• jimerson@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Meshtastic is 80% geeky fun hobby, 20% preparedness, and 0% ready to facilitate anything more than simple text messages. Still neat, though.

    • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Yeah, we’ve got some T-decks and so far it’s only been a novelty and the intended purpose is just so we can text from a decent distance if infrastructure goes down. Will probably also see some occasional use camping as a backup for our radios with a T-beam attached to a bear bag up in a tree as a relay.

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        4 days ago

        That’s true, but from what I’ve seen they haven’t really been a standard in the nodes that folks are building.