Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  setup with no need of complex licenses, it would be interesting

  It doesn’t seem like you need any licensing, it’s like a walkie talkie.

  it could prove as a useful city project for cheap, reliant, local communications

  I’m not sure if that’s the right usecase. Meshtastic seems to be for short-range, line-of-sight-ish communication. Apparently, you can set up repeaters to expand the coverage area, but it seems like buildings, trees, etc will dramatically affect the signal strength.

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  • janNatan@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m fairly certain that this requires a Ham radio operator’s license (in the USA at least). It uses frequencies that are regulated.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Licensed amateur radio operator here in the US. Meshtastic does not require an amateur radio license.

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    • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nope, it specifically uses free frequencies. The same ones that are used by RC hobbyists and RF based remotes

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    • paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t actually own a Meshtastic device… but I did blow off work to do a little browsing and found this:

      Meshtastic does not require any license and is open for anyone to use.

      • www.austinmesh.org/learn/

      Meshtastic does not require a HAM radio license to operate

      • chicagolandmesh.org/guides/getting-started/

      don’t need an amateur radio license for the low-power bands used by Meshtastic

      • centralvalleymesh.net/docs/faq/#q12

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No US license required ISM band 915mhz < 1w

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