Monthly Recap

31
Aug
A LILYGO T-Deck handheld Meshtastic device shown from front and back, with its QWERTY keyboard, screen, and exposed ESP32 circuit board visible.

August on the Mesh: The Node That Wasn't a Plane

MeshShadow's airborne flag caught a node reporting 11,924 meters this month. It wasn't a jet. It was a handheld GPS having a bad day.
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01
Aug
A self-supporting amateur radio tower with antennas mounted on a mountain ridge at over 4,000 feet elevation, similar to the ridge-top router sites NEPAMesh depends on for coverage.

July on the Mesh: A Coverage Drop, a Silent Router, and Numbers That Don't Agree

A cat knocked loose an antenna connection at BMBF, and we thought that solved it. It didn't. Two routers are still missing, and the mystery is still open.
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