▲ 71 r/meshcore
A new MeshCore repeater project: Earthquake Detection
Go to https://apps.meshamerica.com/quake-repeater/ the full details!
u/meshamerica — 12 days ago
New Western Washington MeshCore High Site Repeater Deployment!
Yesterday, the Mesh America team deployed a high elevation repeater on a mountaintop at 4500'. The deployment also included an emergency supply drop of repeater parts via drone!
I thought y'all would like to see the pictures. We're hitting a repeater on Bear Mountain near Eugene, OR over 156 miles away at 6dB!
u/meshamerica — 26 days ago
▲ 9 r/reticulum
thatSFGuy Repeater Firmware?
Super new to reticulum, but I was excited to try it based on the thatSFGuy firmware. It seemed like an easy way to get up and running, so I saved it to test later. Today was later, and now it's gone. Does anyone know what's up?
u/meshamerica — 29 days ago
Supply Drop BBS v1.0.0. released today
Supply Drop BBS just hit v1.0.0!
It's a bulletin board system built for LoRa mesh and runs on MeshCore, Meshtastic (or any protocol YOU write a plugin for!). It features rooms, DMs and full sysop control. Runs on Raspberry Pi or any Linux-based OS.
What's new in this release:
- Backup and restore now has a GUI in the web admin (a CLI version too, for scripting backups and restores)
- Discovered contacts persist across repeater reboots and advert evictions
- A batch of annoying bugs fixed!
1.0 means the API is stable going forward. If you're running a mesh network and want a BBS for it, check it out.
u/meshamerica — 1 month ago
▲ 46 r/meshtastic
Height is might.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but...
Your repeater mounting setup doesn't need to be complex. You can get a lot of height very inexpensively.
The repeater on the right is Meshtastic, mounted to a 6' television antenna mast from Amazon. Around $60.
The repeater on the left is mounted on a 5' tripod mast ($105) with a 10' section of chain link fence top rail ($8). It's bolted to the roof using unistrut. It was less than $200 for the whole mast setup.
Workshop height plus mast height, the antenna is about 30' in the air.
Also look at telescoping flagpoles from your local big box hardware. The are usually $60-$100.
You probably don't need a higher power repeater. You probably don't need that $80 antenna. You probably just need to get your repeater higher in the air.
u/meshamerica — 2 months ago
▲ 30 r/meshcore
Height is might.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but...
Your repeater mounting setup doesn't need to be complex. You can get a lot of height very inexpensively.
The repeater on the right is Meshtastic, mounted to a 6' television antenna mast from Amazon. Around $60.
The repeater on the left is mounted on a 5' tripod mast ($105) with a 10' section of chain link fence top rail ($8). It's bolted to the roof using unistrut. It was less than $200 for the whole mast setup.
Workshop height plus mast height, the antenna is about 30' in the air.
Also look at telescoping flagpoles from your local big box hardware. The are usually $60-$100.
You probably don't need a higher power repeater. You probably don't need that $80 antenna. You probably just need to get your repeater higher in the air.
u/meshamerica — 2 months ago
▲ 16 r/bbs
Supply Drop BBS, open source BBS that works with MeshCore, Meshtastic and more
First, the disclaimer: This is AI-assisted code. I have 31 years experience as a software engineer.
Supply Drop BBS is modeled after Citadel, a BBS (bulletin board system) from the 80s (and still alive today).
It's free and open source, built in Rust.
It's mesh-first, MeshCore and Meshtastic are first-class citizens.
It works with basically any protocol. You'll just need to write a plugin for anything else. As a bit of a joke, I created a Telnet plugin.
It can be fully administered via the CLI or the optional web ui.
I developed this with the idea that communities could have a community board via digital communications if SHTF.
It's been around a few months, with a few users. So the bulk of the major bugs are fixed at this point. I am looking to bring it to v1.0.0 soon.
I'd love your feedback or bugs. Feel free to create issues on the GitHub, or even hit me up here.
u/meshamerica — 2 months ago
Supply Drop BBS, open source BBS that works with MeshCore, Meshtastic and more
First, the disclaimer: This is AI-assisted code. I have 31 years experience as a software engineer.
Supply Drop BBS is modeled after Citadel, a BBS (bulletin board system) from the 80s (and still alive today).
It's free and open source, built in Rust.
It's mesh-first, MeshCore and Meshtastic are first-class citizens.
It works with basically any protocol. You'll just need to write a plugin for anything else. As a bit of a joke, I created a Telnet plugin.
It can be fully administered via the CLI or the optional web ui.
I developed this with the idea that communities could have a community board via digital communications if SHTF.
It's been around a few months, with a few users. So the bulk of the major bugs are fixed at this point. I am looking to bring it to v1.0.0 soon.
I'd love your feedback or bugs. Feel free to create issues on the GitHub, or even hit me up here.
u/meshamerica — 2 months ago
▲ 9 r/meshcore
Muzi Base Uno/Duo firmware support
If you own a Duo or Uno, with or without Super IO, please upvote this PR
https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/pull/3108
I've been testing it for weeks, and today also added the capability for the Super IO mode switch to turn GPS on/off.
The bulk of this work was done by lbibass and andyshinn. I simply got the work merged and tested.
If you know how, please pull the branch and build the firmware and test it and post your results to the GitHub PR.
Thanks!
u/meshamerica — 2 months ago
▲ 12 r/meshcore
Mobile Repeater project
Based on the Printables project `/model/1649700-vehicle-roof-top-solar-for-meshtastic` from William C.
The case is printed in ASA.
It's hosting a Heltec T096 board with a Diamond NR920 antenna. 2 x 3000mAh 18650s provide the juice. The thermal switch will cool the unit when the ambient air hits 40C (104F) with a 20mmx20mm fan.
I coated the antenna in Rustoleum truck bed liner to keep it from rusting.
Everything is sealed up with electronic grade silicone from ASI.
u/meshamerica — 3 months ago
▲ 8 r/meshcore
I tested the NR920 in the timberlands. It's a sweet little antenna!
It's 7dBi, and the performance on this antenna is amazing. I was using a stubby Alfa previously, but this one is a game changer. I was able to hit my mountaintop repeater in places I could not get a signal previously.
It's a Diamond, and they are known for quality. I was not disappointed. I am considering spraying it with truck bed liner to keep it from rusting.
I assume this would make a great antenna for stationary repeaters as well.
u/meshamerica — 3 months ago
Easily flash MeshCore community firmware
Hi everyone. I've been lurking a while, but this is my first post. I wanted to share that I created a flasher than handles flashing various community firmware, in addition to MeshCore official.
Right now you can easily flash MeshCore, EasySkyMesh Powersaving, WadaMesh and Mike Carper's Keymind Cascade firmware.
I'd love any feedback! There's a bug report link at that bottom of the app.
u/meshamerica — 1 month ago