WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:02.399 Hey, before we get started, be sure to head over 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.320 to Hamradio two dot com forward slash email Dash sign 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:12.039 up to join my email list of over nineteen thousand subscribers, 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.880 where I like to send emails about upcoming events, upcoming 5 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.920 shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going 6 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.280 on with my videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand, 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.039 I will be doing a giveaway of another HF radio 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.480 sign up today and thank you for the support. What 9 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.280 is the best mesh Tastic device that you can get 10 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:35.640 for a starter if you're just getting started into the 11 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:39.960 world of mesh Tastic or Laura Wan or long range 12 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.039 Laura on the nine hundred and fifteen megahertz band in 13 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.520 the USA, which is called the ISM band. If you're 14 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:47.600 just getting started, where to start, where to go, what 15 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.640 to get and maybe some discounts that I have for you, 16 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:57.079 my audience, So stick around. So this is an article 17 00:00:57.119 --> 00:00:58.799 that I found. I don't even remember where I found 18 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.119 this article. Actually, this is on a Drillian dot com 19 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.719 Adrillien dot com. It's a blog post, okay, but it 20 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.760 caught my eye. It was written in February of this year, 21 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.000 and it caught my eye because it says, what is 22 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.120 the best device for Meshtastic. Now, these are some really 23 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.120 cool looking outdoor enclosures he's got on these nodes right here, 24 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:18.920 and I don't even know what that is, but I'm 25 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:20.480 sure you could go find him on his blog if 26 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:23.319 you want to. So he says, we talked about Meshtastic 27 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.319 in another post full guide to how to get started. 28 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.560 He got a link right there. I will link this article, 29 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.439 this blog post in the description below so that you 30 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.920 guys can go find that and read more about it yourself. 31 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:37.560 But he lists four devices, all of which I have, 32 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.840 and I think he's correct in what he said about 33 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:44.239 each one. And I'm gonna give you one, maybe two 34 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:46.719 more that I would recommend for those of you who 35 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.640 get a little bit more seasoned into the world of Meshtastic. Now, 36 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:55.519 this is my current This is my current stash right here. Okay, 37 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:58.439 so we're gonna talk about this device and this device 38 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.560 and this device and this device. We're not going to 39 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:02.879 talk about that one today. We're talking about this one 40 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.840 a little bit, that battery whatnot. So this is my 41 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:08.800 current stash that I've got. But I wanted to read 42 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:10.560 you guys this blog post and see what you thought 43 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.599 about it, and some of you, I'm getting email. I'm 44 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.400 starting to get emails from Meshtastic vendors now and from 45 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.159 Meshtastic interested parties, and say where should I start? So 46 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.639 he lists all his links here to Ali Express. I'm 47 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.919 gonna give you three different places you can buy this 48 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:27.400 stuff besides Ali Express in case you don't want to 49 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.960 shop there. Some people don't like shopping there. This Lilygo 50 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:33.240 t Echo. I'm not exactly sure why he lists that 51 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:35.280 one at the top. These don't seem to be any 52 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:37.479 specific order at all, but the first one he lists 53 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:40.960 is the Lilygo t Echo Meshtastic. I've got this device 54 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.360 right here. I just got this in haven't really done 55 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.960 much with it yet. I'm going to record a new 56 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.280 video about this device very soon. But he says, the 57 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:51.240 t Echo is like an all in one package. It's 58 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.719 got a backlit e inc screen, five point zero bluetooth, 59 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:59.199 GPS okay, GPS's that's one thing that some devices do 60 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:02.080 and some device do not have, and it's it might 61 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.080 be something that you want, it might be something that 62 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.120 you don't want, depending on whether you want your GPS. 63 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:11.080 Your current GPS location always beaconing. So we'll get to 64 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:14.159 that later, a newer chip, the SX twelve sixty two chip, 65 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.080 an eight hundred and fifty milliamp hour battery packed into 66 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:19.280 a sleek case. No fuess, no soldering, no needed. Thanks 67 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:23.240 to whatever that is, it keeps going without stressing over power. Okay, 68 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:25.240 so this is an all in one package. So that 69 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.599 makes sense. Now I kind of understand why he listed 70 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:29.800 that one first. A lot of these, the first two 71 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:32.000 or three devices I got, I had to put together myself. 