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Building a Local MeshCore Network: From First Flash to a Functional Local Infrastructure

Building resilient communications begins long before they are needed. This article documents the process of designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and expanding a practical MeshCore network, from a single development board to a functioning local communications infrastructure consisting of Bluetooth Companion nodes, field clients, mobile repeaters, and fixed repeaters. Along the way, it explores hardware selection, firmware installation, troubleshooting, and the lessons learned while building a real-world mesh network.

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Meshcore30 min readAugust 4, 2026Featured

Building a Local MeshCore Network: From First Flash to a Functional Local Infrastructure

Amateur Radio25 min readAugust 1, 2026

Communications Planning Before the Storm

A communications plan is built long before an emergency begins. This article explores why effective preparedness starts with defining objectives instead of purchasing equipment, examines the realities of the first seventy-two hours following a disaster, explains how to evaluate your local operating environment, introduces layered communications planning using the PACE model, and demonstrates why regularly practicing your plan is just as important as creating it.

Amateur Radio30 min readJuly 1, 2026

Alternative Communications: Lessons from Network Failure

Modern communications systems are remarkably reliable, yet they depend upon infrastructure that most people neither own nor control. This article examines how events such as the Egyptian internet shutdown, the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, and the emergence of mesh networking demonstrate the importance of layered communications planning, redundancy, and resilience.

Amateur Radio15 min readJune 23, 2026

Your First Radio Doesn't Need to Be Your Last

Many newcomers approach radio as a purchasing problem when it is actually a learning problem. Your first radio does not need to be perfect—it only needs to help you begin building communication capability.

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Articles by Partisan Comms Group

Building a Local MeshCore Network: From First Flash to a Functional Local Infrastructure

Building a Local MeshCore Network: From First Flash to a Functional Local Infrastructure

Communications Planning Before the Storm

Alternative Communications: Lessons from Network Failure

Your First Radio Doesn't Need to Be Your Last