{"id":6899,"date":"2025-08-23T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/?page_id=6899"},"modified":"2025-08-25T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:05:51","slug":"introduction-to-meshtastic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/introduction-to-meshtastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Meshtastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Presenter:<\/span><\/strong> Ed Labra\u00a0KQ4WEB\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Forum Description:<\/strong> <\/span>Meshtastic\u00ae is a project that enables you to use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>What is it and how might I use it?\u00a0 If these are questions you have or have had, join us for this \u201cIntroduction to Meshtastic\u201d forum.\u00a0 We will provide an introduction to Meshtastic, talk about how it can be used, what YOU can do with it, and how we are using it in the Atlanta area and elsewhere in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bring your Meshtastic Node for this Workshop<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Workshop:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> Ed will show you how to configure a node from scratch, answer any questions you might have, and end with live demos so you can be sure you have a working node with you to take home and use.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshtastic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meshtastic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Return to\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/forums\/\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshtastic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtastic-nodes_634x300.png?resize=474%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"224\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtastic-nodes_634x300.png?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtastic-nodes_634x300.png?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter: Ed Labra\u00a0KQ4WEB \u00a0 Forum Description: Meshtastic\u00ae is a project that enables you to use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure. What is it and how might I use it?\u00a0 If these are questions you have or have had, join us for this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/introduction-to-meshtastic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introduction to Meshtastic<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6899","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6899"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6921,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6899\/revisions\/6921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}