OFF GRID MESSENGER WITH INSANE RANGE!!!

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@markaz2kk 8 ай бұрын

Just got mine in the mail. The signal set up on a UHF 12db antenna. Omg! It’s signal is over 50km 😮

@TableWalkLake 5 ай бұрын

Is that it? 30 miles?

@allancopland1768 4 ай бұрын

db is a ratio. dBd or dBi?

@SteveHomer 8 ай бұрын

Great video Andy - i managed to get my 3 units working and setup one as an Internet gateway and have been chatting with people all over the world - Keep up the great vids!

@tarpanc34 6 ай бұрын

that sound just like a modernized C.B. radio, like we had in the 70's and 80's... so your just talking to random people ..

@speedtekauto 10 күн бұрын

How did you do that? I would like to know. Thanks.

@Hohmies86 7 ай бұрын

That black connector is a CGB, compression grommet bushing Be sure to check how small the CGB compresses down to, it’s possible to buy one that doesn’t compress down to the size of the wire you’re running through it

@simonpt68 8 ай бұрын

I have an outdoor hotspot for helium on a pole above my house in Surrey - I think I'll convert that - 360 dgerees line of sight for miles so hopeful of use. Thanks Andy for all the information here. Great channel!

@scharlesworth93 7 ай бұрын

Helium! Brings back memories

@KB-2222 7 ай бұрын

Lol @@scharlesworth93

@dickJohnsonpeter 7 ай бұрын

I don't know much about crypto mining so why would you need an antenna? I thought you did it through your internet connection.

@richsonner1930 8 ай бұрын

Have three units connected one to my mavic pro and flew to 350ft. Was able to use that one as the repeater basically and was texting 10 miles out.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

How did you mount it?

@richsonner1930 8 ай бұрын

@@andykirby I just used alien double sided tape and mounted to the top half on battery. Mine were different design than yours had the 18650 battery mount in back. Before that I took a tyt uv8000d attached to a 4ft Paracord used crossband repeat and great results. Was a calm day.

@FRMN8R_T4R 6 ай бұрын

GENIUS!

@ChatGPT1111 8 ай бұрын

This is an awesome prepper tool, thanks for giving us insight.

@FactsBeFacts 8 ай бұрын

Awesome prepper tool for what? So people can trick you into meeting so they can then rob you?

@davebauman4991 6 ай бұрын

Back when cellphones were first introduced, this is what I assumed they did. Was wrong.

@peterfitzpatrick7032 6 ай бұрын

An "off-the-grid"grid... 😉

@cathysingleton1333 8 ай бұрын

I now have mine up and running, at the moment temporary, until I get a battery. Cheers Andy!

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Nice, where are you? Add yourself to the map if you feel inclined 😁👍🏼

@cathysingleton1333 8 ай бұрын

@@andykirby hiya Andy I’m roughly 10miles from Liverpool, still learning this neat little system if I appear on the map it’ll be my callsign 2E0SQA. Either way thanks for pointing this little project out 👍🏼

@LoekBerkepies 8 ай бұрын

What battery do you use?

@moonshotsilver 8 ай бұрын

I'll keep my carryer Pigeons because everything comes back in cycles 😅 Nice one Andy, great tunes brother.

@suzyamerica4679 6 ай бұрын

You use carrier pigeons? The airmail of previous days. We still use messages in bottles where I live. Kinda slow but it has bandwidth potential if you fill the bottle with large-capacity micro SD cards 😅

@davebauman4991 6 ай бұрын

Welp, just need to wait another half-lifetime for voice activated texting patent to expire then this thing will take off like sliced bread.

@jimnunya1253 6 ай бұрын

love the comments here.🙂 So the pigeons will maintain an aerial mesh network above town providing solid comms as long as they eat and rest on some viable flight schedule. Very simple and economical and birds are adorable. 🤓 They can do airdrop? 😂 💩

@wisteela 8 ай бұрын

Amazing. Hopefully this is the start of something big.

@ThatOneGirlThatPlays 7 ай бұрын

I remember the Tiger electronics version of this geared towards teenagers and I’m so excited to see it back and also better

@SimEon-jt3sr 6 ай бұрын

Lol I vaguely remember this and it was a cool idea at that time. I think I might have even wanted one myself.

