RF Test Equipment for the Meshtastic Builder: What's Worth It and What to Do With It
NanoVNA, SA6 spectrum analyzer, TinySA Ultra, RTL-SDR, and a dummy load. What each instrument is for, what to watch out for, and how to use them on a Meshtastic build. Contributed by Storm017.
Meshtastic Hardware Buyer's Guide: What to Buy, What to Skip, and Why It Depends
The question gets asked in the Discord at least twice a week: "What board should I get?" The
Build a Better Antenna for Less than $10 and an Afternoon
The rubber duck antenna that shipped with your Meshtastic node is not your friend.
I know. It looks official. It
April on the Mesh: 337 Nodes, a Shadow Map, and a Bot That Actually Talks Back
April was productive. Unreasonably productive, honestly, for a community of people who spend their free time pointing antennas at mountains
Coming Soon: Propagation Monitoring for NEPAMesh
Been working on something new for the NEPAMesh network. It's not quite ready for prime time yet, but
Getting Your Node on the Map: MQTT Setup for NEPAMesh
Got a node and want to see it on the map? Same. Here's how I set mine up
Recommended Node Settings: Stop Your Node From Being That Node
So you've got a node on the mesh. Nice. Now let's talk about how to keep
State of the Mesh: NEPAMesh by the Numbers
I pulled the data from map.nepamesh.com and tapped into the MQTT server to see what's actually
Getting Started with Meshtastic: Off-Grid Comms for the Rest of Us
So you've heard about Meshtastic and you're wondering what the hype is about. Short version: cheap