Fantastic! I've been kicking around some projects using the Opentracker+ or one of the Byonics offerings, but this is everything I need in a single, cheaper package.
Finally someone stuck a baofung heart into a ep32. Now you can have a self contained, mountain top, solar digipeater. this beats the snot out of LORA. 2 watts on VHF? yup.
Thanks Mat , I am on this now ! lol great fun Gadgets in the box there is a spring in the packet that i soldered to the Plus terminal it looks like the proper battery is the 21700a
I saw a mage on the OpenRTX page that said there are two revisions of the t-twr. 2.0 and 2.1. 2.0 apparently doesn’t have an audio out to the MCU to decode packets from RF. I haven’t had any luck getting my t-twr plus v2.0 to decode APRS from RF. It decodes from APRS-IS.
Thanks Mat, Like this one 😊 - I thought straight away powering from the car/van and power on/off being from ignition could be a possibility with small external antenna for gps & vhf.
Do you have problems with 2W operation on high in tracker mode? If your device crashes, there is a small hardware mod for that. 😉You didn't show the radio function with subsequent APRS transmission.
I just ordered two boards and I am looking forward to getting this set up. Do you have a link to more information about your mod or about the build in general? Also, is it possible for a tracker to connect over bluetooth to APRS droid so I can see other tracker locations while on the go?
Hi Again, What Volume Setting do I use as I’m wanting to Disable the On Board Speaker Plug. As does this affect the receiving APRS Signals? What settings do you use for Digipeater? Thanks
Is there any way of connecting an external wifi antenna? I want to put together a 439 MHz digipeater iGate powered by solar in my garden, but I think it will be to far away from a good wifi connection
Hello ! I don't understand how the wifi setup is supposed to work, it's seems to be impossible to acces the wifi network for setting the TWR, I try two computer and my phone. Did somebody understand how to did it ?
@@TechMindsOfficial I find a way to set the wifi. I set my phone in "hotspot" mode, and I set the parameter of this hotspot with the original name and password of the application (APRSTH and the password). So I was able to connect the TWR with his new wifi adress (you can see it on the phone) from my phone and set my home router wifi parameter via the web interface. There is a video from HS5TQA about this method : ua-cam.com/video/e9tvUChsF4U/v-deo.htmlsi=-npMdIBXoIqhulI8
How much are these? im a fellow Brit now living overseas in Singapore and id like to set up a vehicle tracking network with these on the free and open bands such as 915mhz. However i need to know if i can also use these same devices to transmit meshtastic messages so i kind of develop a 2 for one network. Thanks in advance and i also founded a free platform called The Metaverse Chase Reality if anyone is interested :) Thanks again, Christopher
This thing doesn’t work. It transmits packets via RF and internet but never decodes packets nor does the digi work. This is using firmware version .3 and hardware version of the T TWR Plus 2.0. How much of this worked for you when you first set it up? If it all worked, have you updated it since and does it still work?
Fantastic! I've been kicking around some projects using the Opentracker+ or one of the Byonics offerings, but this is everything I need in a single, cheaper package.
Finally someone stuck a baofung heart into a ep32. Now you can have a self contained, mountain top, solar digipeater. this beats the snot out of LORA. 2 watts on VHF? yup.
What are the options for data privacy when using APRS?
There is no privacy in ham radio @@ryborg123456
@@ryborg123456 it's ham radio so none
Cool piece of kit. I don't know if i need it but i want it. 😊
An all-in-one digipeter is pretty cool
Thanks Mat , I am on this now ! lol great fun Gadgets in the box there is a spring in the packet that i soldered to the Plus terminal it looks like the proper battery is the 21700a
How clean is the transmission? Spurious emissions?
Just set mine up great bit of kit.
If possible could you do a quick vid on how you cut the speaker wire please.
Nice.. just what I was looking for for the car... sweet!
Glad I could help
I just got one of these. It doesn't decode the APRS packets received over RF. Transmit on High Power causes it to shut down.
I saw a mage on the OpenRTX page that said there are two revisions of the t-twr. 2.0 and 2.1. 2.0 apparently doesn’t have an audio out to the MCU to decode packets from RF. I haven’t had any luck getting my t-twr plus v2.0 to decode APRS from RF. It decodes from APRS-IS.
incredible little radio
Thanks Mat, Like this one 😊 - I thought straight away powering from the car/van and power on/off being from ignition could be a possibility with small external antenna for gps & vhf.
Very Cool!!! This is exactly why I follow you.. Thanks for making me aware of this neat product !
Awesome! Thank you!
This is great. Any idea how to pair Bluetooth?
Do you have problems with 2W operation on high in tracker mode? If your device crashes, there is a small hardware mod for that. 😉You didn't show the radio function with subsequent APRS transmission.
I just ordered two boards and I am looking forward to getting this set up. Do you have a link to more information about your mod or about the build in general? Also, is it possible for a tracker to connect over bluetooth to APRS droid so I can see other tracker locations while on the go?
Hi Again, What Volume Setting do I use as I’m wanting to Disable the On Board Speaker Plug. As does this affect the receiving APRS Signals? What settings do you use for Digipeater? Thanks
Is there an Igate that works with both LORA and 'classic' APRS packets?
Is there any way of connecting an external wifi antenna? I want to put together a 439 MHz digipeater iGate powered by solar in my garden, but I think it will be to far away from a good wifi connection
Just purchased this. Is it normal for the device to reboot every few minutes?
How did you turn off or cut audio to the speaker?
Could I use this in a mesh
I really like all your videos. 👍
Thank you! :-)
Hi, I really enjoy your Full in Depth Videos. Do you have the link or where to get the 3D Prints for this? Thanks
Plenty available online, a quick google search came with this one but I havnt tested it yet: github.com/k5jae/LILYGO-T-TWR-Plus-case
Does it include the battery? It's an 18650. Any idea on power draw? this is the perfect mate for a solar panel and field use!
No battery, this is a 21700
@@Stefaon I now have them, there is a spring in the package and I am using the spring to use my 18650s with the radios. But I have 21700 on order.
Now just need a simple esp32 300baud project for hf aprs
Or 9600 baud, now that the baud rate is being eliminated.
Remember kids, this requires a license!
Hello !
I don't understand how the wifi setup is supposed to work, it's seems to be impossible to acces the wifi network for setting the TWR, I try two computer and my phone.
Did somebody understand how to did it ?
PS : My wifi network use 18 caracteres so I can't setting it into the menu via the TWR, it only take 14.
Did you try to disable the connection to router and just enable to the access point mode?
@@TechMindsOfficial I find a way to set the wifi. I set my phone in "hotspot" mode, and I set the parameter of this hotspot with the original name and password of the application (APRSTH and the password). So I was able to connect the TWR with his new wifi adress (you can see it on the phone) from my phone and set my home router wifi parameter via the web interface.
There is a video from HS5TQA about this method : ua-cam.com/video/e9tvUChsF4U/v-deo.htmlsi=-npMdIBXoIqhulI8
How much are these? im a fellow Brit now living overseas in Singapore and id like to set up a vehicle tracking network with these on the free and open bands such as 915mhz. However i need to know if i can also use these same devices to transmit meshtastic messages so i kind of develop a 2 for one network. Thanks in advance and i also founded a free platform called The Metaverse Chase Reality if anyone is interested :)
Thanks again, Christopher
This thing doesn’t work. It transmits packets via RF and internet but never decodes packets nor does the digi work. This is using firmware version .3 and hardware version of the T TWR Plus 2.0. How much of this worked for you when you first set it up? If it all worked, have you updated it since and does it still work?
Video out of focus!