@dangruner5926 8 ай бұрын

Awesome. I’ll be setting up a node near Castle Cary / Yeovil over Xmas as long as the kit arrives in time! :) x

@BeWhoYouWant2 8 ай бұрын

Love your videos mate. Im just getting into wireless communications a bit deeper and i really enjoy the variety of things you talk about that fall under that umbrella.

@1VK3 8 ай бұрын

I'm down near Enfield, and will be setting up my nodes shortly. Should increase coverage for south Hertfordshire!

@SuperJdear 7 ай бұрын

I am from Germany and receive a station 110km away. DB0WTH is the name of the station and is operated by radio amateurs. I live southeast of it at about 680 meters above sea level. So ist very good. But i use betafpv Antennas.

@panzerdawn 6 ай бұрын

bought one !!!! you cost me money every time i watch one of your videos lol

@KennethQvarfordt 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the content Andy. Very cool device. I also love your deep dive on these devices. Btw I bought the IC-705 because of you. 😂 My main is the ft-991a really love that too. One for QRP and one for QRO. 😅 Have an awesome day mate. 73s SM6VIU. 😊

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, appreciate that! The 705 is an amazing radio!👍🏼 73!

@Henri_P 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Andy. I found your KZfaq channel while ago as you're talking about things I am also interested! I'm quite new HAM operator (portable radios only) and I have been very interested to follow all of your topics. And I just noticed that you're doing also excellent electronic dance music too! You seem to be on Spotify, so now your music is easier to be listened there 👍

@EnglishLaw 7 ай бұрын

I'm loving your trance Sir.

@bigpumpkin22 6 ай бұрын

Not sure exactly what you are talking about, But do enjoy seeing people getting enthusiastic about their hobbies.

@markbrownless1679 8 ай бұрын

nice one.. on the bridge your camera filmed a kingfisher flying down the middle of the river ...love your chanell keep up the good work..

@mrfust 8 ай бұрын

I’m waiting for a couple of different LoRa boards to arrive from Aliexpress any day now and can’t wait to join in 😃

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

😁😁😁

@mrfust 8 ай бұрын

@@andykirby The more you look into this, the more you find out. I just ordered another Lilygo TBeam because the the radio chip on the other ordered one isn't the best, despite being newer. It seems the SX1262 is more powerful, more sensitive and more efficient than "newer" models SX17xx. I've only recently subscribed to your channel (prior to the Meshtastic stuff) but I think this is worthy of an entire series... there's not a lot of consistent material out there on KZfaq. There's certainly a gap to fill and you may well be the man to fill it...

@supernova1976 8 ай бұрын

This is brilliant mate, been lookimg for something like this.

@stewpot3971 8 ай бұрын

Andy could you do a video about the recent OFCOM consultation and the major changes to amateur radio? Recently pass my Full and now looking into building a 1kW amp lol. Awesome stuff Andy as always!

@ohenekojo2561 7 ай бұрын

There’s loads of KZfaq videos about it already.

@paulsradiohacks 8 ай бұрын

I have to so get one of these, looks so much fun and nice that it uses RF not internet!!

@leexgx 7 ай бұрын

For moisture, Silica Gel Packet/Desiccant Bags (usually buy the colour changing ones)

@ThatGoth 7 ай бұрын

My issue is that I just logged on and looked at the map and I can now see the HOME ADDRESSES of everyone who has one turned on in their houses (and put their addresses in)... I Hate this lol

@braddeicide 7 ай бұрын

yea that's not good

@ThatGoth 7 ай бұрын

Chances are if they have one bit or radio equipment they have a lot more @@livinagoodlife

@balazra 7 ай бұрын

You can set it up to not give a gps signal out. It’s a choice to identify. I find this best on private setting.

@voreshbo7031 6 ай бұрын

I have a genuine fear to my bone that all the fancy things a no more than beacons for our location no anonymous function at all, think a programmer is needed to have a deep look and tell what needs doing for more anonymous function (s)?

@voreshbo7031 6 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6eBfJWLuNPcgIk.htmlsi=N8RlZ_HEdqShbpOO

@DubiousEngineering 7 ай бұрын

To be fair, what a cool idea 💡😜

@steveharmancambridge 8 ай бұрын

How random. I was watching the shots of the town casually thinking "I wonder if it's anywhere near me". Looking a it though.... Hertford? Where I grew up! :-)

@MultiOutdoorman 7 ай бұрын

so from a laymans point of view, what practical application would this device have ?

@Yt-user65000 6 ай бұрын

Clandestine comms during an escape/evade scenario.

