11-19-2020, 02:41 PM
There is an interesting project called 'meshtastic' that uses 'GPS radios as an extensible, long battery life, secure, mesh GPS communicator.' It seems to be based on this radio thingy which supports these freqs: 433/868/915/923Mhz
I was trying to figure out if I can attach to such a mesh network using a stock pinephone, instead of buying the extra GPS radio.
Some specs for the pinephone that I have seen are:
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 (MHz)
The quectel GPS unit is described here but I can't figure out any frequencies from that document.
GNSS: GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS
Anyway if someone who knows about such matters can weigh in - I am pretty far out of my depth but it would be very cool to be able to use the phone as long-distance carrier-free communicator.
I was trying to figure out if I can attach to such a mesh network using a stock pinephone, instead of buying the extra GPS radio.
Some specs for the pinephone that I have seen are:
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 (MHz)
The quectel GPS unit is described here but I can't figure out any frequencies from that document.
GNSS: GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS
Anyway if someone who knows about such matters can weigh in - I am pretty far out of my depth but it would be very cool to be able to use the phone as long-distance carrier-free communicator.