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Thank you for your comment. I am still here and a new video will be coming soon

So with this one, there isn’t a solar charger. I use a separate charger that’s you load the batteries into it and it’s charges and cuts it’s out. If you see my other video, with the solar panel the controller I use with that is amazing. I upgraded the device to a Rak Wisblock shortly after and the node is still alive to this day. Pt1 th-cam.com/video/as_wzahj2Ys/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JtNeqDSOmMrcGcms Pt2 th-cam.com/video/Xhud4s9lt5g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nCkYtWdVHpqVsJmQ Controller amzn.eu/d/8hAJ4hu Panel www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0140OO99O?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share See the videos for the mods 👍🏼

There an audio fixed updated version of it 💯

18650’s

The Solar Charger I used deals with everything power wise!. The node as now been upgraded again and is running a WisBlcok!

Thank you for the feedback. It has been addressed. th-cam.com/video/JRatLA3pcTA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZvI31pY6fpS_fUYF

It’s never let me down before. Been doing it for years.

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback! ♥️

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback!

I can certainly put a few together and upload them to my website incase people do want them.

@@G1JOBI’ve sent you an email

Thank you for the comment. Yeah its only a temporary fix, till a permanent cable goes through there. I just didn't want to risk doing damage to anything inside by drilling at a later date. Just got to work out which direction would best benefit from the yagi and waiting for more Raks to arrive. There will be an update video for this one soon, as I've already upgraded it to a new antenna and a wisblock :)

It’s coming across very quiet from the edit. I’m going to reupload very soon! Max out all your Audio settings and you’ll probably hear me in the back of the box 🤣

You will see this happen in the next day or so 😬

Reuploaded! th-cam.com/video/JRatLA3pcTA/w-d-xo.html

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback! 💯

Appreciate the feedback ♥️

Turn your volume up a bit! I'm new to the editing side. Still getting the hang of it :)

Same here, gave it a go but the various other noises that Windows makes meant I nearly shat myself with the volume on max 😂😂

@@dodgydd apologies! It has been noted and will be better in the next one 💯

Reuploaded! th-cam.com/video/JRatLA3pcTA/w-d-xo.html

Please speak up 👀👀

Thank you for your comment. I have recently replaced 2 of my fixed nodes, Including my solar with Raks for that exact reason. I used the Heltec in this as it was kicking around as a spare from when it got pulled out. Got a few more Raks on order to replace this one too 💯

@@G1JOB Where can I get a RAK Board from? I'm also using a Heltec V3 as a repeater but it is not too sensitive

Ive used Pi Pico + waveshare as my repeater nodes they have a very lower draw and about 90ma on TX. Last for days and days!

@@HillTreks direct from their site. Comes in a few weeks but you’ll notice the improvement! Have an update video for my solar node, which I’ve just upgraded to Wisblock. I’m just doing the edit on it, hopefully be uploaded this week 🤞🏼link for the Wisblock below. Make sure you select EU868 on the dropdown. store.rakwireless.com/products/wisblock-meshtastic-starter-kit

@@2e0txe I’ve heard many good things about the Pi Pico. I’ve only used it as a DMR hotspot. Maybe I’ll do an upgrade to a Pico and test it out. Appreciate your comment 💯

Thank you for the feedback and sub!

I live in hope that it won’t happen! 🤣 There is only that device, so if it was to happen, the damage would be minimal. There’s a phone mast tower within half a mile and a lot of tall trees that are higher, so I hope the lightning would hit something else before my node. 😅

@@G1JOB ahhh, I see. Have a wonderful day 👌

Appreciate the feedback 💯

They are out there, however I wasn’t able to find any when I was looking for them when I made this one. I ordered 2 of the one featured in my video, so my next one will have the same. I got a pack of 20 18650 battery holders very cheap too. Vape shops are a good place to go to get batteries! Roll in and ask for 10 and you’ll get a deal 💯

Cricklewood Electronics sell a solar panel with attached 18650 holder, as well as some moderate solar panels for low power use.

Hey g1job are you on discord? Wondering if I could pick your brains as have never done anything like this but want to build a solar node

@@kernowgym I am indeed. You can find me at discord.gg/juStNtvX

Funny I’ve just seen this… I’m sitting here flashing the Rak for this node as I type this 🤣

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Thank you for your message. It wouldn’t be the same device. I’d use 2 Heltecs, one for the yagi and one for the omni. But they’d be on the same pole and both rooted into the same box. The extra gland I added is for the additional coax to pass through. I’ve got an upgrade video due this week for this project. New antenna and upgrading it to a Rak Wisblock.

@@G1JOB Thank you so much for the infor, I just wanted to make sure I was not missing something. Great info, loving this project.

Great to hear from you Bob! Are you able to see my Havering South node from where you are?

There’s been quite a lot of activity on them recently in some areas. We thought we would jump on in our area as there wasn’t much activity. Trying to make it so, that if newbies buy ztheir first device and set it up, there will be nodes around they can connect to and chat with others. Rather than them buying a node, flashing it and then nothing happens with it.

@@G1JOB - I was intrigued by the LoRa technology a couple of years ago and I was pleasantly surprised a few weeks ago to see that the open source community had fully embraced it and Meshtastic was exploding onto the world. My solar panels arrived an hour ago and I'm going to design the custom 3D printed enclosure tonight. My 8.5 dBi antennas are circling Florida due to a UPS foul up but they'll be here in a couple of days. The WisBlocks should be shipping from China tomorrow, after the extended Chinese holiday. I'm making an emergency comms system so my brother, sister and I can text if there is no cell or internet service.

@@Liberty4Ever sounds great! I have my next 2 videos of me upgrading 2 existing nodes to WisBlocks and producing another 2 portable repeaters. Are you also planning on adding your devices to the public primary channel? Or just private only.

@@G1JOB - I'm making a private encrypted comms system so there is no public access and it'll be configured not to forward Meshtastic public transmissions, but I feel guilty about not giving back to the community that made this awesomeness happen, so I may configure my station (but not my brother's or sister's) to serve as a public mesh node as well, or I may put up a solar powered public node somewhere else as a ham radio thing, maybe at the local radio club's ham shack. I live in a town of 350,000 people and the self reported Meshtastic node map I saw had only one node. Hopefully there are more than that. There is apparently pretty good Helium network coverage around here. I'll play around with LongFast when I'm developing my node before deploying the other two nodes and hopefully see how much Meshtastic activity there is around here. I'm currently designing the solar powered Meshtastic FamilyNet enclosure in CAD. 🙂

Nice construction. Post more videos to show us how it develops.

New video on my channel, showing a new portable repeater I built recently. Similar design to this one. th-cam.com/video/6lYCy3hQO7o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ukFSdWVGi-j21xk4