I posted here a couple days ago, but I think my post was removed. Someone accused me of being a bot… But I’m not a bot. I’m not sure what that’s about. Maybe it’s the way I write.
Anyway. I want to set up a base station on my house. I looked on the metastatic site and the nearest base station to me is around 25 miles away. Is it possible to reach this far with equipment a mere mortal can possess?
I live on a hill in a marine environment is that helps. I can power it with mains power or set up a solar panel. I would be open to spending a few dollars on the right setup if it means I can connect to the greater network. I’m IT savvy, but a radio noob.
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
Cheap node? I’ve heard of heltec v3 and sense solar P1. Are these good choices?
Probably. I have a couple of heltec v3s. I personally got 2 of them so I could test out the LoRa and placement before my solar setup was done. Now they are permanently wall nodes next to a window. Room (client) -> Solar (client_base) -> other nodes. Works well.
They are decent at most things EXCEPT solar because they take a bit of power and have a nasty habit of bootlooping at certain voltages. It only really occurs if you want them to be solar.