz, can you program a DMR radio to receive the info that heltec puts out…?

@rustyhaddock7954 Ай бұрын

Josh, the default channel is encrypted too! Also, if you do with the license setting, encryption is turned off -- you know regulations and all that. :)

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

It’s not encrypted on default.

@scotch8 Ай бұрын

I think it is unless you toggle the amateur license toggle. It's just a publicly available key that everyone can get. Could me wrong though.

@rustyhaddock7954 Ай бұрын

@@scotch8 Correct. Everybody gets its because it's on the default channel.

@albertocastropodcast Ай бұрын

Question, just out of sheer curiousity. Would it be possible to combine a baofeng repeater set up with a LoRa transmission? Or would that technically be considered against FCC? Or is it even feasible? Anyway, love the videos man!

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Yeah, that would be against the rules.

@robd003 12 күн бұрын

What about using RAK WisBlock boards? Aren't they way more power efficient since they're using nRF chips?

@HamRadioCrashCourse 12 күн бұрын

Yep. They are very good.

@lightingnut 22 күн бұрын

So how can I send a txt when I am out of cell range but have a couple of these mesh radios? One would be with me and the other would be in cell range. Is there a way to do it when using the app?

@TravisMurdock Ай бұрын

Can you make an antenna recommendation. I'd like a SignalStuff like antenna and another one that has a 90 degree swivel antenna. Everything I'm seeing is garbage.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

On my Amazon store.

@joel6221 8 күн бұрын

my board came with crappy antennas ... can i purchase better ones separately

@psynurse Ай бұрын

regarding voice.....I see companies making encrypted mesh radios that seemed to be designed for more commercial use and or the civilian versions that are fairly expensive. Milo is one of those along with beartooth....would love to see someone do opensource mesh radio

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

They’re so cost prohibitive and tbh, I don’t think they’re doing much you could do on your own with some learning.

@rickymcdaniel6708 Ай бұрын

What kinda range do they get. And they require a cellphone to work? I'm new to this and don't really quit understand it yet.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

I have quite a few videos on Meshtastic. Search for it on my channel I cover how it works and ranges.

@xSikks Ай бұрын

The app looks so much more polished on iOS.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Indeed.

@alexgraf3567 28 күн бұрын

Does plugging the heltec V3 into usb-c charge the battery?

@HamRadioCrashCourse 27 күн бұрын

Yep! It charges LIPOs

@Taylor-KY3G Ай бұрын

Does the heltec v3 support battery charging through the USB-C?

@whollymindless Ай бұрын

That seemed to be the case.

@JohanVestlinKajne Ай бұрын

Yes

@Vaz_DeFerenz Ай бұрын

lol does it bother you that the grid in the backdrop isnt square with the camera

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Huh?

@brady5125 Ай бұрын

I’m really interested in meshtastic but I have no interest in assembling one of these devices. Is their anywhere I can get a few of these assembled and ready to go out of the box?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Links in the description.

@dorvinion Ай бұрын

This is one of those things that sounds neat but I'm having a hard time seeing the use case. Chit chat doesn't do it for me even if it can be encrypted because you can do that on the device we already always have with us. Sensors/IOT controls on a larger rural property maybe? The distributed/open network is neat and all, but you're still gonna have that cell plan which has considerably more capabilities in it. I know someone will say "But what if the cell is down?" Storm damage I guess maybe - but in most cases it won't be down for long, and the nature of the mesh requires everybody be within a rather small radius and since these are people you know you have a good idea where to go to check on them. If its down and never coming back you got bigger problems to worry about.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

If you trust phones, then yes this is moot.

@dorvinion Ай бұрын

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I suppose the question is who are you wanting to keep your private conversations private from. If its commercial interests you can largely mitigate those concerns by using privacy focused phone OS (Graphene and the like), or Pine phone if it is ever ready for primetime. If you are concerned about Feds the same methods used to avoid commercial interests should also work to keep government interests from taking an interest in you. If they decide to take an interest in you then you're kinda screwed no matter how you communicate. I will grant the mesh does have one notable benefit over a phone at least - if you plan to go petition with a group for redress of grievance and are concerned that some participants might cross the line, mesh can't be geofence drag-netted

@gsahookah599 Ай бұрын

I agree, @dorvinion. For the life of me, I can't understand why so many Hams are gravitating to this cute tech with a vigor worthy of 'world-changing' technology. The mesh craze is utterly confusing to me. Sure, as Hams, we all love to tinker, but seriously, this is completely useless as a viable "off-grid" and/or emergency communications tool. With that said, I do see merit in having fun with this as a hobby interest; something to tinker with while perhaps bored with traditional ham operations, etc. These devices can give an interesting use-case for our dusty 3D printers perhaps.

@scotch8 Ай бұрын

@@gsahookah599I have one ordered but don't have it yet. I get that it's not going to be any new groundbreaking tech. It just looks neat to play with for cheap. I could potentially see hanging one with GPS on everyone's day pack if we're hiking or hunting, but probably not. I don't know enough about it to know if it beacons location data automatically or what. It's just to play with for me.

@MichaelLeo Ай бұрын

I cannot get any distance out of my setups...like, 100 feet tops...very frustrating!

@prizeking1647 Ай бұрын

You need to get the antenna high up above buildings.

@thedoobie1 Ай бұрын

Is it me? I can't find, "The Links in the comments"

@BrandonLang-tw7qb Ай бұрын

They are there maybe your browser

@elsuperpollo2273 Ай бұрын

I wished If you had your amateur radio license tech, gen to extra you can get exemptions to work gmrs without seperate license paying more money to the fcc.

@GregOstravich 12 күн бұрын

Thanks. Had a challenge with a cable that I think was subpar as you mentioned could be an issue. Used my wife's MacBook with a UCBC to USBC and found the correct port and could flash it. Also turning off the other device(s) not in use and then adding the new one was helpful.

@countryranger83 Ай бұрын

I watched this video a couple days ago and got an idea to help push intrest in my area, BUT it feels like if more and more 'average citizens' started using the mesh, there would be some that would use the long-fast channel to send negative messages or vulgarity that the fcc might not like. If I start pushing this in the community people are going to come to me with complaints. What would be the best way to address them?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Ай бұрын

Is this actually happening? Why don’t you just start this up and running before worrying about the little stuff.

@countryranger83 Ай бұрын

@@HamRadioCrashCourseno it hasn't happened yet. I'm trying to think project management style with Murphy on my shoulder. I know how my geographic community works and that a large portion of them know how to and take pleasure in takeing something good and ruining it. I know it sounds cynical I'm just trying to prevent or plan for negative eventualities.

@Evan-tt5kk 27 күн бұрын

For being a crash course I feel like you went very quickly into the weeds of setting it up. I still don't really understand what this is or why I should get one and was hoping this video would help me learn the very basics

@HamRadioCrashCourse 26 күн бұрын

I have other videos that explain what Meshtastic is this was just how to get it running.

@drhdirutomich2458 Ай бұрын

skech ?

@xitec75 14 күн бұрын

I see some security-related issues here. A smartphone is a serious security problem, if security is important for you. A smartphone should be something like a client only but no "master" for the devices by design, otherwise there is no real privacy or security here in any way. This begins with the scanning of the bluetooth-ids by the phone and they might be send to google as they are now searching for all kind of bluetooth-devices and their last known positions. Additionaly, any kind of security-code for a protected channel on a smartphone is non-rational if you are security related. The core idea is good, but is there a way to program/use these devices without a smartphone?

@HamRadioCrashCourse 14 күн бұрын

Reach out to the Meshtastic people.