https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e59bc2a1-7a4c-413f-9afc-ff34a77396af Started recording this one right as a storm was rolling in — seemed like the perfect backdrop to try out Meshtastic_SDR on DragonOS with a HackRF. The setup’s super simple: DragonOS, Meshtastic_SDR, a HackRF, and a couple of Python packages. That’s all it takes to start receiving and decoding messages. Nothing fancy, just a clean “get it running” demo. What is Meshtastic? It’s an open-source project that uses LoRa radios to create long-range, off-grid mesh networks. Normally, a single radio listens on just one channel — but with an SDR like the HackRF, you can monitor all channels at once across whatever frequency range your SDR supports. A quick note: Jeff Geerling put out a fantastic video diving into Meshtastic_SDR in detail. In his demo, decodes didn’t happen during the recording — but after I went back and took another look on my end, I was getting successful decodes. So consider this video more of a quick-start companion piece to his deeper dive. Links: Jeff Geerling’s video: https://youtu.be/b2u_RguSIjQ?si=U6dZUmFuuNyF6vb- Meshtastic project: https://meshtastic.org DragonOS: https://cemaxecuter.com/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:36:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e59bc2a1-7a4c-413f-9afc-ff34a77396af All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.