Educator and general trouble maker brought here by way of Natalie Smolenski and a recent piece on our progression from kinship to Blockchain.
Hello Everyone,
My name is Ryan, I joined here to get some more information and reviews prior to purchasing a unit. My wife and I are frequent Cruisers and looking for bettter ways of communicating while on board and other countries. I am trying to see if anyone using theirs on cruise ships and how well it works.
Welcome to tayken and rewnolen!
@rwnolen312
There’s another member and his family who have been cruising. They are nearing the end of the cruise, but checked in a few days ago with a report after discussing various options and ideas for use on a cruise. There are links in that thread to earlier cruise ship threads, too.
Cruise Ship Project and Test
Hello! My name is Jason and I just bought a pair of goTenna Mesh to use when I go hiking and in case of emergency. I live in Calgary, Alberta and look forward to having them when I go to the mountains.
Welcome to the mesh community! Be sure and check out the imeshyou map, as there seem to be quite a few nodes in and around Calgary.
OK after many months lurking and reading the discussion here I finally just posted for the first time, so figure I might as well introduce myself. Call me @mficiencies, I am an early bitcoiner and generally an advocate for personal sovereignty. I believe in the potential of mesh networking, and think goTenna Mesh will go down in history as an important linchpin in the move toward creating non-censorable, truly decentralized telecommunications.
I recommend everyone read the following book. (If anyone wants to start a decentralization book club on Mesh Community, I’m really down for it.) I hope to proactively contribute to the boards from here on out. Thanks!
Hi, everyone! I’m Michael. I’m a medical student and, like many of you, a HAM operator. Looking forward to more people adopting this tech so I can use around town and while on vacations or camping/hiking. I’m here because this seemed like the simplest system to get others to use (say, on cruise ships or in emergencies). The size of the user base is everything in mesh.
Hi Daniela, We bought Two of your First goTenna’s, they are pretty “Plain Jane” & do not look like your New ones, BUT they work. The “MESH” Network has really grown since the last time I was on your website. It looks like you have a “Hit” on your hands. Good Luck, Sam & Saundra
Hi Daniela & everyone, I am Dave/W6TUX & my XYL is Heidi/W6HPY, (obviously Amateur Radio Operators as are so many here). Early this month, I downloaded a copy of the App to my iPhone just to have a peek, was a little distracted as our first great granddaughter was born the day before. I did get a group of maps downloaded and a few configuration items done, then sat it aside to hold that baby some more.
Two days ago, I happened across a new YouTube posting by Josh/KI6NAZ entitled " Gotenna Mesh Review, The Future Of The Internet?" and after viewing his video just had to have a look at GoTenna Mesh. This afternoon, just two days later, Amazon Prime came through with a pair for us to learn/test and its been a fun afternoon/evening. Took about 18 minutes each to upgrade them to the latest firmware. Needless to say, I’m already having fun, and planning to pick up a 3rd device to stick up in a 70’ palm tree on our property to see how that works out. Life is good! dave
I’m Steve (Boothby171). I’m just here to see if this would be a good idea for Kayaking (myself), and bicycle touring (for my brother).
So…are these things waterproof?
I have a couple of the original goTennas, but very interested in the mesh!
I’m James, I’m here because I read an article about how GoTenna Mesh devices were being used in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma. I bought a two pack and I’m looking at building a GoTenna network with some throwaway cell endpoints for outbound text messaging.
My name is Kevin Douglas Berg and I was born a coal miner’s daughter =P No seriously, you invited me and it looked pretty cool and tada, here i is. Been everything except a butcher, baker, candlestickmaker, published Poet, Author, Social Media Company Co-Founder.
That is all for now =)
I wish you all the best rock and roll,
Kevin
Hi my name is Bob Wilmes. I live near Bennington Nebraska. I am posting as an entry in the Labor Day Gotenna contest.
Im here because i love the GoTenna product but can never afford it.
Hi there. I’m Trent. My family and I love our gotennas. Trying to talk friends into buying in as well. We live in a rural area with crappy cell service and spend a lot of time in the “bush” climbing, hiking, paddling. Gotenna gives us the ability to be connected when we are out deep.
Heard about GoTenna from Randy Propster (Backpacker Magazine) when he came to Nashville. I love the outdoors and back country hiking. Should be a good fit for GoTenna.
They are water resistant. Can take a splash but not submersible.
Hi Steve,
They aren’t waterproof, but they are water-resistant. They do fine out in the rain, but actuall underwater for more the a short time could leak a little. They are welded together, but the power/USB input is the weak spot. There is a rubber plug over it, so it won’t flood in. Should be OK unless you’re into serious whitewater.
Hi,
I’m a full-time traveler, so I don’t have a home base to post on the map. Interesting concept to post where you were, but why not have an automatic way of posting where you are currently ?
Thanks,
Kevin