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CBC-FORTUNE-R1
At the CBC Transmission tower Location: 400 Dunlop Rd, Chelsea, Quebec J9B 2N3 Type: PoE-powered, with generator backup, high-elevation mountain repeater Role: City-wide Backbone Repeater Antenna: Seeed Studio 902–928 MHz 8 dBi Height: 15 m AGL, on the highest...
Shawn-R1
Shawn's personal Meshcore repeater Located not far from home... This repeater Is one of Aylmer's fist always connected repeater, it is a rooftop repeater near Parc du Renard consisting of a Heltec V4 connected to a Canadian Wireless Supply 5.8 dBi (50cm) fiber...
CBC-Archives-R2
At the CBC National Archives building ...And National Warehouse Location: 2415 Richardson Side Rd, Carp, ON K0A 1L0 Type: Rooftop solar (Shawn's Cheap Xiao solar build V1) Role: Supporting role for Carp ON, has a very direct line of sight with CBC-FORTUNE-R1 A...
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Welcome
to the Meshcore Ottawa Wiki This Bookstack wiki is a more accessible way to contribute to the official wiki The Ottawa Mesh already has websites curated for you to get quick help with your Meshcore project in Ottawa, and they are made to be editable in , but w...
Shawn's cheap build V1
This cheap build is the first version of a series of very cheap but complete repeaters I put together. It contains the following: 22$ Seeed XIAO nRF52840 & Wio SX1262 Kit (black module) 16$ Enclosure 8$ 5V Solar Panel 5$ 5dBi Antenna and SMA cable 1.5$ MPPT so...
Meshcore Bandwidth, bitrate and airtime
Taken from: MrAlders0n [On Discord], — 9/6/26, 10:58 PM Airtime on 910.525 Quick reference on what our default preset actually gives us. The preset 910.525 MHz, SF7, BW 62.5 kHz, CR5. That is the USA/Canada recommended setting and what every node in Ottawa sho...
Shawn
Also Shawn 2 et oui je parle francais aussi Hello, I am Shawn, I am a remote area transmitter technologist I have been on the Ottawa Mesh since June of 2026 You probably already know where I work, if not, you will get clued it pretty quickly... I am a remote a...
Shawn
Xiao WIO nRF
Specs: Low power consumption nRF52840 microcontroller and Wio-SX1262, supporting BLE5.0 and LoRa (862-930MHz) Lora 910MHz antenna is external U.FL and IPEX conector Bluetooth 2.4GHz antenna is internal Has an integrated 0.1A lithium ion battery charger Purchas...
Ottawa # chanels
List of Ottawa # chanel Anyone can update this list Please add any channel to this wiki list, anyone can register on this wiki with an email an password, no e-main verification required (the email can even be made-up). Just use a tiny header for the #. Anyone ...
Home Assistant meshcore polling rate
Assistant integration polling best practices How it affects the mesh Limiting your polling rate in MeshCore is essential because LoRa radio frequencies have extremely limited bandwidth and are shared across your entire network. Here is why high polling rates c...
Antenna Gain vs Length - Quick Reference
Antenna Gain vs Length - Quick Reference for 915 MHz Omnis If you've ever wondered how to ballpark an antenna's gain just by looking at it, here's a cheat sheet: 2 dBi → ~120-170 mm 3 dBi → ~200-250 mm 4 dBi → ~280-350 mm 5 dBi → ~400-450 mm 6 dBi → ~500-600 m...
✅ Gizont 167mm 915mHz VNA sweep
The Gizont 167mm is a very good narrow band antenna. It is likely a 1/2 wave dipole, They say it is a 10 dBi but is is more likely a 2-3dBi by lenght... Purchase link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004607615001.html Result: -34.2 dB return loss at 910mHz...
✅Gizont 40cm 915mHz VNA sweep
The Gizont 167mm is a very good (slightly wider band) antenna. This is likely an impedance matched 5/8-wave or a colinear (multi-element). They say it is a 10 dBi but is is more likely a 5dBi by lenght... The bigger Gizont 40cm -24dB of return loss is pretty g...