72 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:33.719 I have to solder a screen onto the T beam. 73 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.360 We're going to talk about that here in a second. 74 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.840 You have to put together the hell Tech V three, 75 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.199 which is not hard. You just snap it together. But 76 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:42.759 then you have to get an external case for it. 77 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:44.680 You have to get a third party case for it 78 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.319 and put a battery in it, because the way the 79 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:49.280 Helltech comes it doesn't have a way to carry a 80 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:50.960 battery on its own. But we're going to get to 81 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.840 all that here in just a second. So stick around, 82 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.520 we're going to talk about this. So this one right 83 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:00.400 here is he lists the pros as in r F 84 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:03.280 five two eight forty, which is far more powerful and 85 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.879 efficient than an ESP thirty two. I might have to 86 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:07.159 look that up and see what it is. I think 87 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:10.199 that's a chip. I think he's talking about the chip 88 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.719 the or no, he's SX twelve forty two chip. Hold on, 89 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.800 you know, I'm gonna google that over here at Norda. 90 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.000 I'm sorry, over here at Mauser, which is actually written 91 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.639 down the road from where I live from Nordic Semiconductor. 92 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.199 This is an RF system on a chip, an SoC 93 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:30.120 SO RF system on a chip. Sc that number q 94 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:34.160 I AA QFN seventy three L seven x seven data 95 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:37.240 sheet there. This is more information than most people are 96 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:40.360 generally gonna need or want or care about. But it 97 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:42.319 is the chip on the board, or one of the 98 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.480 chips on the board. So it's more efficient than the 99 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:46.720 ESP thirty two, which is a lot of times the 100 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:48.959 chip that's on a lot of these Laura boards. So 101 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.560 it has GPS and has a battery included. That's good, 102 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:56.000 battery included, e ink screen. Newer Laura chip with case 103 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:58.319 comes with its own little case right here. That's good, 104 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.040 ready to use. Some versions with a B and ME 105 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.000 two eighty censor for telemetry like pressure, temperature, commidity. The 106 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:06.839 cons is that the little price it does not have 107 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:11.079 Wi Fi stock is limited. Screen a little bit finicky 108 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:13.800 and no easily upgraded. So there's two ways you can 109 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:17.319 control your Meshtastic device. Okay, you can connect to your 110 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.000 device via Bluetooth. Most of them have that, and most 111 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.600 of them have also Wi Fi, so you can change. 112 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.720 And one of the dumb things about Meshtastic at least 113 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.720 the units I have. Maybe there's a unit out there 114 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:29.959 that'll do both Bluetooth and Wi Fi, but the units 115 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:32.839 I have, the t Beam, the Helltech, and the Well 116 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:34.639 I guess the t Echo doesn't even have a choice 117 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:36.639 for Wi Fi. It'll only use one at a time. 118 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.560 If you turn on Wi Fi, it comes default. The 119 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.480 Helltech and the t Beam come default with Bluetooth on, 120 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.160 So you just bluetooth it to your phone and wherever 121 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.360 my phone is, and you use the Meshtastic app to 122 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:50.240 connect to it from your phone, and then you can 123 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:53.959 turn on Wi Fi on the device the device reboots, 124 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.600 and when the device reboots, it turns off Bluetooth, so 125 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:59.439 you can no longer connect via Bluetooth to your phone. 