[chbot] Robotics Group meeting, Monday 20 Jan 2020, 6-30pm, 5 Idris Road

[Mark Atherton]

Hello everyone,

LoRa Special, with talks by Alan Page about ‘The Thing Network’ on 
915MHz, also Marek Kuziel and the construction of his own LoRa Private 
Wireless Network on 868MHz. This talk seemed to draw quite an audience.

Several new faces this evening; welcome.

Good turnout with 34+ attendees, and lots of huddles-of tech-talk. $65 + 
change (in gold, and flat-money) collected and transferred into the 
robotics loose-change jar (for later banking).

Quick reminder: equipment donations are welcome for the trading table, 
but no CRT based product, printers, toner or items that are likely to be 
a disposal burden. All sales from the trading table should go into the 
brown box on the wall, and are directly for the benefit of our host 
club, NZART Branch 05.

With thanks on behalf of the group,

Mark Atherton

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Alan Page talked about his experience building his own node and gateway 
associated with the ‘The Things Network’, on 915MHz. This was quite a 
comprehensive talk; thank you for taking the time Alan.

Marek Kuziel talked about his experience building his own node and 
gateway then constructing his own Private Wireless Network on 868MHz.

Rudy brought along quite a selection of commercial LoRa products to talk 
about. He covered the various class-categories, and real-world 
applications within a commercial context.

Several people turned up with a hope of making a presentation, but we 
have to give priority to the prepared talks this evening. Thank you for 
bearing with us.