Improved link across Yorkshire

The guys over at Yorkshire Mesh have put a MeshCore repeater up on Sutton Bank, which is the opposite side of Thirsk and also visible from here which means Anzio Catterick has seen it on zero-hop, and most traffic is being routed that way from my side rather than via YM--Catterick (which should be seeing Sutton Bank directly as well).

What this means it could in fact cover some parts of the former Richmondshire my own repeater is not able to cover, but also the former Hambleton District area as has proven to be the case with traffic I am receiving from Easingwold today, whether this will put a link in to Northallerton and Thirsk remains to be seen but that would be nice, I have seen traffic also from Stockon-on-Tees, this will be due to the height at Sutton Bank.

This is all very much an unexpected turn of events, I knew there had been talk about it amongst the Yorkshire Mesh but I didn't expect it so soon, as far as I can tell there's no coverage at all along the former Ryedale District or into the Borough of Scarborough but I am sure there's plenty of high spots in that area that can allow for connection across to Scarborough, imagine it being possible to communicate from here to someone over in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park or even on the Yorkshire Coast, all without mobile phone or internet connectivity.

Sutton Bank appears to link to Garrowby Hill as well, thus removing the weakness Anzio Catterick was suffering linking to YM Catterick then on to Garrowby Hill.

With the Sutton Bank repeater a major link has been created to the Richmondshire Mesh, if the repeater is using RAK4631 it will require hardly any attention provided a solar panel is plugged into to the baseboard, aside from firmware updates that the owner can do from a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone.

I'm always monitoring the public channel so do say hi if you are in range of mine or a Yorkshire Mesh repeater (or local in Catterick as I may hear you direct)