Meshtastic - Open source long range off-grid communication using inexpensive LoRa radios

[tehpope]

Stumbled across this while looking at some popular videos on an invidious instance (https://yt.drgnz.club).

https://meshtastic.org/docs/introduction/

• Long range (254km record by kboxlabs)
• No phone required for mesh communication
• Decentralized communication - no dedicated router required
• Encrypted communication
• Excellent battery life
• Send and receive text messages between members of the mesh
• Optional GPS based location features
• And more!

They have a site listing all the known nodes.

https://meshmap.net

 

[Mikoyan]

We've discussed this a bit over in the ham radio thread. It is cool tech but nowhere neeeeeeeeeear as good as the 'tubes will make you think it is.