MeshCore in Scotland/Places/Galashiels
MeshCore in Galashiels
Borders valleys, where height decides everything: a radio on the ridge hears a great deal further than one in the bottom of the glen.
Galashiels 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 Galashiels
Four steps, about an evening, roughly £25 of hardware.
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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.
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Step 2
Flash the firmware
Fresh firmware from meshcore.io for your exact board. Never keep what came pre-installed.
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Step 3
Set scope and path
Pair over Bluetooth, then set the radio preset,
scoscope and 3-byte path hash. -
Step 4
Say hello
Open
#scotland, check its scope issco, and post. Someone will almost always answer.
Repeaters around Galashiels
The fixed radios doing the relaying, nearest first. Distances are from the centre of Galashiels.
Joining from Galashiels
There is no local region code for this area yet. Repeaters here run sco alone, which works.
Where another repeater would help
Anywhere around Galashiels with a view. The first fixed repeater here decides how far the mesh reaches, which is the most useful radio anybody in the area can put up.
Questions about Galashiels
Is there a mesh network in Galashiels?
Yes. 0 repeaters and 1 node were heard around Galashiels in the last five days, and everything heard there reaches the rest of the Scottish mesh.
How do I join the MeshCore mesh in Galashiels?
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 Galashiels 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.
Nearby
The next places along the mesh.