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  • Hotspot Deliverance

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    Hotspot Deliverance Request Want a lit­tle pub­lic trou­bleshoot­ing action on your hotspot?  Jamie Dubs, BFGNeil and I have decid­ed to do live pub­lic trou­bleshoot­ing on the Gristlek­ing YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/xILna9JgRXs Sign up below, and the crew will jump in to see what we can find.  Results not guar­an­teed, and your hotspot may not be fea­tured…

  • Understanding Helium 5G: The Challenge and Expert Advice

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    Over the course of the past year, we’ve all learned how to max­i­mize the deploy­ment of a LoRa Heli­um min­er. It’s been a fun run as we sort­ed through the vital parts of a high earn­ing deployment: Loca­tion (Local Density) cLoS (Clear Line of Sight) Anten­na Elevation Anten­na Type Cables & Install Details Now we’re faced with…

  • Gristleking AMA

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    Submit Questions Here For The Next Show Ask Me Any­thing — Ques­tion Sub­mis­sion Form First Name or Han­dle (Pub­lic!) * Email — Nev­er Shared Publicly! * Top­ic Votes * Hotspot Troubleshooting The Network Antennas Optimization Off Grid Very Tech­ni­cal Stuff Some­thing Else What’s your question? * If you are human, leave this field blank.  Submit Ask Me Any­thing — Ques­tion Sub­mis­sion Form First…

  • Lessons Learned From A Year Of Helium Deployments

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    It’s been a lit­tle over a year since I start­ed deploy­ing Heli­um Hotspots. In that year, after deploy­ing Hotspots both on grid and off grid on homes, com­mer­cial build­ings, and (my favorite) in the moun­tains, I’ve learned a ton about what to do, what not to do, and how to make the most of the…

  • How To Troubleshoot Your Helium Hotspot

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    Heli­um is a rapid­ly grow­ing and wild ecosys­tem. Like any oth­er new ecosys­tem, things are con­stant­ly chang­ing, and the main sources of infor­ma­tion most new users rely on (Explor­er and the Heli­um app) can be up 48 hours behind.  That means when you check your Hotspot via Explor­er on Tues­day, you could be look­ing at…

  • What Does PoCv11 Mean For Me?

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    Short ver­sion: Use a low gain anten­na, report your loca­tion and anten­na gain accu­rate­ly. If you’re in the US, this isn’t a big deal, as our radios pump out enough pow­er to get excel­lent range even with a low gain anten­na. If you’re in a region (UK, EU, etc) where your radio out­put is low,…

  • Is Helium A Better “Last Chance”?

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    I got into Heli­um acci­den­tal­ly. I was look­ing for a way to find and com­mu­ni­cate with oth­er paraglid­ers out back of beyond. I had par­tic­i­pat­ed in a Search and Res­cue for a well known paraglid­er out in remote Neva­da at the end of sum­mer 2020.  The miss­ing paraglid­er pilot (James John­ston, aka Kiwi) had GPS and…

  • Victory With Helium: Power Moves For New People

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    Ok, so you just found Heli­um and are won­der­ing what to do next? Let’s walk through the whole sys­tem so you’ll know what to do and what NOT to do. We’ll go through the ecosytem of Heli­um, the incen­tive of HNT, explain Heli­um Wal­lets as well as the Burn and Mint equi­lib­ri­um, and make sure…

  • What Does A Great Helium Hotspot Look Like?

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    See­ing oth­er deploy­ments is one of the fastest ways to get great ideas (and avoid cost­ly mistakes!)  I thought it’d be use­ful to the com­mu­ni­ty to share a lit­tle more detail about our Heli­um Hotspot deploy­ments. Here’s your chance to shine! What hotspot are you using? What anten­na? Are you hap­py with this deploy­ment? What will…

  • How Do You Find The Best Site For Your Hotspot?

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    Well, the race is offi­cial­ly on. With at least two unof­fi­cial halv­ings com­ing in the near future, it’s pret­ty darn impor­tant right now to: A) Get your Heli­um hotspot up and earn­ing and  B) Secure the best spot you pos­si­bly can. In the case below, this hotspot is on pri­vate prop­er­ty with an incred­i­ble view of both my…