https://n0de73.com/tags/field-ops/Recent content in Field-Ops on NØDEHugoen-usThu, 08 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/05-into-the-field/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/bench/field-station/05-into-the-field/Everything worked on the bench. The real test was driving out of range and finding out what actually reaches home. The answer was humbling, and it changed the plan.https://n0de73.com/blog/command-control-over-mqtt/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/blog/command-control-over-mqtt/Reaching a home station from the field when there’s no RF path. Direct LoRa failed because the local mesh is sparse, so the command gateway was bridged to MQTT and answered over the internet, on an encrypted channel, with no infrastructure in between.https://n0de73.com/blog/where-am-i/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:30:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/blog/where-am-i/A field command that answers location from the node’s own GPS: grid square, nearest town, and the distance and bearing back to the station. Plus the wrong-grid bug a cross-check caught.https://n0de73.com/blog/pocket-elmer-on-the-mesh/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://n0de73.com/blog/pocket-elmer-on-the-mesh/An intelligent assistant you can reach from a LoRa handheld with no internet at the radio. Send a short question on a private mesh channel and a one-line answer comes back, routed through the station. A pocket elmer.