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Amazon Nodes are trash
Why You Should Think Twice Before Buying Meshtastic Devices on Amazon As Meshtastic continues to grow in popularity, more people are discovering the benefits of off-grid communication. Unfortunately, that popularity has also created opportunities for questionable third-party sellers, imitation products, and overpriced hardware. Amazon has become a convenient marketplace for Meshtastic devices, but not everything advertised as Meshtastic-compatible is necessarily what it appea
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Oct 142 min read
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Your Michigan CPL Is the Beginning, Not the Finish Line
Earning your Michigan Concealed Pistol License is an important step, but a CPL class should be viewed as the foundation of your training—not the end of it. A CPL course introduces essential topics like firearm safety, basic marksmanship, responsible handling, and the legal considerations surrounding concealed carry. But carrying a firearm responsibly requires skills that can only be developed through continued practice and quality follow-on training. Additional training gives
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Sep 51 min read
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GLTS - On the up and up!
Great Lakes Training Solutions (GLTS) brings realistic, experience-driven training to Michigan for military, law enforcement, security professionals, and responsible armed citizens looking to push beyond traditional range training. For organizations needing Opposing Force (OPFOR) support, GLTS can provide a realistic training element that forces participants to adapt, communicate, make decisions, and react to an unpredictable human opponent rather than simply moving through s
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Sep 21 min read
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How Michigan Communities Can Build Resilient Local Communications
Reliable communication matters most when cellular or internet service is disrupted. For communities, municipalities, businesses, and emergency preparedness teams across Michigan, locally managed mesh communication can provide an additional layer of resilience. What is mesh communication? A mesh network allows participating devices to relay messages between one another instead of depending on a single tower or internet connection. With low-power hardware and thoughtfully place
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Sep 21 min read
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Current Goals as of 2 February 2026
Well the website is up. I have a goal to be one of the best Meshtastic Infrastructure engineers. This all kind of started as a hobby but I have always done and tested things with a mind set of "I am broke and cannot afford this or that", so over time I would get things and try to make them better. Lately I have been focused on outdoor node setup more so because being able to truly be off grid with effective communications is the goal. I would like people to save money as well
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Feb 22 min read
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