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.

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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.

  • How_do_I_computah
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    20 days ago

    Absolutely. These are great. Just keep in mind you will need a companion as well as a repeater for Meshcore

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        20 days ago

        Line of sight. They can hear a lot further than they can broadcast though. Miles at night.

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          20 days ago

          Roger that. Thanks. I live in the flat lands near the coast so that might be problematic but now im curious who else has them in my area.

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            20 days ago

            Yeah, finding out who is on the mesh and how big the local mesh is is half the fun! I hope you have fun.