I started my LoRa journey with two radios, but it didn’t take long to get two additional ones. It’s been a little over a month of running Meshtastic on all of them, and meanwhile, the dust has settled on the MeshCore split drama. So, I’ve decided to switch all of them — including the one linked to my Pi — to compare both networks in Portugal, more specifically in the Porto region.

The final setup will be one repeater at home, another at the office, a radio I keep with me all the time, and the one connected to the Pi — staying at home for now. The first three are already on MeshCore, and this weekend, I’ll flash the Pi one and rewrite my Python script. By the way, I’m doing all the flashing via the new meshcore.io website.

You can read all my posts related to Meshtastic here, but long story short: I ended up with a map full of nodes, however, there was very little activity on the channels. To be honest, it was a bit frustrating; nevertheless, during this Meshtastic month, I did a lot of cool tests.

Back to the MeshCore testing, I switched my personal radio yesterday, and a few hours later, I started seeing messages on the public channel. Earlier today, I switched the office repeater, and I just did the same to my home repeater before writing this post. And although the home repeater will only go back to my balcony tomorrow, just like yesterday, I’m getting messages on my everyday carry radio.

Anyway, this is just the first two days, and it could be a coincidence. So, in another month, I’ll share the results with you.