2025-10-24 –, Talk 2
When traditional infrastructure fails, as it often does in the PNW, we may lose power, water, and even accessible roads. How do you plan to check in with your friends, family, share resources, and help others? In this talk, we’ll cover what options are available for long-distance remote communications between individuals: FRS, GMRS, CB, Amateur Radio, as well as Meshtastic. For the second half of the talk, we'll dive in deeper on Meshtastic: how it compares in terms of capabilities, legality, range, and ease of integration, as well as edge cases. By the end of the presentation, participants will be equipped with actionable knowledge to select affordable communication tools for their needs, ensuring they remain connected when it matters most.
When traditional infrastructure fails, as it often does in the PNW, we may lose power, water, and even accessible roads. How do you plan to check in with your friends, family, share resources, and help others? In this talk, we’ll cover what options are available for long-distance remote communications between individuals: FRS, GMRS, CB, Amateur Radio, as well as Meshtastic. For the second half of the talk, we'll dive in deeper on Meshtastic: how it compares in terms of capabilities, legality, range, and ease of integration, as well as edge cases. By the end of the presentation, participants will be equipped with actionable knowledge to select affordable communication tools for their needs, ensuring they remain connected when it matters most.
Those new to radio communications in general, and those new to Meshtastic will be most interested in listening.
Slava holds a general-level license for Amateur Radio. When away from Meshtastic and HF, he manages DevOps, SRE, and Cloud teams - or provides consulting services in these fields. He has two orange cats and by now is probably one himself. Either get him a beer or a job - he’s currently unemployed.