In The past month, a few repeaters have been added to the network. They are expanding the downtown bubble a bit, but we’ve still got more to do to get the mesh into a useful state. From my house in South Lexington I regularly receive traffic from TN and NC, however, due to my antenna… Read more: Slowly Growing

We’re finished with our new settings test and have decided to revert back to the standard US settings. We’ll be testing out new hardware to see if we can get more bang for our buck and post the findings here, so be sure to check back soon.

In order to improve our coverage due to the cityscape and rolling hills, we’re experimenting with some new settings, so, if you’re on the default settings and don’t hear anybody, that may be why. Here’s what we’re trying:Frequency: 910.525 MhzBW: 7.8MhzSF: 5CR: 5 We’re still testing, so please check back often to see how we’re… Read more: We’re Experimenting with New Settings

Lexington MeshMapper

To make it easier to see how our network is progressing in real time, we’ve added Lexington to MeshCore Analyzer.

As we continue to grow and test our Meshcore network, we created a couple of channels for the area. LexKY Chat is for general Chat in Lexington and the surrounding areas. LEXKY Test is used for general network testing of new repeaters and devices in the area.

The community recently discovered that the Heltec V4 has a significant bug, which could be contributing to some of the repeater connectivity issues we’ve been having. We’re currently in the process of replacing V4 repeaters with RAK Repeaters. We should know if the change makes a difference in a few days (fingers crossed). Here’s our… Read more: Repeater Install Update

We’re making progress getting the repeater network built up. We just installed point I and P, and brought B and E back online. We’re able to get messages from downtown Lexington to Man O War near Richmond road. Our next goal is to either connect A to P via a repeater or two or via… Read more: Repeater Installation Updates

We’re in the process of getting a MeshCore network setup in Lexington, KY. We’ve been experimenting with settings and learning what works best for the area over the past few weeks. We’ve currently settled on the Standard US settings with a couple of tweaks. If you are having reliability issues with your companion or repeater,… Read more: We’re setting up a MeshCore network in Lexington