The People’s Repeater is a cheap solar-powered LoRa mesh repeater you can build yourself using a $10 garden light and a small, 3D printed hub. In this video I walk through the design, do a range test, blast the repeater with pressurized water for an hour, and then show you how to build one step by step.

My goal is to get Meshcore and Meshtastic into actual neighborhoods, where ordinary people can build their own off-grid, encrypted text messaging infrastructure.

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Greetings, thanks for sharing this. Are these devices stable enough to run 24/7…always wanted to tinker with it but didn’t really know where to start.

Absolutely. These are great. Just keep in mind you will need a companion as well as a repeater for Meshcore

10-4, thank you. Whats the range between repeaters you get with this setup?

Ive got one thats been doing its thing for 2 years without needing too much maintenance. Theres a couple of mountain nodes that are surrounding where im at that have been doing their thing even longer. Its pretty cool.

Its a hobby to me but some people take it to another level. Its awesome to see what the community does with them.

I started with a couple of heltec v3s less than 20$. Theres probably better options now for beginners, but my advice is to not overspend your first couple of devices. Play around with it, get the phone apps, and try to make something work.

Interesting, thank you for providing another way for me to occupy my limited amount of time lol 😂

Line of sight. They can hear a lot further than they can broadcast though. Miles at night.

Roger that. Thanks. I live in the flat lands near the coast so that might be problematic but now im curious who else has them in my area.

Yeah, finding out who is on the mesh and how big the local mesh is is half the fun! I hope you have fun.