Our first #meshtastic tests: 3300 metres, lots of trees on the way, small antennas (but not the tiny default ones) on ground level. Once we put some nodes higher it will be much better. No pictures, because it is late night here :)

Edit: found a picture of the antenna location, taken a couple of days ago at down (no, I won't be up at dawn tomorrow). There are much more dense trees slightly to the right, where the other node is. It's still early May, so there will be some more leaves to fuck up the signal, but we will go up.

Początki #MeshPolesie #DIY

3 x Heltec LoRa 32 863 i jeszcze nieskonfigurowany Seeed Wio Terminal D51R

pretty excited with the batch #meshtastic firmware flasher I wrote based on a bash script a friend wrote https://gitlab.com/anarcat/scripts/-/blob/794eaa8777af403afa5c6319cdac90c256a61541/reflashtic.py

Looks like there is a special Meshtastic firmware for Hamvention

https://hamvention.meshtastic.org/

Make sure to update your Meshtastic devices to at least 2.6.2 or newer!

"This attack does not require authentication or user interaction, as long as the target device rebroadcasts packets on the default channel."

https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-24797/

Remote code execution vulnerability found in meshtastic, looks potentially bad enough that you might be able to make a worm.

yikes

https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-24797/

I’m quietly sitting by the river, waiting to see who will succeed between #meshcore and #meshtastic. One option is technically more efficient and is designed to connect a pre-existing network of individuals, while the other focuses on connecting the broader community. I’m not favouring one over the other; however, I wonder if there is any benefit in dividing hobbyists into groups that cannot communicate with each other. What’s your thought?
#loramesh #lora

W wiejskiej naprawialni #DIY pora na zmontowanie urządzeń #Meshtastic do łączności awaryjnej na wsi. Ruszamy z projektem na wypadek #blackout bądź innych awarii i zdarzeń. Oraz dla mieszkających na terenie Parku Narodowego, gdzie nie ma ani zasięgu GSM, ani telefonów PSTN, a może być potrzebna pomoc.

Zainteresowani takimi rozwiązaniami?

Zapraszam do kontaktu z @koop

Por lo que sea, estos días le estoy dando vueltas a mi proyecto eternamente postergado de montar un nodo de #Meshtastic. Pero viendo los mapas de nodos conocidos no tengo nada a menos de 40/50 km y eso ademas al otro lado de las montañas. En el valle donde vivo directamente no hay nada. Sinceramente me temo que montarlo sería poco menos que hablar solo y me quita la motivación…

Just got my first #meshtastic node Waiting on my case to 3D print at the library and for my battery to arrive later today. My stuff cost about $40 all in.

If you don't know what this is, it's essentially text-based communication using long range radios (the old 3G band). Decentralized, can be totally encrypted. Want to text your friends without someone reading? Want to stay in touch in emergencies? Want to build fallbacks in case the regular internet stops working like it should? Me too! https://meshtastic.org/

Really hoping to find other #rva folks so we can build a community mesh.

Consulta, alguien conoce comunidades de #meshtastic en Chile? Si me pueden pasar un link para poner en el grupo de Meshtastic Argentina, se agradece!

https://t.me/meshtastic_argentina

I expect we'll start to see Spain and Portugal increase their #Meshtastic node density, post the blackouts. For two reasonably populous European nations, they have quite a low density at present.

Their neighbours to the north are already better prepared for comms in a blackout, assuming many or most of the publicly visible nodes are on battery and/or on solar.

Indeed there may be socio-economic elements at play here too that contribute to the density differences.

https://meshtastic.liamcottle.net/?lat=50.16980073505627&lng=367.20703125&zoom=6