126 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.639 You have to connect to the same Wi Fi network 127 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.000 that your Meshtastic device is connected. To connect your phone 128 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:07.920 and your Meshtastic device the same Wi Fi network and 129 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:11.160 the app will then scan and it should automatically pull 130 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.920 up the DHCPIP address for the meshtastic device, and then 131 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:16.920 you can control it from Wi Fi. Those of you 132 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.079 with nodes high up on a tower at your home, 133 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.560 maybe it's out of range of Bluetooth, you can control 134 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:25.879 these via Wi Fi, assuming you have Wi Fi outside 135 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:28.360 that will reach your tower, your push up pull, your 136 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.040 push up master, something like that. So two different ways 137 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.720 to control it. But as of yet, I've not seen 138 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.040 a device where it will have Wi Fi and Bluetooth 139 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:39.680 both enabled at the same time. Maybe some of the 140 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:41.839 more expensive devices will do that, if you guys know 141 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.040 of one, put a comment in the video. Blow and 142 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.519 again he lists all these on the Ali Express page here, 143 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.959 and the Alli Express page is listed at sixty three 144 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.519 ninety eight. Now they fluctuate prices quite a bit right now, 145 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:58.160 it's actually forty eight ninety four at Ali Express. And 146 00:06:58.240 --> 00:06:59.920 I was looking at a couple of things at Alli Express. 147 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.240 Oh yeah, see this is what Ali Express they want 148 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:03.600 you to want you to do. Okay, No, I don't 149 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:06.120 want your stupid notifications. They want you to buy one. 150 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:07.759 If I go over here to the quantity down here, 151 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.279 I cannot increase the quantity. Like if I was to buy, 152 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:11.839 if I say, oh that's a good price, I want 153 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:13.240 to buy two or three or five of those, they 154 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:14.879 won't let me do that. It only let me buy one. 155 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:17.000 So that's kind of that's kind of lame because Ali 156 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.879 Express there. So after looking at Ali Express, I've got 157 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.160 I've got I've got three other stores here I'm gonna 158 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.079 share with you today, different things, different to different stuff. 159 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:30.199 Rockland dot com which recently contacted me and uh, we're 160 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.480 gonna work out maybe a coupon code at some point 161 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:35.240 in time. But they've got the they're sold out right now. 162 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:38.439 They've got the t Echo for with the same chip 163 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.480 GPS nine ERN fifty megaheurts, which is what you want 164 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:45.000 if you're in the USA SX twelve sixty two wireless module. 165 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.199 It's out of stock. It's for sixty seven dollars, and 166 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.920 then Amazon has it for sixty one dollars and it's 167 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.959 in stock. A lot of you like to shop on Amazon. 168 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:57.279 It's a little bit safer. Returns are easier on Amazon 169 00:07:57.319 --> 00:07:59.480 than they are on Ali Express. I can guarantee you that. 170 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:04.319 So for forty eight bucks, I would probably buy one 171 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.879 of these on Ali Express. I don't know what the 172 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:10.240 shipping would be, they're not gonna get well, it says 173 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.079 free shipping right here, Okay, free shipping between June thirtieth 174 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.759 and July sixth, So this is a special they're running. 175 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:19.360 I'm recording this video ten days before June thirtieth, so 176 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.160 i'll see. I'll do my best to post this in time, 177 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:26.120 but if not, then it might be closer to the 178 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.240 sixty four dollars price here. So sixty four dollars here 179 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:33.120 is the normal price, sixty seven here, and then sixty one, 180 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.159 and they've got two or three different versions here on 181 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:38.279 the Amazon Store, so that's what that is. So you're 182 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.519 looking at you're looking at about sixty to sixty five 183 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:44.799 dollars for the t Echo, and that's number one on 184 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:47.440 the list today. The second one he lists is the 185 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.399 T Beam. Now the T Beam device. Again, these are 186 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:51.440 not in any specific quarder, but the T Beam device 187 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:54.360 was actually the first ever mess Tastic device that I got. 188 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:55.759 This is the one here that I have in this 189 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:58.440 Spec five case. I did a video about this that'll 190 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:00.000 post at some point in time. I don't know if 191 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.559 before after the video you're watching right now. But the 192 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.919 T Beam is nice because it comes with an onboard 193 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.320 GPS and it's a little bit cheaper. You do have 194 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.720 to solder this screen onto it, this screen that you 195 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:12.679 see in the picture right here. It does not come 196 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:15.200 with the screen. You can buy the board by itself. 