HAM I think used to be more popular when it didnt have all this competition and it makes total sense
Re:An Introduction to Meshtastic
by devilbunny on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:11PM
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The one practical use I could imagine would be something like remote gate controllers and such with the mesh network coordinating activity. But that is very niche.
People are very enamored with what you could theoretically do with it, but they never actually do any of it. It's a hardware fetish, it's all about building boxes with solar panels and seeing how many nodes you can light up on the map. Reminds me of another ham radio thing I never got into, "contesting".