Maybe Toki Pona?

It’s pretty to think so.

Judging by the link in the OP, the concern is the possibility of ICE or other federal agents breaking in. It’s not the same as dealing with a random intruder. About the best you can hope for is to slow them down, maybe giving you time to get away or for legal assistance and the media to arrive.

Given that, I’d concentrate on making the house more sturdy: steel framed doors, steel rolling garage door, properly installed security bars/screens on windows and so forth. And maybe start with a solid masonry house.

Probably not realistic for most people, but then a few years ago I wouldn’t have considered the risk realistic either, and here we are.

Lora as tech is unlikely to become unobtainable, since it is widely used by utility companies. In my opinion, a much more realistic threat ( in the US, at least) is the FCC locking down its usage.

Everyone could go rogue and ignore the FCC, of course. But a restrictive rules change would discourage manufacturers, which would dry up hardware supplies and firmware support.

Thanks, I’ll try vinegar first, since I have some.

As far as the physical connection is concerned, you need a coaxial splitter that is rated for use at 900 MHz. They exist but cost a few bucks.

The thing is, your signal strength at each antenna will be half the total output of the LORA device, minus the loss in the splitter. It will provide less effective range than a single antenna.

The fact is: in almost every situation, a simple ground plane antenna will do as well or even outperform any fancy antenna setup. The only exception is if you really only want signal going in one direction, in which case you want a yagi. The only time it makes sense to drive more than one antenna at a time is in a phased array system (a specialized directional antenna system), which really doesn’t make sense for Meshtastic.

Nope. Or rather, you can, but it won’t work like you think it will, and at the very least will result in overall poor performance and at worst may damage the device.

I think the fundamental problem here is the term “gain.” Antennas don’t have actual gain, they merely sacrifice radiation in some directions to provide more radiation in others. You don’t magically get more radiated energy by adding antennas, regardless of their published gain figures.

According to two child/family therapists that I know, mother-daughter relationships are generally the most challenging.

A gift card is an interest-free loan to the vendor.

What training methods are you using?

Don’t use work resources (company network, computer system, tools, etc.) for this. If the project happens to make money the company will have a good basis for owning the IP.

Many label printers (especially the older ones) use a proprietary text-based language, and accept plain vanilla text input via their serial port. They don’t use a printer driver as such. To use one of them you have to learn their command language (usually pretty simple) and write a text file describing what you want to print using that language, and upload the file to the printer.

Start with the printer documentation and go from there.

Newer printers need linux drivers. Support varies.

The Comms Channel on YouTube is a good start. However, you might want to consider just running a node off the car battery instead of solar. The node will need very little current and won’t bother the battery unless you leave your car parked without running for quite a long time.

I was standing at a window when lighting struck an outside shower pipe about 10 feet away.

Toki Pona has 14 letters (and less than 200 words).

An extended car warranty. In 2000 years he’ll thank me.

When faced with an issue, I classify it according to one or more of these “buckets”:

Bucket #1: Not actually a problem at all (usually just unnecessary drama).

Bucket #2: A genuine problem, but not my problem (none of my business).

Bucket #3: A genuine problem, but I can’t do anything about it (it is not within my sphere of influence, or is beyond my capability to solve).

Bucket #4: A real problem that I can do something about (basically everything that isn’t in one of the other buckets).

If an issue may be categorized into buckets 1, 2, or 3, I don’t waste time or energy on it. If it’s in bucket 4, I get to work on it. I think this approach has saved me much stress.

What modem preset are you using?

Antennas achieve “gain” by sacrificing radiated power in some directions to favor others. For omnidirectional antennas, this means flattening the pattern: less radiated energy off the end, and more perpendicular to the antenna. If you are mobile it is possible to take this too far.

In my experience, it is hard to beat a simple quarter wave ground plane or whip antenna in typical applications. It’s not hard to make one, but if you are buying one you shouldn’t need to spend much money on it.

GMRS has mostly replaced CB now. Cheap and works better than CB at short range. Adoption has been slow, however.