Meshtastic is an open-source project using low cost LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in areas without little or no communications infrastructure. It's a portmanteau of Mesh and "fantastic".

I found it shared on Facebook, which lead me to the subreddit post, which lead me to reading more about it and even finding Lemmy communities and local groups!

https://mander.xyz/c/meshtastic

I also made sure to check if this wasn't a hail corporate thing. And I also felt like I missed the era of homemade radios. So this is exciting for me!

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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meshtastic is nice. I have one node already, debating myself if that's enough or if I should get/build a solar node.

I was very fortunate that there's an active community in my city. I can reach nodes 50km away without a big antenna.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    How? I get about three blocks.

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