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We’re building a MeshCore Off-Line/Off-Grid Messaging Platform in Lexington, KY.

In order to help the community get involved and on the network with a minimal learning curve, we’re sharing what we’ve learned through our tests and experiments. We look forward to seeing you on the Lexington Mesh.

For those just getting started, be sure to go to meshcore.io. It’s the Official Meshcore website. The .co.uk site is a guy doing a money grab.

  • Oct update
    We’re continuing to slowly build the network. We expect to update some of our repeaters to the new RAK 1W repeated to help with coverage. As always, we need more people to setup repeaters of their own, so we can increase coverage around Lexington. If you want to get involved in the planning discussions, join… Read more: Oct update
  • Slowly Growing
    In The past month, a few repeaters have been added to the network. They are expanding the downtown bubble a bit, but we’ve still got more to do to get the mesh into a useful state. From my house in South Lexington I regularly receive traffic from TN and NC, however, due to my antenna… Read more: Slowly Growing
  • New Setting Testing Completed
    We’re finished with our new settings test and have decided to revert back to the standard US settings. We’ll be testing out new hardware to see if we can get more bang for our buck and post the findings here, so be sure to check back soon.
  • We’re Experimenting with New Settings
    In order to improve our coverage due to the cityscape and rolling hills, we’re experimenting with some new settings, so, if you’re on the default settings and don’t hear anybody, that may be why. Here’s what we’re trying:Frequency: 910.525 MhzBW: 7.8MhzSF: 5CR: 5 We’re still testing, so please check back often to see how we’re… Read more: We’re Experimenting with New Settings
  • We’re up on Lexington MeshMapper
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