Notes
high-level notes, wiring details, and configuration tables.
Project Photo
LoRa
Low-power, long-range radio links, gateways, trackers, and field notes for portable and fixed deployments.
radios, gateways, antennas, firmware, and deployment notes. configuration notes below.
Resources
Useful links and reference material for LoRa and LoRaWAN, Meshtastic and Meshcore work.
Builds & Configs
MeshCore Starter Notes
Starter notes for MeshCore experiments.
Meshtastic Part 4: Advanced Networking, Telemetry, MQTT, and Building Community Mesh Infrastructure
By now, you’ve learned what Meshtastic is, built your first node, and explored how to deploy a solar-powered relay. This fourth part in the series has…
Meshtastic vs. MeshCore: Which Mesh Networking Platform Is Right for You?
If you’ve been exploring off-grid communications, emergency preparedness, or amateur radio, you’ve almost certainly come across two names: Meshtastic and MeshCore. Both are designed to create…
Meshtastic Part 3: Building a Solar-Powered Relay Node for Community-Wide Coverage
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we explored what Meshtastic is, how mesh networking works, and how to build your first node. While a…
Meshtastic Part 2: Building Your First Node and Taking It Into the Field
In Part 1, we explored what Meshtastic is, how mesh networking works, and why it has become one of the fastest-growing off-grid communications technologies. Now it’s…
LoRa Starter Build
A realistic starter example for a compact LoRa field node, including hardware, frequency, antenna, and deployment notes.
Meshtastic: Building Off-Grid Digital Communications One Node at a Time – Part 1
For decades, amateur radio operators have embraced the challenge of communicating without relying on traditional infrastructure. Whether it’s HF, VHF, packet radio, APRS, or Winlink, the…