JeremyOver the weekend I tried some range testing with the xbees with a pair of 2dBi duck antennas. I only got about a half mile away from my car, in the open, before they started having trouble communicating with each other. Unfortunately this range will not do. I'd like to be able to get at least a mile or two out of them. Now to figure out how to optimize this. There aren't any cement buildings at burning man, but lots of camps, RVs and wooden structures. If you have any ideas, let me know.
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Low that we have LoRa, have you thought about reviving this?
The Meshtastic project should be a good base point - even LoRa only gets about 1-2km at human-height, so you need a tall repeater, or mesh, or both, which Meshtastic would help with.
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