Fort Wayne's off-grid mesh network

FWA Mesh is a community-run MeshCore LoRa network covering Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana. Low-power radios relay text messages node to node, no cell service or internet required.

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Live map

Watch packets hop across the city in real time as observers hear them.

Packet analyzer

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Public channel

Messages on the default MeshCore Public channel are shown on the Channels page.

Get on the mesh

  1. Get a supported LoRa board (Heltec V3/V4, RAK WisBlock, LilyGO T-Deck, Seeed SenseCAP, etc.).
  2. Flash MeshCore with the web flasher: Companion for a personal device, Repeater for a fixed high site.
  3. Set the radio to the local settings below, then send an advert. Your node should show up on the nodes page within a few minutes if an observer hears it.

Local radio settings

Frequency910.525 MHz
Bandwidth62.5 kHz
Spreading factor7
Coding rate5

These are the standard US MeshCore recommended settings. Every node in the area must match, or they will not hear each other.

Help us map coverage

An observer is a MeshCore repeater connected to a computer that forwards everything it hears to this site. More observers in more places means a more complete map. Set one up →