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Help build the first MeshCore network in East Tennessee!
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https://tennmesh.carrd.co/🔗 Big THANK YOU to the Meshes Mentioned in This Video
(Boston Mesh, West Coast Mesh, Cascadia Mesh, Puget Mesh, Austin Mesh, Omaha Mesh — links provided below)
== Boston Mesh ==
Website -
https://bostonme.sh/Discord -
https://discord.gg/MUVASVEEES== West Coast Mesh ==
Discord -
https://discord.gg/wcmeshWebsite -
https://wcmesh.com📅 Event 📅
For folks in the southwest, West Coast Mesh member KO6DSS will be presenting MeshCore & West Coast Mesh to the CORA Repeater System on Monday Dec 15th @ 7:30PM — frequency info at coraradio.com
== Puget/Cascadia Mesh ==
Cascadia -
https://discord.gg/UWnFtEUHPuget -
https://discord.gg/HAkYNdYW== Austin Mesh ==
https://www.austinmesh.org/learn/meshcore-vs-meshtastic/== Omaha Mesh ==
Discord -
https://discord.com/channels/1343693475589263471/1439732912672211024Website -
https://omamesh.net/--------
Meshtastic vs MeshCore — which mesh radio platform actually performs better?
In today’s video, we dig deep into both systems to see how they compare in the real world. After getting constant comments suggesting I try MeshCore, I reached out to active MeshCore communities across the U.S. — Boston, Southern California, the Pacific Northwest, Austin, and Omaha — to hear from people who have used both platforms at scale.
What I found surprised me.
Communities running large, high-hop, urban and regional meshes consistently reported stronger message reliability, routing behavior, and multi-hop performance on MeshCore. Others noted that Meshtastic still shines for small, mobile, ad-hoc groups where companion nodes and moving links matter more than fixed repeaters. In this video, we walk through those real-world experiences, routing differences, protocol behavior, hop limits, repeater strategies, packet sizes, congestion performance, and more.
You’ll see live MeshCore traces from the massive Cascadia mesh, long-distance message testing, and insights from operators who migrated entire meshes after hitting the limits of Meshtastic. If you're trying to understand which platform fits your use case — neighborhood mesh, off-grid communications, emergency readiness, or regional repeater networks — this comparison breaks it all down.
And if you're in Tennessee, we’re building the first MeshCore network here. If you want to host a repeater, volunteer, or get involved, check the links below to join the TennMesh community.
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