Category: Mesh Networks
Meshtastic, MeshCore and MeshCom in the waterfall: reading LoRa with OpenWebRX+
Until recently, finding out whether there is real mesh activity in your valley meant putting up a node and waiting. There is another way now: OpenWebRX+ decodes LoRa packets right in the browser , covering Meshtastic,…
Show us your boxes: the repeaters of CarinthiaMesh and the people behind them
Just before midnight on 22 August, a request went out in the Carinthian MeshCore channel: show us your repeaters. What came back is a stock-take in pictures: 37 active sites built from garden lamps, 18650 cells and a fair amount of climbing.
SOTAmesh: SOTA spots on the MeshCore network, even without internet
The antenna is up, the phone shows no bars, and the spot never goes out. That is exactly what the new MeshCore channel #sota is for, and SOTAmesh is the web page where chasers can follow it live.
126.9 Kilometres on Half a Watt: How Carinthia's Mesh Network Grew to 32 Sites in Two Weeks
126.9 kilometres from the Koralpe into Slovenia, sent with half a watt. There is no provider and no mandate behind it, just eight people carrying boxes up mountains. A stocktake with numbers, and with what the numbers do not say.
