{"id":1343,"date":"2026-05-13T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:07:47","slug":"things-are-about-to-get-meshy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/things-are-about-to-get-meshy\/","title":{"rendered":"My life is a total mesh! lol.. :)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following my blog at all.. you&#8217;ll know I bought the ThinkNode M1 Meshtastic Transceiver. I&#8217;m going to write a series of &#8220;How To&#8221; posts regarding getting started with the M1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To save time, in a nutshell &#8211; this device for those who don&#8217;t know &#8211; it it a long range Meshtastic communication device that operates in the 915MHz range&#8230; it is great for mobility, hiking, etc. With the built-In GPS, you can know your lat\/long at any time.. I love that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I should add a little more context;<\/strong> the LoRa region aka.. United States \/915 MHz will get your M1 to operate in a frequency that is the default for your geo location. The M1 will regularly broadcast your Node info (long &amp; short name) so other nodes can discover it over that 915 band &#8211; ergo (no cell tower required ) when 2 nodes are close enough&#8230; and with your built-in GPS (turned on) also periodically broadcasts your position (lat\/long) to the mesh, so any other Meshtastic device on the the default public channel and in range will automatically detect your Node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my passions is true crime, mystery stories, lost hiker stories.. etc.. how many times it would have been useful for a lost person to say I&#8217;m at &#8220;<strong><em>Oh, I&#8217;m at +32.30642, -122.61458&#8230; instead of &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where I am&#8230; I see buildings in the distance..<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;, uh ok &#8211; that narrows it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Small rabbit trail but I have to say it&#8230; this may save your life, just a word to the wise; tell the most reliable person you know &#8211; where you are going hiking, which trail specifically, and for how long &#8211; don&#8217;t hike alone that is usually a bad idea. Bring warm clothes, good boots, a good knife, and a Firestarter, cell phone| charge cable | battery bank. Bring plenty of water and assorted nuts for energy. Don&#8217;t leave the trail, even to pee, bring a compass as well. If you are forced off the trail&#8230; stop walking for gosh sakes. If you are very lucky, another person on the trail or near the trail may also have a Meshstastic device. The beauty of these devices is that they are made for off grid communications &#8211; they have a default public channel for emergencies if need be.. and to that end, an M1 is perfect for the job<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway&#8230; one of the first things you might want to do is <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>install the Meshtastic app from your App store<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>charge your M1 using the USB-C cable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>install your little lanyard cable on your device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set the GPS to the on position &#8211; bump it to the top position for ON<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>turn it on by turning the top dial slightly clockwise &#8211; it will make a single distinct click sound<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ensure Bluetooth on your phone is enabled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open the Meshtastic app<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>connect to your M1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>click on [settings]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>navigate to [Radio Configuration]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>click on [Lora]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>under [Region], select [United States] *when in North America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>go back, save if required<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>navigate to [Device Configuration] section and select [User]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set a long name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set a short name *it can be an emoji.. mine is a Ninja \ud83e\udd77 \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you may need to [save] during this process and your M1 may reboot at that time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what the [Connected] screen may look like once you are connected to your M1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4328-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2322644234075228;width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4328-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4328-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4328-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4328.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be more in-app settings to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following my blog at all.. you&#8217;ll know I bought the ThinkNode M1 Meshtastic Transceiver. I&#8217;m going to write a series of &#8220;How To&#8221; posts regarding getting started with the M1. To save time, in a nutshell &#8211; this device for those who don&#8217;t know &#8211; it it a long range Meshtastic communication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1256,1281,1261,1276,1277,1190,1191,1185,1282,1266,1278,1274,1265,1286,1258,1288,1259,1270,1255,1289,1262,1250,1206,1267,1257,1287,1279,1254,1271,1264,1253,1290,1208,649,1280,1272,1273,1263,1285,1283,1189,1268,1284,1249,1269,1275,1260],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal","tag-915mhz","tag-amateur-radio-alternative","tag-backcountry-communication","tag-battery-bank-essentials","tag-compass-navigation","tag-decentralized-communication","tag-disaster-preparedness","tag-emergency-communication","tag-emergency-locator","tag-emergency-preparedness","tag-fire-starter-kit","tag-gps-beaconing","tag-gps-coordinates","tag-gps-location-sharing","tag-gps-tracking","tag-hiking-emergency-gear","tag-hiking-safety","tag-hiking-tips","tag-ism-band","tag-long-distance-messaging","tag-long-range-radio","tag-lora","tag-lora-mesh","tag-lost-hiker-stories","tag-mesh-networking","tag-mesh-node-discovery","tag-mesh-radio-network","tag-meshtastic","tag-no-cell-service","tag-node-broadcasting","tag-off-grid-communication","tag-off-grid-gps","tag-off-grid-tech","tag-outdoor-adventures","tag-outdoor-safety-gear","tag-peer-to-peer-messaging","tag-portable-radio-device","tag-public-mesh-channel","tag-public-safety-communication","tag-remote-communication","tag-survival-communication","tag-survival-gear","tag-survival-technology","tag-thinknode-m1","tag-trail-safety","tag-wilderness-navigation","tag-wilderness-survival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenort.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}