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RAKwireless rolls out WisMesh RAK3312 Meshtastic LoRa starter kit (linuxgizmos.com)
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[โ€“] czardestructo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I really don't understand the esp32 Lora radios, they use so much power they're useless for anything battery powered. I only use one as my home gateway since it has WiFi and I keep it plugged in. It hops through my low power tree node as a proxy.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Low cost and WiFi is my guess.