You can definitely have it run as a standalone unit. In that capacity it would essentially do what its name says... it will act as a relay for other devices and extend the range of the network. If...

Hello, I was just wondering if you can use the relay as a stand alone unit, or if you would actually have to have 2 units for it to work? Does it just act like a regular router or repeater with dev...

@Daniel_spec5 Thanks for the response.

Yeah, I've seen Zachmann's article. But it didn't appear to be very consistent; and the NanaVNA is "affordable". 🙂   I'm most interested in getting the antenna impedance closely matched to 5...

We have a NanoVNA. I haven't tried it but there are ways to use an SDR as an antenna analyzer. You just need to have something to calibrate it against. 

Which antenna analyzer do your people use? I'm considering the NanoVNA-H4. Thanks!  

The radio boards inside are different. The Trekker uses the Lilygo T-Beam while the Bravo uses a radio board from Heltec. Customers have reported higher GPS accuracy on the Bravo but slightly less ...

Sure, but trickle charge still stresses the battery.  I forget about my Ranger on the wall hanging by a rubber band and thumbtack.  No need to sit it in any kind of charge status while "o...

We need to get out to the edge of the community.  Right now it is a limited hobby... The good news is the interface to the Mesh improves with at least a new firmware update every few days.

The antenna should be more sensitive than the stock antenna.  The larger battery plays better with mobile use. The T-Deck keyboard is annoyingly picky about keypresses.   None of thi...

What is the difference between the Trekker and Trekker BRAVO? Is it just the case?

Switches are for GPS Stby and to initiate a GNSS wakeup. .I sent you a link :-)  

that's an interesting idea re: the stacking header. wish I had any facility at all with 3D design and printing, lol. so the idea is that the pins are repeated/stacked out so you can have more than ...

Well, (IMHO) the one thing a base unit needs to do is establish contact reliably at greater distances. To do this without increasing power (and requiring a Ham license) it will need an "awesome ant...

This looks great. We have discussed a benchtop version of the Nomad. What would you do differently?

Hi Richard, Thank you for sharing your honest thoughts. We do know that the T-Deck plus product is much cheaper however we do feel that our Ranger is a better unit due to the Battery, the specific...

The pins are repeated from the RasPi pins (same layout). The switches are for the radio. You could create a small protector by modifying a RasPi stacking header. If you printed a small rectangular ...

They do add software, antenna and a 50% larger battery. The Hackster article on the Nomad got me (no software, just some configs). It appears the price hike is closer to 80%. T-Deck Plus looks like...

I gather this is the radio unit itself. is any of this documented? and is there some kind of cover or something we can put on the device to protect the pins sticking up?

So I really feel ripped off, they didn't create this product it's only a T-deck with a 3d printed case for $100 more. I guess I should have researched it more and not impulse bought. New to Meshtas...