Independent MeshCore help, for the UK Good information travels further. The MeshCore project
01 / 08 The independent UK guide

MeshCore,
made a little
easier.

From getting your first radio working to choosing a better spot for an antenna. Useful answers, in plain English.

Explore the house guide → choose a useful starting spot
A HOME SETUP, EXPLAINED

Where would you put it?

Architectural cutaway of a British brick house: radio on a ground-floor desk, one upstairs, a garden shed and an external roof aerial. Four numbered markers open practical placement advice.
02 / PERSONAL RADIO · EASY TO TRY

Upstairs window

A practical first improvement from a ground-floor shelf. There's often less brickwork in the way, and you can compare positions without buying anything.

BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Try both sides of the house and log what you actually discover. Metal frames and coated glass can still get in the way.

01—04 / Tap the markers to compare placementsGuidance, not a coverage prediction
Find your way

What brings
you here?

A tool worth keeping handy

That rooftop,
or the one
over there?

Good placement matters. The new Route check lets you compare two points, inspect the terrain between them and keep a record of your options.

Try Route check
EXAMPLE / TERRAIN SECTION52.1° N — 51.9° N
CHECK THE CLEARANCE HEREAB
Not real terrain data · visual example
Path Ground
Built to be useful next week, too.

Keep notes. Build
on what worked.

Keep your radios, favourite site checks and on-the-ground tests in one little notebook. The information stays in this browser, and you can export it whenever you like.

Open my notebook
A practical equipment guide

The right gear.
Not the most gear.

Browse radio boards and useful accessories, with plain-English notes about what matters before you order. All drawings are illustrative; the shop links open Amazon UK searches.

Browse the equipment guide
A little of the latest

From the source.

Upstream settings and releases change. We link back to the people making MeshCore rather than maintaining our own downloads.

From the MeshCore developersChecking the latest firmware release…Live lookup through a cached PHP endpoint
View releases
Suggested community setting · EU/UK (Narrow)
—MHz

Checking MeshCore's configuration service…

Spreading factor—
Bandwidth— kHz
Coding rate—
Checking source…

Community presets aren't a UK regulatory clearance. Check your local mesh settings and Ofcom's guidance ↗.

Want to ask a human?

Plenty of
people have
been there.

Good questions, build photos, local knowledge. The official MeshCore Discord and subreddit are where the conversation continues.

Find the community