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A $35 Solar Mesh Node Anyone Can Build: The People’s Repeater [Black Flag Civilian] (youtu.be)
submitted 2 days ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz
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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.

Support Black Flag Civilian & connect to the BFC discord: https://www.subscribestar.com/blackflagcivilian

FREE DOWNLOAD of People's Repeater Hub & Mount STL Files: https://www.printables.com/model/1768397-the-peoples-repeater-affordable-solar-mesh-repeate

People's Repeater Hubs & Mounts for sale on Black Flag Civilian's web store: https://blackflagcivilian.bigcartel.com/product/3d-printed-peoples-repeater-hub-mount

Parts lists (including links to specific parts) are available at both Printables and the BFC Webstore, linked above.

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[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Build some for your friends and neighbors. Then in an outage or calamity you can atleast talk to someone.

[-] xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Yup… friends. I have those.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

You have neighbors, build a community

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

I think file sharing could be a decent immediate use-case, high-speed internet can be expensive and these days we often deal with chonky files, so something like this could (with the right software setup) let you simply drag-and-drop files between households.

[-] demonmariner@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

It would take, like, forever. Meshtastic is cool, I've been messing with it for years, but it is dog slow. It is only practical for short text messages and telemetry.

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