@petechongy 8 ай бұрын

I'm going to do some testing on the true range of these being near winter hill I've plenty of height. 8.5dbi colinear vertical antenna 460mw erp small solar panel and a chunky lipo. Signal prediction says it will work from Fleetwood to Wigan off 1 of the smaller hills near me. We shall see.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Yeah if you got good takeoff it'll defo work well! It'll be interesting to see who pops up!

@HamRadio2 7 ай бұрын

Nice. Heard about these, never tried one. Maybe I will pick one up

@shaungilmartin1505 8 ай бұрын

we had a local guy who has a plane doing pmr tests around here a couple of years ago. Now that would be fun with lora mesh

@natet77787 6 ай бұрын

I was more impressed with how beautiful your town was. Where in England did you record this video? Would love to visit there some day. I'm about to dive into this hobby so thank you for the great video.

@kellyshea92 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like good gear for when SHTF

@tiggydorset9041 8 ай бұрын

The ordered 4 units which arrived today. Ill be looking at setting up a node in Weymouth/Dorchester sometime soon ;)

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Nice! Add yourself to the Map!

@user-jt5vm3mi1w 6 ай бұрын

Can you just leave one of these on and it will help other people?

@0baakFPV 4 ай бұрын

@@user-jt5vm3mi1wya it’ll be a node as a part of the mesh from what I understand

@RingwayManchester 8 ай бұрын

Andy Meshby

@JulioRad954 7 ай бұрын

Great tech info Andy, love the music !

@b3l14l 8 ай бұрын

Insane performance from such a small and low power device.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Isn't it just!

@ZiggleFingers 8 ай бұрын

those UFL connectors are not meant for repeated disconnects - they are only rated for no more than around 6 connections after which your signal will degrade badly

@MyTube4Utoo 6 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. Thanks to Ringway Manchester (I think it was lol). Good videos. A new subscriber.

@evil4600 5 ай бұрын

Very cool! Imma get one for me and my dad!

@raymondmartin6737 8 ай бұрын

I know abit about Mesh hete in the US, and saw a Mesh set up at the October 2023 Nearfest, in Deerfield. NH. Thanks. 😊 73 de W2CH Ray NH

@DonaldMerrit 6 ай бұрын

Hi Ray, Don from Manchester. Is this thing worth it?

@raymondmartin6737 6 ай бұрын

@@DonaldMerrit Sorry, I am not active with Mesh, and do not have these devices. Thanks 😊

@djt7387 6 ай бұрын

Gotta love the name. Heltec

@goingoutotheparty1 8 ай бұрын

if you're not careful though, you can get into a terrible mesh 😅

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

I'm in a mesh with these things already!

@goingoutotheparty1 8 ай бұрын

@@billcarson4601 Or Lauren and hardy, who got themselves into a fine mesh I'll tell ya 😁

@perpetual4958 8 ай бұрын

Is this the stuff introduced to africa, what 5-8 years ago, pre-gsm? Those offered mesh/relay as well as dropbox function, picking up message when connection occured.

@TheSillyshyguy 8 ай бұрын

I've been using this for a few years now. I have my own node as well for IoT

@Belioyt 8 ай бұрын

Do tell more about your setup, have you documented your journey?

@peterfitzpatrick7032 6 ай бұрын

Fill the external box with a bunch of those dessicant sachets and seal it as much as possible... any "ventilation" holes would just allow the humidity (read moisture) inside and outside to equalise...🤔 Re. the Yagi... is the directionality (is that a word ?😂) not a bad thing for a grid /mesh network ?... I would have thought an omnidirectional vertical whip would be better though you sacrifice ultimate range for lack of directionality... 😎👍☘️🍺

@peteradshead2383 8 ай бұрын

It is like the good old days of packet radio ( M1CCH / G7OCP ) , But I've let my ham licence laps . I may have to think about setting up a node and see who is in the local area.

@maigematthews5620 6 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on setting up solar powered ping extenders that can receive a msg signal over 100’s of acres? We would like to use it for cattle ranches and remote mountain cabins.

@leehewitt9559 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant Andy👌

@gtretroworld 8 ай бұрын

I have been enjoying this series of videos but like I said last time i am so out the way it didn’t seem worth it but looking at that map there is a few nodes close by so maybe it is worth a bash in the future..73s

@julianrobertson3303 8 ай бұрын

Wow , that's amazing & thank you for sharing , I might make one & see if there's a Meshtastic network , in Brighton ?.

