r/Lora

I’ve got a seeed studios solar node flashed as a repeater, mounted 30 ft up. To test range, I’ve got a t1000 and a Wio tracker l1 pro and I’m running meshmapper on iPhone. Regardless of which node I’m using, the max range I can get a ping response from the repeater is about .25 miles.

I’m pretty new to mesh but I thought the range would be much farther than that. Any hints or tips I could apply? Oh, I’m in east Texas with lots of pine trees.

I am currently building a "minimap" app for Lora Devices (in my case a LilyGo T-Beam) and just wanted to ask if you have any specific wishes for features? I am building something like ATAK with the Meshtastic plugin but in one app and with some more advanced features like a ref role for game controls, SOS buttons etc.
So if you have any ideas or inspiration, please let me know :)