For some time now I’ve been nursing a growing interest in Meshtastic’s off-grid communication. I’m a bit late to this particular party, but for anyone who is a bit like me, here’s what it was like to get started with some off-the-shelf offerings. I was offered an early look at Elecrow’s ThinkNode M9 all-on-one LoRa messenger.
It turns out it’s pretty easy! Not painless, but going from unboxing to first messages exchanged is perfectly accessible to someone with basic knowledge and some patience, but no prior experience.
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