COMMUNITY HUB & OPERATOR GUIDES

Meshtastic Armenia Community

Connecting radio enthusiasts, backcountry hikers, and network operators across Armenia. Learn how to deploy nodes, follow mesh etiquette, and feed live packets into api.msh.am.

Operator Guide • api.msh.am

Set Up a PotatoMesh Ingester for api.msh.am 🥔📡

Deploying a stationary base station or mountaintop repeater on Aragats or Sevan? Connect your radio directly to a Raspberry Pi or Linux companion via USB Serial or TCP to feed ground-truth RF telemetry, link neighbors, and text packets directly to the Armenia community dashboard.

Read Setup Guide

Live Mesh Dashboard

Monitor active online nodes, signal strength (SNR/RSSI), battery percentages, and spectrum utilization in real time across Armenia.

Open Dashboard

Mesh Etiquette & Rules

Guidelines for hop limits (default 3), telemetry intervals, broadcast etiquette, and the golden rule: never enable Downlink on client nodes.

Read Etiquette

Community Telegram & Links

Join the main discussion group at @mesh_am, trade hardware, request ingestor API tokens, and connect with local makers.

Useful Links & Contacts

Frequencies & Channels

Official Armenian LoRa standards: EU_868 band, Slot 0 (869.525 MHz), and the transition to MediumFast preset for airtime optimization.

View Frequencies

Native MQTT Gateway

Connecting a Wi-Fi-enabled home node directly to mqtt.msh.am using the mobile app without external software.

MQTT Setup

Complete Wiki & Docs

Hardware recommendations, flashing guides, solar repeaters, antenna tuning, and topographic line-of-sight calculations across Armenia.

Explore Wiki

Join the Armenian Mesh Telegram Channel

Ask questions, share your signal reports, request PotatoMesh Ingester API tokens, and coordinate node deployments with other radio operators.

Open @mesh_am in Telegram