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Cake day: June 26th, 2023

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  • I bought a t1000e “tracker” hoping that I could use it to track my bike if it got stolen. Well despite it being called a tracker and having a mode called “tracker” it doesn’t really work as a tracker. It turns out it’s really more of an external radio for my cellphone. It gets me onto kind of a city wide chat channel. Nice but not what I was after.

    The really frustrating part is that I think the network and the devices can support a decent tracker …but it’ll take the right combination of dozens of confusing settings. I gave up after about two months of trying various combinations. I even went to a meshtastic club meeting but everyone there agreed that my tracker would not really… track. Sigh.

    Just one guy’s opinion and with just a singular goal. If you’re into Ham radio or like the idea of low power radio chirping communicating across great distances… then jump right in.














  • Screw this company. I helped a cousin who had to install this company’s device in her car. Such garbage. 80s technology that barely functions, has a rigid maddening procedure and demands retesting while driving. I used it when I borrowed her truck and you learn to hate it in seconds. Auto shops charge hundreds to install this thing and hundreds more to remove it later. All along you pay the company approximately $100/month to use it. There are heavy fines for any mistakes and high charges for “calibration”. I hope this somehow impacts intoxalock negatively.