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steve mookie kong@mookie@weredreaming.com (2026-08-21 07:26:56)
TIL: A client can be so loud (transmitting at full transmission power) that it can cause a repeater to go "blind". I had been struggling to figure out why my #MeshCore repeater that I put in the backyard would get a packet from my companion device in the house and then not repeat it. Or it just wouldn't hear the companion device at all.

Now I know, I had my companion transmit power set at 22dBm and it was blasting my repeater that sits 20 feet away in the backyard. I lowered the client's transmit power to 3dBm and things are working great.

I love learning new things.

#radio #mesh #network

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Jérôme@jerome@jasette.facil.services (2026-08-21 08:22:13)
@mookie interesting. Which setting is that?