If you have strong opinions about #Mesh networking, please let me know.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@Pol nice to meet you

[pol@mathstodon.xyz]

@Edent likewise, I always appreciate random things like that !

[edent@mastodon.social]

OK my #Meshcore friends, what am I doing wrong?
Board is on the 3rd floor (over 6m above ground height.
Powered on, connected via Bluetooth, by a window.
Set to UK long range.
Been up for about 30 minutes and hasn't discovered any neighbours.
I know there are a couple of repeaters near-ish.
Just a case of wait and hope? Stick it in the loft? Increase power?
Any help and speculation welcomed

[thechaoszone@chaos.social]

@Edent @edronik says go on UK narrowband,

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@Edent For Meshcore in the UK you need to change your radio settings:

Frequency: 869.618
Bandwidth: 62.5
Spreading Factor: 8
Coding Rate: 8
Transmit Power: 22

[psfshr@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent Before I dropped off, a large part of the UK moved to UK Narrow, so might be worth switching over

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@Edent This is the EU/UK (Narrow) preset.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@edronik @thechaoszone I'll give it a go. Ta!

[edent@mastodon.social]

@dan @psfshr thanks - I'll make the switch now.

[m0yng@mastodon.radio]

@Edent UK/EU Narrow. The default is wrong

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@Edent @psfshr Traffic on the Public channel can be sporadic. Last message was at 15.51 for me.

In the app click the vertial ... menu then tools then Discover Nearby Nodes then Discover Repeaters. This should find any local repeaters that can hear you (and then you hear them).

[edent@mastodon.social]

@M0YNG cheers. Have switched over. Nothing discovered yet.

[u0421793@toot.pikopublish.ing]

@dan @Edent what’s the thing you have to do to stop it from getting contacts in the contacts list, I keep forgetting, as it defaults to the opposite way everybody says to do it.

[m0yng@mastodon.radio]

@Edent not shocking. the repeaters are usually set to advertise with large gaps (I think 12 hours)

Put a ping out on the test channel (hashtag test) and check if "sent" changes to "heard 1 repeat". If so, one repeater heard you and you heard it repeat your message.
Try a couple of times if it didn't work immediately...

If not, try another position!

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@u0421793 @Edent Settings (Cog) > Contact Settings.

This can stop your contacts list getting unmanageable.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@M0YNG thanks. Nothing yet. Trying a different window

[grutzifix@fedifreu.de]

@Edent

1. problem is the window
2. this type of antenna dont like to kink
3. antennas love metal-bases to reduce noise from electronics

[edent@mastodon.social]

@grutzifix ok. Where do you suggest I put it? Not sure how waterproof it is

[edent@mastodon.social]

Aha! I had to unbend the antenna
Now receiving #Meshcore messages. Don't know if any of mine are being seen though.

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@Edent I haven't seen your messages (get to Bristol).

When you send a message do you see any repeats? Under your blue message bubble it may say something like “Heard 1 repeat”. If it just says "Sent" then it is possible no one heard you.

You may be able to hear things without anyone hearing you.