197 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:16.960 You buy the screen separately, and then you have to 198 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.799 solder them together. So those of you who are reluctant 199 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:22.399 about soldering, you may not like this one, or you 200 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.200 may just want to buy one that's fully assembled, if 201 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.600 you could find that. I like the T Beam because 202 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.399 it does already have a port on it for an 203 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.320 external antenna, so you can unscrew this contenna you see 204 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.240 on it right now, and you can put a larger, 205 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:36.879 longer Intenta on it. You can put a mag mount 206 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.080 Intendna on your vehicle and connect it here. So it's 207 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.519 got a couple other options to that. It says it's 208 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:44.120 ready to go with a battery holder, reasonable prize, GPS, 209 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:47.480 WI FI, newer loada chip, Loda. I wonder if he 210 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:51.480 means lorda chip, why user base, SMA connector Yes, CON's 211 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:55.320 battery not included, no case included, little large esp hungry 212 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.960 power consumption, no upgradeability, customizability, okay, And then he's got 213 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.679 these different versions of the Tea Beam right here, so 214 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:06.480 I would pretty much agree with that list. This was 215 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:09.720 the first device that I ever had, and it is 216 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.440 power hungry. It uses the battery a little bit faster 217 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:14.759 than my Heltech device, which we're going to talk about 218 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:16.919 here in a second. I've not compared it to the 219 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:19.960 to the t Echo device yet, so maybe that's another 220 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.759 video I'll do in the future. But unlike the Helltech 221 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.320 it has GPS. So you've got the meshtastic Laura radio 222 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.080 running on nine hundred and fifty megahertz and you've got 223 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.039 the GPS radio running for the t Beam device, so 224 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.679 that may be one reason why it is more power hungry. 225 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.639 Now he has the price listed from Ali Express right 226 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.360 here is thirty five to ninety eight. I'm gonna click 227 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.960 on that and see how accurate and update eight that is, 228 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:47.759 so four dollars less. Again, you can only buy one, no, 229 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.039 it'll let you buy multiples one, okay, So the sales 230 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.279 not running on this one right here, So thirty five 231 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.000 dollars free shipping for that one week from Ali Express. 232 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:59.000 If we go over here to Rockland, it's about forty 233 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.919 four dollars seventy one in the US warehouse as at 234 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.360 the time of this recording. Right here, No with OLED 235 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.120 Oh that comes with a display. Okay, then with o 236 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:11.519 lead display soldered, so these guys will put it on 237 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:13.519 for you. Okay. I've shared the link to this in 238 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.000 the description blow of course. And then over here on 239 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.399 my Amazon store, I've got the this listed. It does 240 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.320 not come let's see soldered. Oh yeah, this one actually 241 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:25.720 does also come. The one that I bought from Amazon 242 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:27.720 did not come with the screen. So this one here 243 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.159 I found later on thirty seven to fifty on Amazon. 244 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:32.600 This is going to be the better buye right now, 245 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.559 because this is Amazon. If you're in the United States, 246 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:38.480 Amazon returns are easy, and then you can also get 247 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:41.360 an extended antenna for it and get yourself an eighteen 248 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:44.720 six fifty battery hopefully like a Samsung or Panasonic version, 249 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:47.519 but about thirty seven, just under thirty five to forty 250 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:49.919 bucks for that one T beam. That's the one I 251 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.679 have running in my truck right now. Again, it does 252 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.799 have GPS. I really like that one, so good. Good 253 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:57.799 second choice on the list here. The third win he 254 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:02.720 has is this wise block Meshtastic starter kit official price 255 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.840 at the alle Express store is twenty four to ninety nine. 256 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:07.200 I'm gonna click on that. Oh and he's got Okay, 257 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:10.000 so there's all these different modules you can get here. 258 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.600 So board and module one is twenty four to ninety nine, 259 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.120 so you get all the different stuff here. That kind 260 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.799 of thing. This board is actually inside that. This is 261 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.399 what the board is. That's actually inside of the rack 262 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:26.360 Wireless kit, the one that I bought from Garth on 263 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.840 Etsy that I did a video about a while back, 264 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:32.440 with the waterproof enclosure and solar panel on top of it. 265 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.440 So these are pretty popular again. Ali Express has enlisted 266 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.919 for twenty four to ninety nine for the base model. Okay, 267 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.600 that one's fine. Over here at Rockland they got them 268 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:44.240 listed for thirty seven ninety