January 2025 - A New Meshtastic Podcast!

In the first episode of Voice of the Mesh, we cover the latest developments in Meshtastic and related tech. This episode discusses the new Meshtastic Site Planner, updated features of the web flasher for firmware, recommendations on RF hardware for Raspberry Pi, and the launch of RakWireless’s Meshtastic Designer. It also includes news about new hardware from RakWireless, community events such as balloon launches, and interesting community projects. Suggestions? Do you have suggestions for news topics? Cool projects? Community events? We’d love to hear from you! Comment on Youtube! https://youtu.be/rynt8t2DIi4  Mention us on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/votme.sh Post in the official Meshtastic Discord: https://discord.com/channels/867578229534359593/1335484455070077028 Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to Voice of the Mesh 00:37 Headline News: Meshtastic Site Planner 01:51 New Year, New Look: Web Flasher Update 02:39 The Crystal Oscillator Problem 04:14 Rak Wireless Launches Meshtastic Designer 05:35 Firmware Releases 07:50 Latest in Hardware 11:26 Community Highlights and Events 12:42 What’s on Social? 18:23 Conclusion Links Meshtastic Site Planner, an Open Source Tool to Optimize Your Mesh Deployments  New Year, New Look! I Goofed! The Meshtastic CRC Problem  RAK Wireless has launched the Meshtastic Designer  RAKwireless WisMesh Pocket Mini all-in-one  LowMesh Pocket-S Portable Solar Node  WisMesh Board ONE  BSky - Noisebridge Balloon Launch  Meshtastic Talk @ FOSDEM 2025  Reddit - First Solar node Reddit - Latest build: Birdhouse node  Reddit - The Use Case I Prepared for Happened: Meshtastic Found My Dog Reddit - My first Meshtastic device in action while skiing Reddit - Pretty proud of my first WisBlock build Reddit - Fresh Node Andy Kirby - “I have some BIG news!”