MeshCore in Scotland/Regions/Tayside

MeshCore in Tayside

Where the central belt gives way to the Highlands. Coverage follows the Tay, and stops where the glens begin.

Get on the mesh The settings
17Nodes heard
14Repeaters
3Companions
0Rooms
2Towns covered

Tayside right now: nodes heard in the last 5 days, every one of them reaching the wider Scottish mesh. Updated 12:59 UTC.

Get on the mesh in Tayside

Four steps, about an evening, roughly £25 of hardware.

  1. Step 1

    Get a radio

    Any supported LoRa board for the UK 868 MHz band. Heltec and RAK boards are what most people here run.

  2. Step 2

    Flash the firmware

    Fresh firmware from meshcore.io for your exact board. Never keep what came pre-installed.

  3. Step 3

    Set scope and path

    Pair over Bluetooth, then set the radio preset, sco scope and 3-byte path hash.

  4. Step 4

    Say hello

    Open #scotland, check its scope is sco, and post. Someone will almost always answer.

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Places in Tayside

Each has its own page with the repeaters around it.

PlaceCouncil areaNodesRepeatersCode
DundeeDundee City85dun
PerthPerth and Kinross1211per

The region code

What a repeater in Tayside should carry.

tay is an agreed ScotMesh region code. A repeater in Tayside carries it alongside sco, so messages scoped to the region stay in the region and messages scoped to Scotland still reach it.

tay sits under sco, not the other way round, and never under ioi. Every Scottish repeater also carries ioi and wls so traffic can reach Ireland and Wales.
Repeater console
# parents before children
region put sco *
region put tay sco
region put ioi *
region put wls *
region allowf sco
region allowf tay
region allowf ioi
region allowf wls
region denyf *
region default sco
region save

Questions about Tayside

Is there MeshCore coverage in Tayside?

Yes. 17 nodes have been heard across Tayside in the last five days, 14 of them repeaters, and everything heard there reaches the rest of the Scottish mesh.

What is the MeshCore region code for Tayside?

tay. It sits under sco, Scotland's code, so a repeater here carries both: tay for traffic that belongs in the region and sco so the rest of the country can still reach you.

Which places does Tayside cover?

Dundee, Perth. Each has its own page with the repeaters heard around it.

How do I join the mesh in Tayside?

Any LoRa board for the UK 868 MHz band, fresh firmware from meshcore.io, the UK / EU Narrow radio preset and the sco scope. About an evening's work and roughly £25 of hardware.

Other regions

Central ScotlandFifeEvery place