@digitalmediafan 8 ай бұрын

I must get into this but down here in Brighton there's just one node atm 😢

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Be the second! It's gonna grow!

@Peelerville 8 ай бұрын

I’m up the coast near Hastings and already have two, just ordered a couple more to set up with solar and put up on some hills to test.👍

@digitalmediafan 8 ай бұрын

@@andykirby I will but where do I get the 3d printed case ?!

@digitalmediafan 8 ай бұрын

@@Peelerville What type of solar panel(s) are you using ?

@Peelerville 8 ай бұрын

@@digitalmediafan I’m using 10w at the moment to test but to be honest because of the time of year it’s not enough to keep the battery charged, trying to keep the size small so it doesn’t get noticed by walkers, I’m out in the country, still testing at the moment.👍

@TheVcasf 7 ай бұрын

Do all these devices show on the Mesh map? That seems inconvenient when privacy and security matters. I just found a device in Gaza. Isn't that a concern?

@letmelooktv 8 ай бұрын

Will have a rummage and see if i can get one knocked up in time :)

@kevincozens6837 7 ай бұрын

Interesting device. I will be going after more detailed information about the device. BTW, what is the antenna attached to the top of the vertical support seen at 5:54?

@SteveBerwick 8 ай бұрын

FYI: If your SWR is lower than the official spec, you might have some losses in your cable/adapters/etc. Just a thought for further testing and improvements. Edit: Nevermind you mentioned that 2 minutes into the video. 😆

@EnglishTurbines 8 ай бұрын

You're playing on my 868mhz CROSSFIRE BAND Andy....🤔😏😏🇬🇧

@kiloalphadx 8 ай бұрын

Great video Andy. Keep your ears pinned back. The yagi is on its way.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Nice! Where are you?!

@maigematthews5620 6 ай бұрын

10:48 I know that this is off topic, but how do you use off grid solar to charge your bike and do you have a video review of your bike? What do you think of using this off grid messaging system as a part of a remote AirBnB experience?… it’ll probably start with depositing all other ways of communication inside an RFID blocker lockbox. We would love it if you did a, “what if…” video about this scenario. What if they had this in the movie, “Leave the World Behind” (2023)? How would it, if at all, been different?

@jdub2878 6 ай бұрын

Interesting that you mentioned that movie as this will be America's last election

@edwardfletcher7790 8 ай бұрын

Save all those little silica dessicant packets to use as condensation prevention 👍

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Yeah you are not wrong!

@Fanta.... 7 ай бұрын

@@andykirby Better idea to use cat litter crystals. they are the same thing but you can buy kgs of the stuff for relatively cheap.

@anthonycatania5613 8 ай бұрын

New to all this... Question for anyone in the US... What frequency works best here? Andy said they are using the 860s in UK, but the company that makes these items website has like 4-5 options for frequency, and I'm wondering if that changes here in the states. Thanks.

@InVinoVeritas. 8 ай бұрын

915 in US.

@bjorn2625 8 ай бұрын

It is MAD that this is with 20 dBm … 4 km!

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

I know right?! LoRa is very efficient.

@Knight766 7 ай бұрын

Hi Andy, love your content. What's the bike you're riding here? I'm looking to get a high-power fat tyre ebike in Feb

@TheScapegoat420 7 ай бұрын

I love my Meshtastic!

@christophersmith1155 8 ай бұрын

WHEN YOU AND RINGWAY COME TO MANHATTAN , LET ME KNOW.

@HelloMoto393 7 ай бұрын

ois bulla that track at the end was sick as i wish i could mix as well as u bra

@dougbas3980 7 ай бұрын

I assume 915 MHz is right for USA? Also Canada? Thanks Andy.

@0baakFPV 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@rashidismail9537 7 ай бұрын

Andy...does this meshtastic technology sole purpose is only sending and receiving messages between 2 separate devices or can it do more...lets say opening up websites on laptop or a tab etc.This is a fascinating technology I must say.

@andykirby 7 ай бұрын

Just text messages. Yes it's pretty awesome.

@unionse7en 7 ай бұрын

put one on a drone as a repeater, possibly use drone to put on top of building or tree etc

@sNEAKYnIGHTmUPPET Ай бұрын

in this video, how are you getting YOUR gps location to determine distance to your base station?

@TheoSmith249 8 ай бұрын

RAK wireless has the most adaptability to other sensors.

