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  • Satellite from Meshcon discussion?

    You should try to get someone from AMSAT on your Advisory Board.  They might have some folks with collateral meshtastic interest that already have experience launching ham satellites.  I'...

    Randy posted in Questions
  • GPS Locations

    Hello, I have both a Tracker Bravo and Nomad and both give a GPS location that is off by 2.2 miles at a a heading of 323 or 324 degrees.  I have done multiple power cycles and still the same.&...

    Kirk posted in Questions
  • Building things... in the US

    I wanted to get your general thoughts on a topic that's really important to us at SpecFive. Designing and building real things in the US... again. Yes, I know not 100% of what we build is built in...

    TX Programmer posted in General Discussion
  • Have you upgraded to the 2.6 firmware yet?

    2.6 is in preview, but in all the use I've given it on the Ranger so far... it's good!  If you are Meshtastic savvy and want to give it a spin, you may enjoy it. The official flasher now supp...

    TX Programmer posted in Questions
  • Frequency ranges

    Thank you for your feedback!

    TX Programmer posted in Questions
  • Frequency ranges

    Trekker Bravo and the the Ranger.   Think you'll have a good market opportunity in Europe, especially here in Switzerland for off grid with long lines of sight.

    Paul posted in Questions
  • Frequency ranges

    Great question. The transponder chips used in these devices are either available in Europe or US frequencies. So, unfortunately it's not as simple as a software setting.  But SpecFive is con...

    TX Programmer posted in Questions
  • Frequency ranges

    Do Spec 5 devices operate on 868 MHz.   The spec sheets mention 915 MHz of course, but wondering if they can be user set to 868 MHz as well, for use in Europe? 

    Paul posted in Questions
  • GPS issue?

    @TX Programmer Have you tested the pi5 for this issue? Seems like alot of the issues are coming from the pi5 drawing alot more power than the pi4 would. I have tested everything I could in multiple...

    sean posted in Questions
  • Access to the SD Card Slot

    The phone is not glued in but if you apply too much force to the case, you can crack it - it is plastic after all. If you push gently at the top of the case in the direction indicated, the phone sh...

    TX Programmer posted in Questions
  • GPS issue?

    Thank you for this feedback. We are not seeing similar issues on our test devices. And none of the radios on NOMAD should interfere with GPS. However, sometimes there can be an issue with USB3 inte...

    TX Programmer posted in Questions
  • Access to the SD Card Slot

    Has anyone took the cell phone out of the case to access the SD card? I would like to put some files on there and maybe even increase the storage. My cell phone looks like there may be adhesive on ...

    Andrew posted in Questions
  • GPS issue?

    I have a quick question from some findings. I have found that the upspackboard is interfering with the gps signal not matter what you do. Is there a way to propperly shield the board and wires?

    sean posted in Questions
  • Charging for the Pulse

    The UHF radio and the lora radio use the same battery but we have a diode inline so you cannot charge the battery from wisblock to prevent damage to the UHF radio. That being said it means that the...

    Daniel_spec5 posted in Questions
  • Final *Fixed* nomad

    Here is the current progress of me changing the nomad. Like the idea of a console like sigmund did. Will be battery backed up using the battery.

    sean posted in Comments
  • Charging for the Pulse

    I'm having trouble getting the LoRa device to charge beyond 23%. Any pointers or fixes for this? I'm using the appropriate port for charging, but it seems to me that the radio portion is charging f...

    Fortiter_6 posted in Questions
  • Danger danger Will Robinson!

    @Kirk stanby the pps ligh will be solid and not flashing so you have ir right. Sounds like maybe meshtasticd is having issues? Idk how tech litterate you are but might be worth starting the install...

    sean posted in Questions
  • Pulse 2-Way Radio?

    Hi jeffrey, The 2way radio function of the Pulse is separate from Lora/Meshtastic radio. It runs on the FRS(Family Radio Service) bands and cannot be encrypted. 

    Daniel_spec5 posted in Questions
  • Pulse 2-Way Radio?

    How does the 2-Way Radio function and is it limited to UHF? Can this also run an Encryption?  

    Jeffrey posted in Questions
  • Danger danger Will Robinson!

    The lights are both flashing. GPS is enabled in Position, not sure about in channels.  Having the round button to the left or right is enabled? I also have an issue where Chromium won't load...

    Kirk posted in Questions