I can now see #meshcore devices up to 500+ km away. Quite fascinating! (and no, dear "yes, but"ters, this doesn't mean I can reliably communicate with meshcore nodes over that distance. I never claimed it does.)

@jwildeboer Goddamn it, Jan, you're giving me so much fomo with these posts.

Alright, where does one start? What device should one buy so that they _actually_ use it? I thought of using meshcore as a tracker for my backpack but apparently I'd have to recharge it every couple of days. So maybe an actual messenger device is better? I can have it plugged in on the desk.

@filiph @jwildeboer you can take a look at my blog post I wrote 2 weeks ago. The goal was to share info I would have appreciated before starting with it: https://blog.eischmann.cz/2026/02/15/uvod-do-meshcore/
Úvod do MeshCore

Odolná síť, která nezávisí na Internetu a mobilních operátorech a dokáže přenášet zprávy přes celou republiku? Ano, je to možné. Tohle zvládne Meshcore, který už měsíc objevuji. A protože jsem musel v začátcích hodně věcí zjistit a vyzkoušet sám, rozhodl jsem se, že napíšu takový úvod do této sítě, kde se dozvíte, jak funguje a [...]

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