@ScandalUK 8 ай бұрын

It’s like digital CB radio? Amazing

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Yes exactly 👍🏼😁

@alexhardy3130 8 ай бұрын

It would be cool if you did a ham radio get together

8 ай бұрын

I wonder how much you could pull from there 868 MHz antennas on LTE B20 or what remote towers you could connect to. Definitely will look into the Meshtasic thing though, I have basically a 360 degree view and might be able to get some interesting here.

@sausage6984 6 ай бұрын

Now that would be a people power decentralised internet

@Dave64track 8 ай бұрын

Great content these devices look really good that was some range. Keep up the great work this is interesting stuff.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Cheers David!

@theresam567 6 ай бұрын

I watched, but don't get it. You showed a device that pinged others. How & where do you see messages? I'll have to look at links.

@villeamiettinen 6 ай бұрын

love dev/null.

@jobautomation 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! New stuff

@vincehogg8935 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if these could be used to transmit mavlink data to a drone, kind of like a telemetry radio. Probably not high enough data rate.

@suzyamerica4679 6 ай бұрын

Obviously you would want to employ a compression protocol .. look at the "short signal message" format used by U-boats in WW2.

@r0ckworthy 6 ай бұрын

Wait so you'd use these things to communicate in the scenario where for some reason you couldn't even use a local wifi network and an a chat app on your phone?

@BillyNoMates1974 8 ай бұрын

Andy, how come 'Move Your Feet (BM Dubs Wiggle Your Toes Mix)' wasnt a general release. cracking tune

@alexhardy3130 8 ай бұрын

I wonder how far you can get if you use an signal amplifier

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Actually it wouldn't make as much difference as you thing, these things have a massive link budget of around 120-150dB so can see just added 20db won't make as much difference as you think.

@tmiller9099 6 ай бұрын

How do you configure the base and portable modules for range testing?

@gbraadnl 7 ай бұрын

3:55 Isn't it better to in that case get the correct antenna connector ? There is SMA and RP-SMA

@bjorn2625 8 ай бұрын

Any place to buy WISblock kit in the U.K.? Want to set up a repeater node in Hampshire over Christmas

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Haven't found a place yet, a good alternative is the raspberry pi pico + waveshare pico lora hat, it's uses the same 2040 SOC as the RAK, power consumption is around 30ma. It'll probably go way lower with power saving features.

@wantagetreat 8 ай бұрын

Another massive outro tune 🎉 still search for meshtastic users in Bristol, to many hills 😢

@mnj5089 5 ай бұрын

I just found this video and the links are not available. Is this sold somewhere in the US?

@Integr8d 8 ай бұрын

that canal with the boats looked like an area where an episode of peep show was filmed😂

@stupot94 8 ай бұрын

By Wayfair 🤔 I bet they give away your position also

@bruceclark5627 8 ай бұрын

I know this is a bit off topic,but do you still have anything to do with Kirbebike conversion kits? I'm trying to source 1 for a fat bike front hub set up.love the content and thank you in advance.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Yes www.kirbebike.com hit the team up and you can get what you need 👍🏼

@bruceclark5627 8 ай бұрын

@@andykirbythank you greatly sir!

@captainmark1 5 ай бұрын

Have you got a link were I could buy one please? As I’m not sure which one I need to use in the uk 🇬🇧

@waynemoate9401 7 ай бұрын

How about using your drone to take a Meshtastic to the Max legal height and attempt a long range contact.?

@stephendonkin5497 8 ай бұрын

What's best way to get intouch with you Andy

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

Discord? or andy@cloudsto.com

@LoekBerkepies 8 ай бұрын

Hi Andy, what do you use to power these things ? I dont see any battery in the video, or any usb c cables attached to it (for power) . Please some advice.

@andykirby 8 ай бұрын

I'm actually using small digital camera batteries, I've been testing different things before I mention it because there are some caveats, one is that there doesn't seem to be any low voltage cut out on the Heltec board itself so it's possible you can over discharge lipos if you aren't careful. The charger is quite basic as well and doesn't always charge the batteries properly via USB-C. Camera batteries are quite good as they have a built in BMS usually which will stop anything bad happening. That being said I wouldn't recommend leaving any battery connected to a Heltec on permanent charge especially over night.

@LoekBerkepies 8 ай бұрын

@@andykirby thanks frontje quick reply. Maybe you can add some link to a website of these batteries? Or mention this in one of you’re future videos?