seven. Comes uh, what has 269 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.240 several options for add ons. You have to compare the 270 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.519 base model to see if that's the same thing. But 271 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:52.200 after doing a couple of Meshtastic videos, I actually got 272 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.240 an email from Rackwireless dot com themselves. They're the ones 273 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.320 who make this. They've got this basic starter kit for 274 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:00.240 twenty nine to ninety nine. So they say send me 275 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:03.159 a link to their store and they offer you, guys, 276 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:06.399 my viewers, a three percent discount with the coupon code 277 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:09.639 of mesh Tastic dash Ham Radio two. So you can 278 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.840 get three percent off of this starter kit here or 279 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:14.879 anything else on this website. I'll leave a link in 280 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:17.840 the description blow. Okay, so this one's This one at 281 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:19.840 Rockland is a little bit more, but it might include 282 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.480 more stuff too. I'm not going through and doing a 283 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:23.440 deep diving all these kids. This is the basic starter 284 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.480 kit here. You have to choose what you want over here, 285 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:29.480 and then this one here on Ali expresses about the 286 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.720 same price. So if you good option to not have 287 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.679 to shop on Ali Express, get it from rock Wireless, 288 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.759 use my coupon code and get a better discount going 289 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.840 that way. Anyway, So before we get to the fourth one, 290 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.240 I want to tell you about pcbway dot Com. Pcbwa 291 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.519 dot com is sponsoring this video today. You can find 292 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.399 their link at the description blow. They do professional board printing, 293 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.480 circuit board printing, C and C machine printing, professional grade 294 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:56.320 three D printing. If you want to get a case 295 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.320 printed for any of your mesh Tastic devices, you can 296 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.720 upload the s TL files or other files two. Pcbway 297 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.120 dot Com you can choose which element, which type of 298 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.559 element you want the case made from. So they've got 299 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:12.000 several options available and you can choose whichever one you 300 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.679 want to choose whatever color you want to very easy 301 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.480 to get stuff done. Head over to pcbway dot com 302 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.559 and if you place an order with them, be sure 303 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:21.879 to thank them for sponsoring him Radio two point zero. 304 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:27.399 All right. Fourth and final device is this Heltech V three. Now, 305 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:31.840 this one is probably the easiest one to use, with 306 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.320 the exception of the fact that it doesn't come with 307 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.679 its own battery. Okay, it comes with the screenslottered on. 308 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:39.960 It comes with this little jumper right here. It comes 309 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:42.080 with this antenna that you see, and a lot of 310 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.639 places you can buy it with that little case that 311 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:47.519 that little itty bitty white and blue case that it 312 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:49.759 comes with. But the problem is that case won't hold 313 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.000 a battery. So if you click on Ali Express, they 314 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.600 actually have them for eleven fifty right now. Okay, that 315 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:58.039 link at the previous page says twenty one dollars. It's 316 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.200 actually eleven fifty right now, and this goes through July seventh. 317 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.159 It's a different sale, but again you cannot order more 318 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:04.919 than one. I was gonna go through and order like 319 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:07.720 ten of these and put them in mystery boxes. But 320 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.720 I can't. I can't, and we'll levey. This is the 321 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:12.360 case that sometimes they come with. So yeah, you can 322 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:14.240 get them for a dirt cheap price from Alley Express 323 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.919 right now, free shipping, I guess, but you can only 324 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:18.080 order one, so it kind of makes it maybe not 325 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:19.879 worth it. I don't know. I don't know. We'll see. 326 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:23.480 But the good thing about these is there are plenty 327 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:28.279 of options for battery or three D printed case or 328 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.879 antennas for them. If you don't want to go over 329 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.159 to Alley Express, I suggest going over here. This is 330 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.519 my mesh Tastic Devices in Acessory store on Amazon, okay, 331 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:41.039 and I have this kit right here, which this is 332 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:42.600 for two of them. You get two of them with 333 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:47.559 the riser cards, with the battery cable and the Helltech case. Okay. 334 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.679 But you know, like on Amazon, you scroll