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Simon Phillips
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Common Mode Choke Testing
Common mode signals propagating on transmission lines such as coaxial cable often cause problems for both transmit and receive. Here I show a simple way of testing the performnce of such chokes (also referred to as UNUNs). The circuit I built is thanks to this excellent channel:
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MediumFast Meshtastic
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Andy Kirby in the UK has suggested using MediumFast Modem Preset in the Lora settings in order to reduce congestion in densely used areas. There is a link budget penalty to pay for this but it may be outweighed by the advantage gained by using shorter bursts. My video shows these bursts using an SDR receiver. Andys video can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/PWyhSEAb89c/v-deo.htmlsi=eUsl1n-uePGzuXqL
Nano VNA and Tiny SA as Signal Generators for testing Meshtastic frequency equipment
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I tested the signal generator portion of: NanoVNA-F v2 vector network analyser Tiny SA spectrum analyser Tiny SA Ultra spectrum analyser This is not the primary designed purpose of these devices but they can be used to generate useful signals for testing equipment like antennas and receivers. None of my devices have been accurately calibrated against standards since they were purchased.
SDR Server Receiver on Supermicro Proxmox Host
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I put 2 Nooelec SDR dongles in my Proxmox server to allow me to stream radio receivers to webbrowsers using openwebrx . Also running on my server I have the TC2-BBS software from The Comms Channel and the Meshtastic_sdr realtime packet (chirp) monitor to keep an eye on what is going on. Meshtastic_sdr is show here on this excellent channel: ua-cam.com/video/muVsrqnJZ8I/v-deo.htmlsi=1pAwby1OD_0P...
BBS for Meshtastic - Easy Install on Ubuntu 22.04
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Maybe you remember the old Bulletin Boards (BBSs) that were reached by analogue dialup modems via telephone lines before TCP/IP and the Internet were invented. The BBS system has a certain nostalgic charm for me but has become important again in the field of low data rate comms via systems such as LoRa which is used for Meshtastic. The software TC2-BBS is created by "The Comms Channel" which ma...
Meshtastic Waveshare LoRa HAT setup on Raspberry Pi 4
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In this video I show the steps necessary to install the Meshtastic software on a headless Raspberry Pi 4 via ssh. Here is the list of commands which are needed: ssh username@ipaddr sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install libgpiod-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libbluetooth-dev openssl libssl-dev libulfius-dev liborcania-dev libulfius2.7 wget github.com/meshtastic/firmware/releases/download/v2.3....
Discone Antenna from Diamond Inc.
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A quick look at the Diamond D220R 0-1600MHz Discone Antenna mounted directly to a RTL-SDR receiver dongle.
Meshtastic on Raspberry Pi with Waveshare Lora Hat
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Using a SX1262 868/915MHz LoRaWAN/GNSS Hat from Waveshare, Made in China. Setting up was a little tricky but easily reproduced now that I have got it to work. A following video will show the steps necessary on the Raspberry Pi.
SDR Console Software for SDRPlay RSPDX Receiver Part 2 including WSJTX
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This is Part 2 of a quick introduction to installing and setting up the SDR Console Software for the SDRPlay RSPDX Receiver (which is my favourite SDR). www.sdr-radio.com/download www.sdrplay.com/softwarehome vb-audio.com/Cable/ wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html
Discone Antennas Part 2
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I built a second discone antenna for testing purposes, this time slightly larger than the first one in order to lower the working frequency. The online calculator I used is here: 3g-aerial.biz/en/online-calculations/antenna-calculations/discone-antenna-online-calculator
Lilygo T-Echo Meshtastic Antenna Test
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The Lilygo T-Echo Meshtastic is a neat self contained portable node which comes supplied with a matching antenna. i decided to measure the antenna SWR.
SDR Console Software for SDRPlay RSPDX Receiver Part 1
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A quick introduction to installing and setting up the SDR Console Software for the SDRPlay RSPDX Receiver (which is my favourite SDR). Part 2 will contain the features that I forgot to mention in Part 1 ! www.sdr-radio.com/download www.sdrplay.com/softwarehome
VNA Calibration to Cancel Cable Loss
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I wanted to use a 5m long "LMR240 Type" cable to a remote antenna and calibrate the VNA to subtract the cable loss so that I can measure a radio path loss or link budget between two antennas. The cable has no markings on it and is of unknown quality but seems to function as expected. The cable can be purchased here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CJ5G4Q1C For more info about Meshtastic activity ...
