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  • Channel Name: ShortFast
  • Channel Key: AQ==
  • Channel Uplink: ON
  • Channel Downlink: ON
  • Device Role: CLIENT
  • LoRa Hops: 7
  • LoRa Preset: ShortFast
  • MQTT Topic: msh/US

The Channel name and key are auto set by choosing the ShortFast LoRa preset. Once there are enough people we can start state topics.

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[โ€“] AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

True. Honestly most of the issues in my area are LOS. We have maybe a dozen nodes on LongFast in my town but no stable connections. Working on getting my own node up higher, but we'll see.

[โ€“] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

We dont have many here, but shortfast is like 10x faster than LongFast and can handle many more connections.