MeshCore in Scotland/Places/Elgin

MeshCore in Elgin

The Moray coast, flat and open, with the Cairngorms behind. That is excellent country for long paths, and there is plenty of it to claim.

Get on the mesh The settings
1Nodes within 25 km
1Repeaters
0Companions
0Rooms

Elgin right now: nodes heard in the last 5 days within 25 km, every one of them reaching the wider Scottish mesh. Updated 12:59 UTC.

Get on the mesh in Elgin

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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Repeaters around Elgin

The fixed radios doing the relaying, nearest first. Distances are from the centre of Elgin.

RepeaterDistanceLast heard
MC6 Ben Aigan17 km30 min ago

Joining from Elgin

Radio presetUK / EU Narrow
Frequency869.618 MHz
Default scopesco
Local region codenone yet

There is no local region code for this area yet. Repeaters here run sco alone, which works.

Where another repeater would help

1 repeater already covers Elgin and reaches the wider mesh. Another on high ground on the far side of town adds a second route, which is how a mesh stays up when one radio goes off.

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Questions about Elgin

Is there a mesh network in Elgin?

Yes. 1 repeater and 1 node were heard around Elgin in the last five days, and everything heard there reaches the rest of the Scottish mesh.

How do I join the MeshCore mesh in Elgin?

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.

What region code do repeaters in Elgin use?

There is no local region code for this area yet. Repeaters here run sco alone, which works. sco is the scope every Scottish radio sets; the local code only adds where traffic should stay.

Where is the nearest MeshCore repeater to Elgin?

MC6 Ben Aigan, 17 km from the centre of Elgin. The page lists every repeater heard within 25 km, nearest first.

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