Last week, my city was hit by a tornado. That’s not surprising here in Oklahoma, and thankfully this event was an F0 or possibly even an EF0 — a really weak tornado. Only a couple roofs collapsed, ...

Meshtastic is a way to build mesh networks using LoRa that is independent of cell towers, hot spots or traditional repeaters. It stands to reason that with an SDR and GNU Radio, you could send and ...

Imagine the convenience of being able to communicate in the most remote corners of the world, where traditional cellular or internet services are nonexistent. This is the vision behind the Meshtastic ...

What if you could decode the invisible chatter of wireless networks, uncovering the secrets of off-grid communication systems, all with tools you can build at home? The intersection of ...

MESHTASTIC PRIMER & DEVICE FLASHING WORKSHOP Setting up a Meshtastic device is quick and easy, but we'll take a look under the hood at all the switches and features. Based on the LPWAN protocol, ...

It looks interesting and possibly fun. Buy some simple and inexpensive off the shelf hardware, flash it, fire it up. Any of my fellow Ars members involved in this? Looking at one of the maps online, ...