Welcome to SoCal Mesh
We are building an open source LoRa communications network in Southern California
Welcome to SoCal Mesh
We are building an open source LoRa communications network in Southern California
About SoCal Mesh
What is SoCal Mesh?
SoCal Mesh is a community of individuals working to build a network of Meshtastic radios in Southern California. This network acts like a area-wide text messaging system, allowing people to communicate publicly or privately with anyone on the network. The mesh network can also be used to transmit a GPS locations or read weather and other telemetry. All of this happens without any external infrastructure - no cell phone towers, no internet. We have over 100 nodes and are growing every day. Please join us and feel free to ask questions on our discord channel linked below.
What is Meshtastic
Meshtastic is an open-source, decentralized, off-grid mesh network. It's made up of small communicators that can form a mesh network. These communicators can be linked to a phone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Meshtastic uses inexpensive LoRa radios as a long-range communication platform. Learn more at the official Meshtastic website.
How it Works
We have set up a number of clients/repeaters in Southern California area. These radios communicate in the 906 MHZ frequency range using the LoRa protocol. The radios mesh using the open-source Meshtastic software. Users can connect to these client/repeaters by Bluetooth if they’re close enough or they can use their own handheld nodes which will also act as repeaters. The messages hop from node to node, extending the reach of the network and ensuring redundancy.