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Meshtastic 64 – A meshtastic radio for the Commodore 64

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123 points geerlingguy | 2 comments | 23 Sep 25 23:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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simonjgreen ◴[27 Sep 25 09:36 UTC] No.45394385[source]▶
Pretty cool. I wish Meshtastic had more focus on routing and a way to safely do store & fwd. It’s difficult to actually mesh well with it. I run a few solar powered higher altitude nodes and provide reasonable coverage but I’ve observed many messages never reach their destination.
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firesteelrain ◴[27 Sep 25 10:16 UTC] No.45394547[source]▶
This. I like the idea of Meshtastic however APRS is much more extensive and even has satellite coverage like the ISS.
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Gigachad ◴[27 Sep 25 13:26 UTC] No.45395533[source]▶
APRS requires a license right?
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1. firesteelrain ◴[27 Sep 25 13:35 UTC] No.45395592[source]▶
Correct. Developed by the late Bob Bruninga. I had many email exchanges with Bob and we were able to send SSTV images through his NO-* series of amateur radio satellites with some technical advice a few years ago.

APRS is much more extensive and even available via commercial ham radio

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2. Gigachad ◴[28 Sep 25 00:13 UTC] No.45400544[source]▶
That's kind of the benefit of LoRa though. Cheap unlicensed radio that works surprisingly well for what it is.