While I am not on meshcore all days it is interesting to see some ideas that are developed. One of them is the MC-Radar. A nice website were you can visually see your propagation paths if you send a message on the #mc-radar channel and if it is received by a station that sends the info to their server.
Above all the paths last 24h over the Netherlands. Below my own paths after the first "test" message.
Site can be found here: https://mc-radar.woodwar.com/. You will also find interesting graphs about the network on this site.
A mesh network is nice. But real big reliable distances cannot be made. There is still too much collision of all the packets. It is interesting though and nice to experiment with. If you had it with all these stupid test and other messages you can also take your car and measure meshcore signals while driving. This maps the meshcore network in real time. I did some experiments and have been mapping signals while driving. This is done by this website: https://mapme.sh/
If you want to take part you need a bluetooth enabled browser on your GSM. For my Iphone I use a browser called "BLE link". The website to connect with your meshcore device and upload data can be found here: https://mapme.sh/connect.html
Do you know any more interesting experiments? Or do you know what to do with the meshcore network next. Let me know, I'm always interested. In the mean time I will be on meshcore at times, to read and see how things evolve.
MeshCore looks very popular in PA and other parts of EU. In my area - not much, yet. I am watching videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@The_Comms_Channel/videos) and will probably join the party once others within range of me, who are currently on Meshtastic, switch to 'Core.
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Tnx for the comment John. It is just a matter of getting the MT users to MC. It was a bit difficult here. You need people that know people and tell them the MC benefits over MT. I switched over at a certain moment to see if MC worked better for me. And it does, I'll never look back. MC is far better as MT. But still we are a very dense populated country, so you can imagine what is happening. Too many people, too many MC repeaters. But if you keep messages short they will find their way. With MT it didn't. Anyway, I'm sure that after you chatted in the neigbourhood you quickly get bored (I did). So it is nice to see there is room for experimentation. 73, Bas
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