Hey did you know that if you live in the US you can take Weather 101 classes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from home on your computer for free?
Tonight I was in the class for Severe Thunderstorms.
There needs to be a hobby fair where people can trade stuff with each other
This is a great idea!
This has been me with Meshtastic. JFC I’m all in on it. Already have something like 9 nodes built and have been asking if I can place nodes in various places around my town to build out the mesh.
I dream of finding a useful application for it so I can rationalize the purchases.
It’s pretty useful for off-grid comms. It’s also pretty cheap to get started. I got two Heltec V3 devices that include the little antennas with them for $37 total.
I totally get it. I love the idea of building systems and resilient infrastructure for communities and… Hate realizing nobody would really bother using it. :(
If you get with one of your local Meshtastic groups, there will likely already be a bunch of people who use it. I joined a local group in San Antonio, TX and there are around 205 nodes run by a few dozen people throughout the city.
Obviously rural areas are going to be less people, but you’d be surprised how many people run it already.
