How to "Proposed hybrid architecture, used by community in Ukraine"

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How to "Proposed hybrid architecture, used by community in Ukraine" #385

Open nicopace opened 2 weeks ago

nicopace commented 2 weeks ago

I am interested in bridging a meshtastic network with Baofengs... but just starting on the research. Any pointer would be highly appreciated!

tb0hdan commented 3 days ago

Baofengs are just FM radios, they do no support LoRa. You'll need to purchase something that runs Meshtastic firmware. See https://meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/

nicopace commented 2 days ago

thanks for replying. I understand that they will not work in the same frequency. I was wondering how did you implemented it? I imagined using baofengs with TRS and a modem to send mqtt messages over, or something like that. But would love to know how it is done over there. Thanks!