Discone Broadband Antenna for Meshtastic and General Listening Part 1
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This is my first attempt at making Discone antenna. It is a broadband antenna intended to work over a wide range of frequencies so that I can listen to transmissions in the range 400MHz to 1GHz. The online calculator I used is here: 3g-aerial.biz/en/online-calculations/antenna-calculations/discone-antenna-online-calculator For more info about Meshtastic activity in and around Brighton, UK see f...
Meshtastic solar charging - quick first look
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Meshtastic solar charging - quick first look
Meshtastic Wireless Charger ELF Transmitter
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Meshtastic Wireless Charger ELF Transmitter
ISM Band Signal close to Meshtastic Frequency - can you identify it ?
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ISM Band Signal close to Meshtastic Frequency - can you identify it ?
Broadband Antenna - is it a Fake ? Part 3
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Broadband Antenna - is it a Fake ? Part 3
Meshtastic Minimalistic Stealth Node
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Meshtastic Minimalistic Stealth Node
Broadband Antenna - is it a Fake ? Part 2
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Broadband Antenna - is it a Fake ? Part 2
Broadband Antenna - is it a Fake ? Part 1
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Broadband Antenna - is it a Fake ? Part 1
Meshtastic Diagnostic Data viewed on Phone via USB
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Meshtastic Diagnostic Data viewed on Phone via USB
Urcianow Broadband LTE Antenna tested on Meshtastic frequency.
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Urcianow Broadband LTE Antenna tested on Meshtastic frequency.
Social Media Outage of today has no effect on Meshtastic
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Social Media Outage of today has no effect on Meshtastic
How to connect Meshtastic node to WiFi or WLan
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How to connect Meshtastic node to WiFi or WLan
Paradar 12.5dBi Yagi and McGill Microwave 10dBi panel SWR tests
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Paradar 12.5dBi Yagi and McGill Microwave 10dBi panel SWR tests
It would be useful if you would vover this camera with some different kinds of obstacles to see how it differs
Luck for you. I got a bricked thinkstation P720, resetting BIOS jump doesn't work, only get 3 short beepings. No Luck
Sorry to hear about that
This meshtastic thing is so frustrating, i get nothing locally and i followed the advice in the video still nothing 😤
Scratch that, it seems erratic on whether it wants to save settings or not.
@Simon Phillips No PI3b? tried it on arm64 and libyaml-cpp0.7 let me down on the dependency , not only that i tried pointing to /boot/config.txt as i never had /boot/firmware/config.txt . i cannot install meshtasticd .....meh ive run out of pi4 but have a load of 3b+
I never had a Pi 3. Only model 4 plus now a 5 which still had problems with Meshtastic and Ubuntu las time I tried it.
Ah that's what it is .. I'm using Rasbian bullseye and was pulling my hair out . I was working on some ais servers also and this is the result of too many hours at the screen . Ha! Ubuntu no wonder there was no /boot/firmware folder ....damn! Will reimage and post back .Tnx
Could it be that the Tiny SA was showing -db errors because of the noise floor (-28dbm from tiny SA with the -40db attenuator)?
That's a good point !
Awesome tutorial! Thanks! Was wondering how to do this.
Glad it was helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
What is BBS software?
Bulletin Board System
I did the same, repladed normal bulb to LED. Now the lamp emmits some fluorescending light even when switched off. Why is this?
Great video and experiments. Thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Miniwhip is a PROBE for the electric field not an antenna. Conductive objects modify and reduce the electric field so it must be installed in free-space. So the miniwhip is sensitive only to the electrical component of the e.m. field: this is its main advantage because man-made structures or trees absorb the electric field much more than the magnetic one and therefore, if mounted correctly in free space (non-conductive pole of at least four meters) it will receive less disturbances than a small diameter loop or a long dipole and generally provides a higher signal/noise ratio. The original project is calculated to work conveniently from a few kilohertz up to about ten megahertz. An antenna to be defined as "long wire" and behave as such must be longer than one wavelength. 73s.
I agree with you.
