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MESHTASTIC FOR THE YINZERS

Welcome to the Western-Pennsylvania Meshtastic Radio Network.

This website is in its very early stages of development and is envisioned to be a coordination tool for Meshtastic users in the Western-PA area. The WPA Mesh is centralized around the greater Pittsburgh area including Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. However, as the mesh grows we are seeing some nodes in Butler, Armstrong, Indiana, and Beaver.

Got questions? Read up on What Is Meshtastic here.

Events

12/13-14: MediumFast Test Weekend

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Participate in our test of the Medium_Fast preset on December 13 & 14!

Learn more and sign up.

12/14, 5pm: WPAMesh Meetup

Join fellow meshers IRL at Golden Age Beer Company in Homestead to hang out and debrief the MediumFast test over tasty beverages! Bring nodes/gear you’d like to show off and/or trade.

View The Mesh

Map of Pittsburgh showing the location of nodes in the mesh.
WPAMesh as of 9/29/2025

View a live map of our area via the WPAMesh MQTT server. Note, only devices which have “OK to MQTT” setting turned on will show up on this map. So it may look quite a bit thinner than the picture above!

Recent Happenings


Helpful Links


Firmware

The latest Meshtastic stable firmware is 2.7.15. You should update to the latest firmware to keep the mesh healthy and your performance maximized!


Mesh Status

The WPAMesh is currently on the Long_Fast preset and overall performance is MODERATE. Ch.Util is elevated in some areas. Consider reducing your node broadcast or position update intervals.

Set your node to Long_Fast and use the default channel to communicate and share telemetry.

Not seeing other nodes? Check out our guide on achieving the best results in our challenging geography.