Supported Devices

Station G2

Working

Base Station / Relay

High-power (up to 4.46W) base station for rooftop and tower deployment. ESP32-S3 + SX1262 with dedicated PA and ultra-low noise LNA.

Price: ~$109
TX Power: Up to 36.5 dBm
Firmware: Meshtastic ROUTER mode
Role: Fixed relay infrastructure

T-Deck Plus

Working

Mobile Client

Full-featured portable client with 2.8" IPS LCD, QWERTY keyboard, GPS, and 2000 mAh battery. Best firmware support, M5Stack dual-boot capable.

Price: $77-82
TX Power: 22 dBm
Firmware: Meshtastic CLIENT mode
Role: Community member portable device

T-Deck Pro (E-Ink)

Working

Low-Power Client

3.1" e-paper touchscreen, sunlight-readable, excellent battery life. Available in Audio and 4G LTE variants. Active development on a sidecar QoL app: TOTP push brokering for Duo, mp3 playback, and Rx-only mode. One of Jess's pet projects toward eventually relinquishing daily smartphone use.

Price: $92-111
TX Power: 22 dBm
Firmware: Meshtastic BaseUI
Role: Battery-optimized portable + sidecar app development

FireElmo-SDR

Experimental

Custom PCB + Software

Custom PCB and software project — a Raspberry Pi HAT with SX1262 LoRa, GPS, and I2C. Runs meshtasticd (Linux-native Meshtastic) for bridge/gateway duty. One of Jess's pet projects toward eventually relinquishing daily smartphone use.

Price: ~$40 + Pi
TX Power: 22 dBm
Firmware: meshtasticd (Linux)
Role: SMS/Email bridge gateway

HackRF H4M PortaPack

Working

Education Tool

Software-defined radio for LoRa spectrum analysis, protocol education, TEMPEST demonstrations, and RF engineering coursework. NOT a mesh participant.

Price: $200-350
Firmware: Mayhem
Role: RF analysis and education only