• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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      13 hours ago

      More powerful, meshtastic is only allowed to use part 97 power, which is 0.1 watts, where this thing, since it’s licensed, uses one watt of power. The nodes don’t need to be nearly as close in this case.

      • palitu@aussie.zone
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        2 hours ago

        Not quite. To use this you need to have a license still, otherwise you are stuck with low power as well.

        Meshtastic can also increase power if you are licensed.

    • Mellow@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      More radio spectrum. Voice and data capability. Licensed HAM nerd shit. Meshtastic is relatively a narrow unlicensed spectrum with bandwidth limitations. It’s about tinkering just like Meshtastic is but with a license.