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Meshtastic DIY - How To Build Your Own Meshtastic Node ESP32 & Lora Radio (adrelien.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.radio/post/3984948

Make your own Meshtastic LoRa Node with our easy DIY guide. A complete step-by-step for building your customized mesh communication system

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For a beginner:

Buy something like this all in one system: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL7B47DR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Flash meshtastic on it
Download the app (or connect it directly to the computer) and your done!

Its pretty easy to get into. Just letting you know, its mostly just a pager. A self hosted pager, but a pager none-the-less.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How do you find people to talk to?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly a bit of war-driving, they pick up the others and auto-populate the info. You can also go here: https://meshmap.net/ and look for your area.

We also have a local meetup for meshtastic that meets periodically. Its been fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you just get a list of who's in range?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

A list and a map to those who enable gps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dont buy those kits. They are pretty overpriced and come with a shitty antenna and no battery

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In my local area, we were able to get a mile or so with line of sight. And the price (less than 50 for 2) without soldering is a pretty good deal for a beginner. It also comes with a case.

You can also get the https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTXL61LY?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details or add in a battery later on. Its meant to be a beginners kit because you an check to see if it works easily and its upgrade-able in almost all parts. We have close to 20 members in our local group (its a whole lot of fun) and almost everyone starts with one of these.

What do you recommend for beginners?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oops, didnt realise that price is for 2. Pretty good deal in that case

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Its all good.

Its more for testing it out to make sure it works. But yeah I have an outdoor one and an indoor one. So I can message and receive pretty easy plus help the local network.