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I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by moontear » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #106

moontear wrote: post #76

I really like LoRa and its range, but unfortunately the hardware is much more expensive than e.g. Zigbee or WiFi devices. Would love a LoRaWAN router but they run around ~80€/80$ and just for playing around with it it is a bit much.

You can build one with an SX1302/SX1250 and an STM MC for cheap.

I'm sure! But then I would need a custom PCB and spare time on my hand as well as possibly skills I don't have like SMD soldering.

I would love to buy a cheap (~50€/$) finished LoRaWAN gateway product, but those don't exist (yet) AFAIK.

Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by bityard » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #118

bityard wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Start spamming far-left YouTube videos to the public channel at the same time, according to the general theory of nutball political physics the two should cancel each other out

The problem is that takes up valuable airtime. The denser the mesh the more airtime is wasted on the junk.

It was a joke...

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