Thanks for the great info. I have an LLC but really directly with Gotenna directly isn't exactly easy for a small company. I've been wanting to get this tech into professional hands since it's the easiest professional solution before jumping into more expensive wave relay gear. I use Meshtastic around the farm but I don't see it as as viable for professional use.
@MountLetheHellfire
12 күн бұрын
Glad you found it useful, I know it's a super long vid, so I appreciate that. 3 years ago it was pretty easy since they were just bringing up the Pro X line to the market, but now, it's pretty much impossible unless you know someone or just bother them a lot. My boy who I served with is still on active duty, he's a tech & comms chief at 3rd Group and even they cannot get on the horn. Best bet is to find a reseller like Mojave Repeater or otherwise to see if they can hook you up. The LoRa spec was really meant solely for IoT small payload burst comms, moisutre sensors, movement, solar measurements, etc. It's honestly really amazing we've been able to get ATAK somewhat working with PLI CoT working on LoRa with Meshtastic but it really is stretching the capabilities to their extreme. I think there is some utility especially if you spend the time building hardened, solar powered casings all around your perimeter with a central point, but GoTenna would be perfect. And you're right - I think I mentioned it in the video - next best option is a Silvus SC4200 Lite in Federal S-Band which requires a special FCC allotment in spectrum, not to mention working with those dudes is so much harder. After that's you're looking at $15K/ea for a kitted out SC4200 with LPI/LPD, or another $20K for a similarly outfitted MPU5. Good luck getting them to even talk to you, I had to make an appointment and go to their office in the Lower West Side to even get told to fuck off lol
@armygunsmith
12 күн бұрын
@@MountLetheHellfire thanks for the reply. I've got a line with Silvus, but they would want to see a genuine use case from me on a vetted customer. I get it. Looking for the opportunity for sure. I also mannaged to get Gotenna on the line but they quoted me nearly full MSRP for 4 demo units. I suppose I'll need to build the interest before spending that money. The struggles, lol.
@MountLetheHellfire
12 күн бұрын
@armygunsmith yeah that's a better way to put it: easy to contact, hard to work with. I mean I get it, it's an ITAR controlled item, most of their business is via GOV/MIL/LEO with a bit of EMS/SAR, they gotta do their due diligence and don't need to just sell radios otherwise they'd do it. My business was setup as a consultancy for east coast volunteer SAR and EMS teams so it wasn't too hard to get the PO, but I'm not doing that anymore really, cannot devote the time and also I have enough expensive hobbies as it is - don't want to tie up another 30-50K in commo gear that hardly gets used. That's not surprising, GoTenna is definitely a lot more stringent now, I also think they're tapped out of all of their old X1s probably sold them off to give them to mil/swat for T&E so they just want a deposit. Silvus was the same way, refused to send us a T&E unit to even test out the interoperability with our DMR & GT kit without us paying full price and then some. It's an underserved market, I think if someone came up with a GT/TW sort of setup for civs as a better price point, even if it was only a 3KM LOS device that could support TAK CoT there'd be a lot of money to be made. No one wants to sell to the prepared civilian side of the house
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