RDUMesh, Explained Like You're Five

Radio, tall buildings, repeaters, and a community that keeps talking when the internet goes down. No jargon, no assumptions.

Why the Heltec V4.3 Changes the Solar Repeater Math

If you're planning a solar repeater build for the RDUMesh network, the Heltec V4.3 with EasySkyMesh firmware should be near the top of your list.

Your Pine Trees Are Not a Conspiracy: What We Actually Know About 915 MHz and Pine Needles

Pine needles don't resonate at 915 MHz. They don't have to. Here's the actual science of what our most recognizable foliage does to mesh signals, and what to do about it.

Warrant Canary

A warrant canary is a regularly updated public statement confirming that a service has not received secret government surveillance orders, whose absence or staleness signals that such an order may have been received.

Tarheel Backhaul: How Chapel Hill Joined the Mesh

ℹ️This is a guest post submitted by santiago, who (if you don't know) is like the Johnny Appleseed of RDUMesh. We're really happy to have him telling us about one of the most exciting repeaters that has recently given the mesh a strong foothold in

Repeater Host FAQ

1: What will the repeater node be used for? * It will expand a community oriented, free, open source community mesh network using low power radio * The mesh enables text-based communication in areas with limited cellular or internet coverage, or to users who can't afford cellular or internet service

Device Quick Start Guide

I've got this radio, now what?

RDUMesh.org FAQ

You have questions. We have answers.

RDUMesh Channels

Where else are people talking?

OTA Repeater Upgrades on NRF52 Hardware

Sometimes you have a repeater in a hard to reach spot. Maybe you don't want to pull hardware down, open it up, and connect to computer. Or perhaps you just want to be stealthy about your upgrades for one reason or another...

Recommended Hardware

Just getting started? We have ideas about what devices are best to start out with.

Welcome to RDUMesh!

Community-owned radio infrastructure that keeps neighbors connected when internet and phone networks fail. Get started with MeshCore messaging across the 16-county Triangle region.

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Hello, radio...

If you're here, you may have heard something about Meshtastic or MeshCore, or more generically about off-grid radio mesh communications. And you might be wondering how to get started on it if you're in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. When I got started with mesh a few