Our Colorado mesh network community is a grassroots group of amateur radio operators, outdoor enthusiasts, hobbyists and locals creating a resilient, decentralized communication system using affordable hardware. No internet or cell towers needed — just people-powered nodes for staying connected in both urban and remote spots across The Centennial State.

How Does It Work?

Colorado Mesh (formerly DenverMesh) is working to set up a mesh network in Colorado. Users contribute to the network using their personal Meshtastic, MeshCore, or Reticulum devices. These radios use open-source software to communicate on the 915 MHz frequency using the LoRa protocol, and can connect to your phone via Bluetooth. Messages hop from node to node until they reach their destination, extending the reach of the network and ensuring everyone receives every message.

For more details, please See our "Can You Explain It Like I'm 5?" page.

Network Tools

We host a variety of tools and utilities for both the MeshCore and Meshtastic networks in Colorado, including:

• MeshCore network analytics
• Meshtastic network analytics
• MeshCore range checker
• MeshCore setup utilities
• A dedicated MQTT observer server for MeshCore

Community Standards

Our community members worked to research and establish mesh standards, including radio settings, region definitions and naming conventions.

GitHub

We maintain a community GitHub Organization, containing various repos for code that runs our various utilities, our community documentation, and Mesh-Client development.

How I can join the group?

We would love to have you come join us! Please read this page for instructions.

We are in the process of creating regional portals for Colorado. Please bear with us as this site is under construction. If you are interesed in onboarding your region or becoming a regional representive, please don't hesitate to reach out!

For more information about Colorado Mesh, please visit our About page.