@@fotografm Thanks. However, rereading I have to make a clarification. I wrote: "it will receive less disturbances..." This is true for the reasons I wrote, but only if the source of the disturbance is less than about a wavelength away (near field). Beyond this distance, the electric field and the magnetic field are closely related. Also for this reason it will be convenient using on the VLF and the lowest part of HF. 73s
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Duuuuude. That’s neat.
Glad you like it !
Nice clear information I got mine working today
Glad it helped
Thank you... much appreciated.
Glad it helped
Good job 👍 I just ordered a t deck to play with
Hope you enjoy it!
Supposedly has a design change in the front end filters for the newer ones, but I’m very happy with mine. No problems, works for me very well. I like the 330 too, very solid little unit. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing
The tuning noise is called "soft mute". It is the bane of many DSP receivers. It is very irritating.
Indeed !
We’re here for the antenna and you go off on a tangent with a spectrum analyzer
ok made it this far and not getting same results sudo systemctl enable meshtasticd --now i'm not getting the return message you have 22:03 WRDX849@MeshNet:~ $ journalctl -u meshtasticd -f Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet meshtasticd[3347]: INFO | ??:??:?? 10 SX126x init result -2 Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet meshtasticd[3347]: ERROR | ??:??:?? 10 Failed to find SX1262 radio Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 150. Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet systemd[1]: Stopped meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon. Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet systemd[1]: Started meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon. Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet meshtasticd[3364]: Portduino is starting, HWID=1, VFS root at /root/.portduino/default Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet meshtasticd[3364]: Setting up Meshtastic on Portduino... Aug 24 11:20:47 MeshNet meshtasticd[3364]: Using /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml as config file
Hello, how can I install STL-SDR V4 in console V3.0?
Hi, doubt here, hope you can help. Do you see those lights turn on with human eye or just with the IR Filter as you shown? i want to put one outside but i want it to be discrete not a spotlight :)
Thanks for showing us how to do it but it was super annoying showing us the wrong way to do it multiple times first lol. I'm trying to follow along and do it and you're like just kidding that's wrong
Sorry about that...
I have no HAM background, so this helped calibrate my exceptions of how to get better signal with Meshtastic. If anything, it kinda sold me on the VNA and TinySA to make sure I'm getting what I paid for.
That's great !
interesting, i made an air-choke for my cb antenna following 'G3TXQ Common-mode chokes' guide but would be interested to be able test how well it works.
Great idea - try it out !
Excellent findings as always , ground breaking & thank you for sharing .
Thank you, Julian
I installed sdr console but once I start my sdr Duo I still don't get any singal. My sdr Duo does work with sdr uno. Thanks. N1CM
Maybe you need to install the latest API from SDRPlay.
I am using SDR Console....I wanted to use to track satellites. Using with RSPDX-R2. It works but I get no antenna selection. I have the SDR Play API installed and I added SDR Play in definition to "replace" but it it still shows an "unknown" device although it sees the serial number. Rebooted, replugged in device, same problem. Now after I restarted, it will no longer track frequency at all, it just stays on the same frequency I have to manually enter. Any suggestions? Tnx, I am new user to SDR Console, I like how it has the plugins built in to software.
I haven't tried it for satellite tracking. Mine has an "Antenna" select button on the home tab.
@@fotografm Still can't get to show antenna ports. It is driving me bonkers. Tried plugging into USB hub and restarting but still no antenna selection. Tried deleting definition and reinstalling, reinstalled SDR Play API but it always shows "unknown device". It is starting to change frequency for some satellites but only a few.
Hey Simon, I have an issue that you might be able to help me out. I’m using my rak4631 with usb connection instead of bluetooth, but seems like the phone looses serial connection after some time, the phone seems to loose connection but the radio still operational, any idea of what could be happening?
Seems strange. My Android phones seem to make all sorts of random decisions on what to switch and which Wifi access points to select without informing me. There is probably not much that we can do about "decisions" like this.
I am trying this with a pi zero 2 but getting errors. No luck yet.
curious if you’ve run into the bug where you can’t send longer messages. Short seem to work fine but anything over like 70 characters seems to fail.
It works fine for me but I am not sure what the longest message is that I sent.
Hi Simon, do you have a github repository with the code? I have the same module but I'm having some trouble to configure this. Thanks!
