newport area 915MHz Mesh Network
Meshtastic®
is a Long-Range (LoRa) project that enables one to use small,
inexpensive radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in
areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure.
The Meshtastic project is 100% community-driven and open source!
My LoRa node is mounted on a mast in my back yard and runs off solar
power, and needs no cellular or WiFi service to communicate with other
users within the Mesh on frequency of 915 MHz. Messages are
received on a node located in my radio room and displayed as text on a
small OLE screen. No FCC license is required to use LoRa, and
messages to other users can be encrypted using AES 256.
No license is cuurently required for Mesh radios, and mesh radios are available online for under $100.
No license is cuurently required for Mesh radios, and mesh radios are available online for under $100.
Meshtastic
lets you use inexpensive ($30-ish) GPS radios as an extensible, super
long battery life mesh GPS communicator. These radios are great for
hiking, skiing, paragliding - essentially any hobby where you don’t
have reliable internet access. Each member of your private mesh can
always see the location and distance of all other members and any text
messages sent to your group chat. One of the compelling cases for
Meshtastic and the network of LoRa devices that has been organically
built has been “in case the grid goes down.” scenarios. Our
fragile telecom and power grid infrastructure has failed us in the
past, and especially in the "down east" area of North Carolina where
hurricanes landfall each year. The advantage in meshtastic is
that it is an off-grid, infrastructure-free system which allows
point-to-point and point-to-mesh communications. You don’t need any
infrastructure for it to work. The signals are generated from
your device and are sent long distances to the grid or directly to
another device.
Messages can also be sent directly to a smartphone even without cellular or WiFi service, making the Mesh network totally independent of other service.
Messages can also be sent directly to a smartphone even without cellular or WiFi service, making the Mesh network totally independent of other service.
The
LoRa WisBlock Mesh Radio
Download the Meshtastic app and get on the Newport Mesh network now!
