High power notes

High power units include the Station G2 and Portduino units (30dB)
Station G2:
esp32-s3 chip
includes wifi, but disables BLE when active
monitoring screen with FW 2.7 has many display options
30 dB power amplifier (need to reduce input power from the ESP32 chip to 19 dB to decrease noise and reduce overloading)
sensitive preamp beyond -145dB
powered by usb-c (just the chip) and usb-c PD 20W for power amplifier to work
can also be powered by 12V with 5 pin connector
can be hand carried with external power supply
excellent base station option
can be seen by meshsense on BLE or wifi if enabledPortduino:
portduino is an arduino port running on a raspberry pi using meshtasticd, a linux program
using a meshadv HAT (add on to a raspberry pi) with an ES22 chip (30dB RF output)
advantages over G2: 
ethernet access
can run meshtasticd and meshtastic
can host a meshsense app, or remote to another server
good for a base station if you already have a pi, know linux and terminal
disadvantages:
more DC power required
cooling is an issue
uses a Pi, which is not cheap (around $75) along with a meshadv HAT (another $75)
no preamp like on the G2
other options:
waveshare HAT (has CRC issues, so can only be used in client mute mode)
not high power, but can be POE linked using appropriate HATs
can run on pi zero: low power, cheaper ($25)
cheaper chip
can include GPS 
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