Turns out that the widely used preset for the US is not compliant with FCC regs. See https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/issues/945

Changes that comply are being tested

• Freq 910.100 MHz
• BW 500KHz
• SF 10
• CR 8

These settings would comply and be the closest to the current bitrate we already have.

I have already opened issues for the two main open source apps

• Meshcore-open: https://github.com/zjs81/meshcore-open/issues/542
• Meshcore One: https://github.com/Avi0n/MeshCoreOne/issues/420

My suggestion to the app makers was have a preset called “(recommended)” with the new settings and another one called “(legacy)” with the current settings that could be removed in a few version updates. That would allow for a graceful transition period.

We as the community will also have to repeat this signal (pun intended) so that everybody knows they need to make a change

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I have had my new RAK WisMesh Tag for about 15 hours so far and really like what I see. I do like the fact that it comes with a lanyard, although I feel as though the lanyard is too long, because when wearing it, the bottom of the node came down to the top of my belt. What I did instead is that I had a short chain from a pocket watch that did not work and so I used that instead and clipped it to my belt and if the node ever falls out of my pocket it will only go down as far as my knee and then the chain will catch it. Based on the battery drain overnight, I think I should get about five days on battery with the GPS turned off, which I like considering that my old Seeed T1000-E got three days and six hours with the GPS off. Since Meshcore-open does not currently have a background service and doesn’t stay connected to the node when the app is closed, having a buzzer on the RAK makes things much nicer.

I live in an area where there is no MeshCore activity yet, so what I did is took my Heltec MeshPocket 10,000 mAh and flashed it as a room server with repeater functionality enabled, and set it in my window. It’s not a great repeater, since it’s not super high up, but it’s the first piece of infrastructure in my area, and so when other infrastructure comes online, I will turn off its repeating