Use cases

Pick the situation closest to yours. Each page covers what mesh radio can and can't do there, which firmware fits, and a good, better and best device.

Hiking and off-grid travel

Share GPS and text your group in canyons and on back roads with no cell service and no monthly fee.

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Emergency preparedness

Keep family and neighbors in touch through monsoon storms, wildfires and outages that knock out cell service.

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Events and festivals

Coordinate your group when thousands of phones overload the cell network at a festival, race or conference.

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Neighborhood and city meshes

Help build a permanent off-grid network with solar repeaters on rooftops and hills that anyone can join.

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Sensors and telemetry

Read weather, water tanks and remote sites over miles of LoRa with no Wi-Fi or cell service.

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Ham radio crossover

Licensed operators can use more power and amateur bands with Meshtastic's licensed mode, as long as encryption stays off.

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