down, it 335 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:52.159 offers you more suggestions whatnot. So you can get one 336 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.960 of these for like twenty three dollars right now. Twenty 337 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.320 three dollars. It's got a seven percent coupon off on 338 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.080 it right now. It comes with all of this stuff, 339 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:00.679 and then you have to put your own case and 340 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:02.960 battery in it. And over here on my Amazon store, 341 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.200 I've got these what to calls pillow batteries, these life 342 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.639 po four pillow batteries. I've got one of those here 343 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.240 I'll show you in a second. And then of course 344 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:13.559 some of these you can put an eighteen six fifty 345 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:15.559 in also, And I got the eighteen six fifty batteries 346 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.240 right there. So if we want to go over here 347 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:19.399 and look at the overhead, all of these right here, 348 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:23.720 this one, this one, and this one. These three are 349 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.720 all hell tech boards inside of different cases. I've got 350 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.759 a video that I recorded about this geolink case. There's 351 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.080 an eighteen six fifty in here. That will be a 352 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.519 video on the channel that you'll probably see before this video. Here, 353 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.440 this guy, this is a case that Josh printed for 354 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.159 me at Ham Benson when we all got together and 355 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:44.879 started tinkering around with mesh tastic at a big ham Fest. 356 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.360 And of course it's got the larger larger Intenta on it, 357 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.720 which you can you can add this to the This 358 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.200 case comes with the antenna port you can add to it. 359 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.399 This one does too, And of course this is another 360 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.480 one that I think Mike printed me this one, and 361 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:59.919 you can add another intent of that if you want to. 362 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.000 But these are great because you can see the screen 363 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.480 on them. They've got internal batteries. These two have the 364 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:07.680 pillow batteries in them, which is this guy right here, 365 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.000 and this one has an eighteen six fifty, so this 366 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.799 case is a little bit larger. These do not have GPS. 367 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:15.759 You don't have to worry about that. These batteries three thousand, 368 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:19.200 these three thousand million empower pillow batteries last longer than 369 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.240 the eighteen six fifty battery that I have in here. 370 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.599 But the eighteen six fifty battery that's in here is 371 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:28.720 a knockoff brand. It has false advertising on the label 372 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.559 on it, so it doesn't it doesn't do much for that. 373 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:34.400 The best battery to get is going to be one 374 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.839 of these Samsung, these green batteries here, so I'm told. 375 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.599 So I'm told these Samsung slash Panasonic batteries are much 376 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.559 better one hundred percent authentic Samsung twenty five or three 377 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:48.519 dot seven volt rechargeable for that. So if you want 378 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.279 eighteen six fifty, that's it. But those are the four 379 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.279 main devices. Now. The rack wireless device is the one 380 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.079 that I did the video on it comes to the enclosure. 381 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:58.359 You can get those on Etsy. Check out my video. 382 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.359 I'll link it up here somewhere where you can go 383 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.519 watch that again. I've got two or three other devices 384 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.480 that I have picked up. One of them I don't 385 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.400 have yet, it's on its way to me. One of 386 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.200 them's inside, and then this one here, and you're gonna 387 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.279 see that in another video. So I'm not hiding it 388 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.039 from you. I'm just not showing it to you quite yet. 389 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.119 This one right here is great. This is called a 390 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:19.680 T deck and it's pretty cool because it looks like 391 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:25.200 a BlackBerry smartphone. Okay, so Bill WK zero whw hem 392 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:27.839 Rito tectonics. Bill, he three D printed this case for me. 393 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:29.759 He had one of these at the More Expo and 394 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:31.400 he was walking around with it and he actually met 395 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.640 two or three guys at that show that were on 396 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.839 Meshtastic beaconing. So we met up with some Meshtastic guys 397 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:39.480 at the More Expo an overlanding show. Very cool. This 398 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.440 is the one that Bill had. You can have this. 399 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:45.319 There's a connection on the back here to string an 400 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.359 intent or a string an external intenda out of here. 401 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.400