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<v Speaker 1>The top six new mesh Tastic nodes coming into twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six. Six nodes that have either recently been announced,

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<v Speaker 1>are fairly new, or maybe they're just coming and you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen them yet. We're going to talk about them today.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a list of six different Meshtastic nodes that

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<v Speaker 1>are fairly new coming into twenty twenty six that these

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<v Speaker 1>didn't exist this time last year, and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about them today. These are in no particular order

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<v Speaker 1>at all. I just kind of put this list together

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<v Speaker 1>with some nodes that I knew and did a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of research from a couple companies that have reached

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<v Speaker 1>out to me, and we're just going to go through

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<v Speaker 1>these today. Now. This Helltech V two has been around

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<v Speaker 1>for several years. One of the first nodes that we

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<v Speaker 1>got when we first got into Meshtastic. There was a

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<v Speaker 1>group of us that went to hamventionin two or three

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<v Speaker 1>four years ago and we all had Helltech V twos. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the V three. This is a brand new

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<v Speaker 1>ESP thirty two Laura Device V three development board. This

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<v Speaker 1>particular one on Amazon comes with an eleven hundred million

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<v Speaker 1>Empire battery and a protective case so you can get

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<v Speaker 1>these in all kinds of configurations. One of the websites

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to mention today is this mechnology over here,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have several expansion kits that you can take

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<v Speaker 1>a Helltech V three and insert it in at a

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<v Speaker 1>larger battery, at a screen, at a touchscreen. Add this,

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<v Speaker 1>add that a lot of expansion going on with the

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<v Speaker 1>Helltech V three. So the V three is the new

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<v Speaker 1>version over the V two from last year. It is

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<v Speaker 1>tried and true, is very simple. There's not much to it.

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<v Speaker 1>You do have to have an app on your phone

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<v Speaker 1>to Bluetooth to it or Wi Fi connect to it

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<v Speaker 1>and control it from there. Doesn't have its own touchscreen

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<v Speaker 1>or a keypad or anything like that, so if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to send messages you have to use an external device.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Helltech V three is the first one on

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<v Speaker 1>the list today. Number two. Let's go back over here

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<v Speaker 1>to meschnology mechnology dot com and been trading emails with them.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to send me some new things fairly soon.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a think Node M four. Now. I did

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<v Speaker 1>a video last month about the think Node M one

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<v Speaker 1>and M two from Ellacro and I'm not sure who

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<v Speaker 1>actually owns the think node, but this one comes from

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<v Speaker 1>a mesh pocket Mechnology think node Laurawan device powered by

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<v Speaker 1>the NRF chip, which means it's a longer lasting battery.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see it's got multiple connection points right there

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<v Speaker 1>for different various charging points and computer interfaces. Okay, no screen,

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<v Speaker 1>no keyboard, so again you need an external app to

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<v Speaker 1>use the device effectively. Comes in about seventy four dollars today,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's for Meschronology. Mechronology has some of those products

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<v Speaker 1>I was telling you about for the V three. If

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<v Speaker 1>you come over here to the hell Tech V three,

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<v Speaker 1>which they sell also, they make these expansion packs. This

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<v Speaker 1>guy right here, this is just a big three D

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<v Speaker 1>printed case with that houses an extra battery. It is

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<v Speaker 1>for the Helltech V three, And they have this really

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<v Speaker 1>cool looking one right here that's like a handheld looks

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<v Speaker 1>like a handheld touch screen device. But if you look

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<v Speaker 1>down in here in some of the pictures, all they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing is they're putting a hell Tech board inside of

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<v Speaker 1>this with a rapid expansion pack, external antenna, lots of

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<v Speaker 1>cool stuff on that. So Mechronology's got some cool ideas

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<v Speaker 1>that they're going on right now. But we were today

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<v Speaker 1>talking about their think Node M four. That's the one

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<v Speaker 1>on today's list because this is a fairly new model.

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<v Speaker 1>Going over here to Spec five. Spec five is a

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<v Speaker 1>tech this is based company. Been down to their place

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<v Speaker 1>one time and I've got several devices of theirs. Really

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<v Speaker 1>like their devices. This one's actually the most expensive one

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<v Speaker 1>on the docket today. This one comes in about I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder why they charge more for the great case about

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred dollars here. This includes a full Android phone,

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<v Speaker 1>a complete Android phone. You can put a simcard in

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<v Speaker 1>or not. You can connect it via Wi Fi. You

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<v Speaker 1>can connect it to the App store, download any app

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<v Speaker 1>that you would use on a regular Android smartphone, and

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<v Speaker 1>it comes with the meshtastic built into this. Three DA

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<v Speaker 1>cas is called a Spector Pro. I had one of

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<v Speaker 1>their original specters, did a video on that a while back.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a very very small phone. This one is a

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<v Speaker 1>larger phone. I picked up one of these. You're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be seeing an independent video about it soon. You

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<v Speaker 1>can get five dollars off right there. But this Spector

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<v Speaker 1>Pro is great because it is a standalone device. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't need anything else. It's got its own Android device.

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<v Speaker 1>You can download and install mode win Link for Android.