Hi Ivan. I got the code from github.com/meshtastic/firmware
@@fotografm Thank you, Sir. That was a great video! I have all this configured now with the code.
I have set TT02 on Medium Fast. I'll put it outside when it becomes fully charged.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Nice new practical take on RF - great to see the demonstration of interference fringes and polarization. Would have been interesting to see the effect of ground planes and where possible a reflector. Thanks.
Noted
would this work on an r-pi?
Yes if it is running Ubuntu. Not RaspBerry Pi 5 though as this still has problems running Ubuntu.
@@fotografm Thanks, I dug out an old (very old) lenovo laptop I had. Your video got me up and running on Linux Mint Xfce. I might try on an R-pi at a later date if the BBS gets enough use to justify it. Thanks again!
You make the best Meshtastic videos between Munich and Brighton! Thank You! Timo, DB1TK
Wow, thank you, Timo!
Wow
Thanks
do i need that battery without gps modul ?
No. No battery is required.
as you say, arguably can be written off the sma's that can be upcycled for other projects... Not sure who got the video out first re these, you or Any Kirby as youtube says both were 4 months ago. Cheers
Probably around the same time as the batch was delivered from China.
"loved your drumming work!" First reaction when I saw the 239 connecter in the placeholder in conjunction with Meshtastic I had bit of a raised eyebrow moment, but "what was at hand" ... I'd have done same. Amazon sell 5 packs of similar configuration chassis SMA for 16quid. "Superbat SMA Connectors SMA Female 4 Holes Panel Chassis Mount Flange Solder Cup Connector SMA Bulkhead Connector 5-Pack" Chuckled when you showed your fave' antenna, at first glance it was very similar (but not the same as) Andy Kirbys dodgy one - the youtube placeholder pic says it all :- ua-cam.com/video/Y4qXn_gOTY8/v-deo.html Good video, many thanks for sharing dude.
Thanks for your reply. I enjoy experimenting with what I have or with what is available.
Nice vertical!
Thanks!
x270 work! thanks
You're welcome!
Why did you move away from the foil pipe mag loop if it was better
In the end I moved away from loops completely and switched to base loaded mobile whips from Diamond. They receive far stronger signals and also radiate much better than the loops I was experimenting with.
I have old Ubuntu on orange pi lite. Can I install this bbs on it, too? Then I just connect a Heltec or waveshare+pi pico board via USB, with meshtastic on it, and it should work?
Yes - I think it will work. I installed it on Ubuntu 22.04.4
Maybe the software "Artemis V4" from Aresvalley will help you to identify the signal.
This was a great three-part analysis. I have one of those popular and "MLA-30+ (Plus)" active magnetic loop receiving antennas. It comes with a 10 meter-long cable permanently fixed inside the potted circuit box. Now after seeing this third part, I'm wondering how much the cabling influences the MLA-30+'s receiving qualities. Maybe that antenna is an idea for your video backlog; I'd be great to see you give it a thorough review.
Good idea - let's see when I get around to that. Glad you found my content interesting.
17:57 maybe plus-minus mistake? (assuming the "tinySA Ultra" shows correct values): with the receiving "tinySA Ultra" showing 10.1 dBm, and cable attenuation at 1 dBm, the sending side provides 11.1 dBm; but the sending "tinySA" is configured to send at 9.0 dBm. So it seems the "tinySA" is actually sending with more energy than what is configured.
That could well be true. The tolerance on this equipment is probably much higher than 1dB anyway.
5:10 besides the signal-generating NanoVNA-F v2, the signal-receiving SDRplay RSPdx could also contribute to the frequency measurement being off by what is specified on the sending side.
This is indeed true. I need to invest in a frequency standard !
also running on a raspberry pi using raspberry pi linux
I was thinking about trying it glad to see someone is running it this way. Are you using PiOS?
@@zacharyjohnson7192 Yes, the pi400 is doing lots of little jobs, this is just another string in its bow.
Well done !
running well on linux mint 21.3 thankyou so much for this
Good to hear
Great video, will install it this week on a rpi. Question, do you need to install a particular version of Meshtestic on the Heltec module?
I don't recall seeing any special firmware requirements but for the record I'm running 2.3.13 (latest beta). I was testing using the RPi Chromium browser to remote update my device.
@@endurodriversuper, I will go that way. Thanks