Off-Grid Radio – Beyond the Hype: 5 Surprising Truths About Low Cost Radio

There’s a growing fascination with off-grid communication. Whether for backcountry adventures, emergency preparedness, or simply reclaiming a piece of digital sovereignty, people are exploring ways to stay connected without relying on traditional infrastructure. This journey often leads to the world of DIY radio projects and decentralized mesh networks, promising long-range messaging powered by little more … Read more

on DigiPi

While being highly focused on developing the Kenyan LoRa network I’m looking at all modes of establishing communications in a disaster situation. Here is one of them that I’m looking at setting up. It is an amateur radio data transceiver hotspot, capable of handling all digital amateur radio communication modes, including email, SMS, and various … Read more

RSK-AMRAN

As Chair of the Amateur Radio Emergency Network of the Radio Society of Kenya (RSK-AMRAN), I am spearheading the development of a long-range (LoRa) mesh network across Kenya. This project, documented on this website, focuses on using Meshcore technology over Meshtastic to build this critical infrastructure. This website serves as a resource for tracking the network’s construction, uses, and … Read more