Hampden County Mesh is a volunteer-run Western Massachusetts community for MeshCore, Meshtastic, and local mesh radio.
This repository contains the public website, guides, updates, tracked Discord routes, and maintainer documentation.
- Website: https://hampdencountymesh.org/
- Guides: https://hampdencountymesh.org/guides/
- Interactive MeshCore simulator: https://hampdencountymesh.org/simulator/
- Live MeshCore map: https://map.hampdencountymesh.org/
- Network tools guide: https://hampdencountymesh.org/network-tools/
- MeshCore health check: https://healthcheck.hampdencountymesh.org/app
- Activity analyzer: https://analyzer.hampdencountymesh.org/
- Updates: https://hampdencountymesh.org/updates/
- Discord: https://hampdencountymesh.org/join/github-readme/
- Western Massachusetts MeshMapper: https://psf.meshmapper.net/
The live map, health check, and analyzer use MeshCore activity heard through participating systems. They provide a partial regional view, not a complete inventory of every node or usable radio path.
The simulator is an educational model. It is not a firmware emulator or an RF coverage prediction for a real location.
MeshMapper is an independent project used for MeshCore field testing and is not operated by Hampden County Mesh.
Hampden County Mesh helps people around Hampden County and nearby Western Massachusetts:
- Learn about MeshCore and Meshtastic
- Get devices working
- Use practical regional settings
- Understand antennas, placement, and terrain
- See how flooding and directed paths differ
- Test and improve local radio paths
- View observed MeshCore activity
- Coordinate through the website and Discord
Hampden County Mesh does not own or operate every node, repeater, observer, packet, or map marker visible through regional tools.
Current guides cover:
- Getting started
- Recommended regional settings
- MeshCore basics
- Meshtastic basics
- Building better mesh coverage
- Sharing information safely
Guide index:
https://hampdencountymesh.org/guides/
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The docs/ directory is excluded from the generated GitHub Pages site.
See docs/README.md for the documentation index.
Contributions may include:
- Documentation corrections
- Guide improvements
- Website fixes
- Accessibility improvements
- Map and data-presentation improvements
- Bug reports
- Community and workshop suggestions
See CONTRIBUTING.md before making larger changes.
Support and reporting options are listed in .github/SUPPORT.md.
Do not commit credentials, private keys, tokens, private messages, exact non-public installation locations, or information that could provide unauthorized access.
Report sensitive security or privacy concerns privately:
security@hampdencountymesh.org
See SECURITY.md.
General inquiries:
Discord and moderation:
Hampden County Mesh is a community education and hobby project. It is not an emergency service, a public-safety system, or a guarantee of communication or coverage.
See LICENSE.