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<v Speaker 1>You can install aprs, you can install anything else that

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<v Speaker 1>you can get from the Android play Store, or any

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<v Speaker 1>APK file you want to. Because it's a full Android

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<v Speaker 1>phone and Android system, you could put a SIM card

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<v Speaker 1>in it, make phone calls on it if you really

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to. A Spec five Spector Pro is a cool

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<v Speaker 1>new device. I'd like to see more devices like this

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming in the future. I'd like to see one that

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<v Speaker 1>is completely de Googled and separated from Google. Maybe we'll

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<v Speaker 1>see something like that in the future. Today's video doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have an official sponsor, but I keep a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>these items on my Amazon mesh Tastic Idea list, So

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<v Speaker 1>all of the devices that you can get on Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be on my list, including the new

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<v Speaker 1>Helltech V three, So go check that out with the

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<v Speaker 1>link in the description. Blow. I appreciate you using those

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon links because they do help to support the channel.

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<v Speaker 1>Next is a new one from Seed Studio. Now. Seed

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<v Speaker 1>Studio makes this really cool T one thousand Echo. I

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<v Speaker 1>carry this with me every day to this day. Every

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<v Speaker 1>day I have it in my pocket. It's called KC

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<v Speaker 1>five HBP Pocket. That is the mesh name of the

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<v Speaker 1>node for it. And they've got a new version coming

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<v Speaker 1>out soon. Looking forward to trying that. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>look for at another version from another company here in

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<v Speaker 1>a second. But this is the WEO Tracker L one Pro.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a low power scalable node featuring the Laura device

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<v Speaker 1>and an NRF chip as well. The NRF chip is

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<v Speaker 1>a much longer battery life than the older ESP thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two chip. ESP thirty two chip is great, nothing in

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<v Speaker 1>the world wrong with it, but the NRF chip is

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit updated, longer battery life and you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be seeing that in a lot of new devices upcoming.

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<v Speaker 1>This one comes in at about forty eight bucks today.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gone an OLED and an l seventy six kgps,

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand million power built in battery lasts up to

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<v Speaker 1>five days, and it's a really cool device from Seed Studios.

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<v Speaker 1>Seed Studios has been doing some really great stuff and

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<v Speaker 1>meshtastic and I'm looking forward to seeing what else they

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<v Speaker 1>do in twenty twenty six. Number five today comes from

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<v Speaker 1>Rack Wireless. Rack Wireless has a couple of new one

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<v Speaker 1>watt devices that are not out yet. They emailed me

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<v Speaker 1>they said do you want to review these? And I

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<v Speaker 1>said absolutely, so I should be getting these soon. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>see some videos on that upcoming. The Wizmesh high power

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<v Speaker 1>one watt gateway based on a Raspberry Pie and the

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<v Speaker 1>Rack thirteen three oh two one watt module for Laura connectivity.

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<v Speaker 1>So most of these mesh tastic devices are probably a

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<v Speaker 1>few hundred milliwats, maybe two three hundred milliwats, maybe even

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<v Speaker 1>fifty to one hundred milliwats for the smaller ones. So

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<v Speaker 1>having a one watt device will reach out farther, it

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<v Speaker 1>will be more scalable because you'll be able to cover

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<v Speaker 1>a wider area with it. And I'm looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>seeing how well those work, especially with an external antenna

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<v Speaker 1>or a high gain antenna that you might keep on

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<v Speaker 1>your vehicles something like that. So check out Rack Wireless.

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<v Speaker 1>They are setting me up with a new coupon that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have yet, so as soon as I get

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<v Speaker 1>that information, i'll put it in the description of this

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<v Speaker 1>video and you guys can go check that out. Last

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<v Speaker 1>one we're going to talk about today is this low

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<v Speaker 1>mesh pocket s Solar Node Comms Channel did a short

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<v Speaker 1>video about this. It looks a lot like this T

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand Echo node. Seed Studios and Rack Wireless has

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<v Speaker 1>one too. They call it the whiz Mesh Tag. They

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<v Speaker 1>call it a tag looks a lot like the Seed

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<v Speaker 1>Studios T one thousand, but I believe it has a

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<v Speaker 1>longer battery life in it, or maybe a larger battery

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<v Speaker 1>or just a longer battery life than the original Seed

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<v Speaker 1>Studios one does too, So I'm gonna be picking up

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<v Speaker 1>one of those soon. But this one has a solar

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<v Speaker 1>pin built onto it. Now, the solar panel's small, probably

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<v Speaker 1>not going to give you a lot of extra battery life,

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<v Speaker 1>but hey, something is better than nothing. So you got

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<v Speaker 1>a little solar panel, you can connect it to your backpack,

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<v Speaker 1>you can set it out on the picnic table while

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<v Speaker 1>you're out doing poda, and it can keep a charge

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<v Speaker 1>or charge itself or at least maintain the same battery

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<v Speaker 1>life while you've got mesh Tastic running in the field.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is one that I just recently found. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really know much about it, so maybe I'll just

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<v Speaker 1>have to grab one of these and do a video

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<v Speaker 1>about it myself and see how it looks. So those

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<v Speaker 1>are six newer or newish nodes. A couple of them

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<v Speaker 1>aren't even out yet. For the meshtastic World. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>watching this video six months from now, you're probably thinking, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>there's been a probably thirty new nodes come out since

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<v Speaker 1>these that was an old video. I bet we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to see a lot of really cool new stuff from

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<v Speaker 1>mesh Tastic come out this year during twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking forward to checking out most or all of it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope you will too. If you have anything

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<v Speaker 1>that you have found that's new in the meshtastic world

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<v Speaker 1>and you want me to take a look at it,

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<v Speaker 1>put a comment in the video below. Love to know

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<v Speaker 1>what you're using as your daily carry for mesh Tastic

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<v Speaker 1>is Well. Thanks for being here today, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>like this video, check these out over here because YouTube

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<v Speaker 1>thinks you want to watch those next seventy three guys.