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This Tiny Radio Lets Me Send Texts Without Wi-Fi or Cell Service
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I'm running about 1w per device ATM.
So yeah it sips energy. There's a lot of nodes in the mountains that are solar powered. They work.
That's a great idea. The area I live in is pretty mountainous so putting nodes on ridges provide pretty good coverage