Observed arrival · 2026-11-12
Hometown Mesh builds town-scale emergency text networks
The service designs, installs, and monitors solar-powered radio networks that let residents and town officials exchange short messages without cell service or internet.
- For
- Small-town governments and emergency managers
- Worth noticing
- The project’s hub figures list seven sites, 74 radios heard in 30 days, and solar battery levels above 92%.
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Residents can send messages through a phone app, handheld radio, or countertop console; solar relays pass short texts site to site, with a city dashboard for messages and site status. The page says the system uses Meshtastic on license-free 915 MHz radios below one watt, and offers a self-build route with radios and solar nodes starting around $100 each. Its setup sequence runs from a coverage drive and site recruitment through launch training and ongoing monitoring.
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