this seems to work: 
- fast meshing
- fast setup overall
- fast GPS fix
- correct position on the map
After a fresh firmware flash on all devices, and after setting the name and channel on all devices I send a message from all devices to the mesh. Some names are correct on the other nodes, some are “???” or “unknown” or sometimes “non readable stuff”.
To update the names on all devices I reboot every device, one after another and wait for about 20 seconds in between.
Tomorrow I will check the range with my two sx1262 and will report if it increased. I can send messages from my apartment to my parent’s house in the next village. Well not to my parent’s house directly, but to a “hill” about 500m away. maybe the extra 5dB will do the trick. Would be really nice setting up a relay on my parent’s house to connect with old friends from my hometown 