yep - I'm one of the meshtastic devs and that was our thought as well.
* use off the shelf hardware, so user can just buy a finished device from China
* make it cheap
* Make something useful for people in general (without disaster) - then they will have it when the disaster happens.
* use off the shelf hardware, so user can just buy a finished device from China * make it cheap * Make something useful for people in general (without disaster) - then they will have it when the disaster happens.