u/AerieOk3566

I got a T-beam supreme to try for my house node wiyh a 5.8 dbi antenna on my roof. The heltev v4 worked OK with this for messaging at least. But the t-beam can see nodes just won't acknowledge messages on long_fast. Yes frequency channel is on 20. I tried the most recent Beta FW and the display doesn't work. I then tried the most recent alfa and still can't send messages. I get the feeling you have to test all the FW before getting one that actually works with these devices...

I have two heltec v4 i flashed with the other meshc then back to meshtastic. I created a secure channel and gave one to a friend to see how far they would go. It stopped right at the end of my driveway. I then got a heltec v2 tracker and added it to another secure channel and made it primary channel on both and learned about switching the frequency back to 20 for FastLong default channel. I set gps update ever 8 seconds, gps transmit ever 1 min. I went for a walk with my dog and the transmissions disappeared at the house accross the street from me. I am using a mqtt server to keep track of where it dropped. Compared it to the position list just to be sure. Something seams way off or am i missing something? I was hopping to use the tracker for my dog. But not with this range...

Any help would be appreciated.