Every channel Mesh Dispatch follows and logs: 45 channels, 10,876 messages in all. Names with a link are shown on the public Messages page. The rest are archived only. Descriptions are short summaries written by an AI from recent messages; they can be imperfect, and an admin can edit them.
| Channel | Messages logged ▼ | Last 7 days | Last heard |
|---|---|---|---|
| #test Where people and bots test the mesh. Bots answer pings with hop counts, signal strength and receive times, and people post 'test' to see who hears them. Busy and largely automated by design. AI-written | 4,133 | 2,606 | 11 min ago |
| Public The default MeshCore channel, shared across several states. Mostly greetings, good-morning and goodnight, signal and range reports, repeater chatter and quick tests. Good for saying hello; local topics fit better on regional channels. AI-written | 2,243 | 1,483 | 8 min ago |
| #dispatches Fire and EMS dispatch alerts from the Albany, Troy and Colonie, NY area, relayed by a bot, with occasional human reactions. Heard here at long range and unscoped. Mesh Dispatch archives it. AI-written | 1,283 | 75 | 9 min ago |
| #testing A second test channel, busy with bots echoing replies and people checking that their messages are heard. AI-written | 402 | 281 | 9 min ago |
| #wardriving Coverage-mapping chatter: people sharing wardrive results and MeshMapper codes, and where signal was found. AI-written | 333 | 245 | 6 min ago |
| #ct Connecticut regional chat: range checks, repeater talk and wardriving results around the state. AI-written | 295 | 182 | 42 min ago |
| #weather Weather on request. Post 'Wx' and a ZIP code and bots reply within about a minute with that area's forecast. Almost all posts are requests or bot replies, with the occasional human comment. AI-written | 272 | 202 | 9 min ago |
| #adsb Aircraft sightings near Albany International (ALB) posted by a bot: airline or tail number, aircraft type, nearby place, altitude, climbing or descending, heading and speed. Almost every post comes from one bot. AI-written | 271 | 0 | 7 days ago |
| #cdmesh Capital District (Albany area) community chat: coverage, repeaters and talk about the local dispatch and aircraft bots. AI-written | 267 | 203 | 69 min ago |
| #bot Where people try out and discuss bots. Bots answer prompts and people chat back, which makes it useful for spotting new bots and seeing how they behave. AI-written | 266 | 127 | 5 h ago |
| #ma-hc Health-check pings. Nodes post short codes like MHC-1A2B3C so operators can test whether their messages reach the Boston mesh. Not meant for conversation. AI-written | 192 | 122 | 21 min ago |
| #ma-mesh General Massachusetts MeshCore chat: new-node questions, region and repeater setup help, links to guides and friendly conversation among local operators. Often about getting the bos region set up. AI-written | 159 | 103 | 5 h ago |
| #ne-hc New England health checks. Get a code at healthcheck.newenglandme.sh, send it here, and see which of about 90 observers across New England heard it. AI-written | 154 | 88 | 2 h ago |
| #dispatch-boston Planned Mesh Dispatch channel for Boston and Suffolk County alerts. Not on the air yet. AI-written | 142 | 142 | 9 min ago |
| #latham-ny-dispatches AI-written | 107 | 0 | 8 days ago |
| #wmass Western Massachusetts community chat: link tests and coverage between Pioneer Valley sites. AI-written | 76 | 56 | 7 h ago |
| #hamradio Amateur radio talk on the mesh: events, nets and calendar reminders. AI-written | 65 | 53 | 8 h ago |
| #nhmesh New Hampshire community chat: wardriving trips, links and range reports. AI-written | 60 | 36 | 3 h ago |
| #nyc New York City area check-ins and range questions. AI-written | 25 | 17 | 10 h ago |
| #dispatch-woburn Mesh Dispatch's Woburn channel: weather and traffic alerts for Woburn and next-door towns, plus a daily link to this archive. Posts are labelled as a bot and kept rare. AI-written | 21 | 15 | 4 h ago |
| #chat Casual MeshCore conversation among Massachusetts and nearby users, including occasional operator notices such as reminders to configure regions on repeaters. AI-written | 17 | 10 | 44 h ago |
| #weather-woburn AI-written | 14 | 12 | 11 h ago |
| #woburn AI-written | 13 | 13 | 11 h ago |
| #ma-test A Massachusetts test channel for trying scope and range. AI-written | 11 | 5 | 3 days ago |
| #fairfield-county Greetings and check-ins from Connecticut's Fairfield County area. AI-written | 10 | 8 | 18 h ago |
| #ham An amateur radio channel where a bot posts HF band conditions. AI-written | 9 | 7 | 9 h ago |
| #nh-hc New Hampshire health-check channel heard on the air. We have not found a public checker for it; ask NH Mesh. AI-written | 7 | 2 | 2 days ago |
| #coffee A casual social channel listed in Greater Boston Mesh's channel guide. Nothing heard here yet. AI-written | 6 | 6 | 9 h ago |
| #ri-mesh Rhode Island community check-ins. AI-written | 6 | 1 | 6 days ago |
| #jokes A casual channel for jokes, listed in Greater Boston Mesh's channel guide. Nothing heard here yet. AI-written | 3 | 3 | 6 days ago |
| #politics Political discussion among mesh users, listed in Greater Boston Mesh's channel guide. Archived like other public channels. Mesh Dispatch does not post here. AI-written | 3 | 3 | 32 h ago |
| #dispatch-somerville Planned Mesh Dispatch channel for Somerville alerts. Not on the air yet. AI-written | 2 | 2 | 29 h ago |
| #gg Mesh Dispatch's node-claim channel. Send a one-time code from your node to link it to your browser. Mesh Dispatch only listens here and never posts. AI-written | 2 | 0 | 7 days ago |
| #hashtagplus AI-written | 2 | 1 | 30 h ago |
| #mbta AI-written | 2 | 2 | 22 h ago |
| #emergency For real emergencies only, per Greater Boston Mesh. Flooding is appropriate here. Mesh Dispatch only listens. AI-written | 1 | 1 | 5 days ago |
| #mesh General MeshCore signal and range tests. Barely used. AI-written | 1 | 0 | 11 days ago |
| #wx A short alias for weather requests. Barely used. AI-written | 1 | 0 | 9 days ago |
| #2ess AI-written | 0 | 0 | |
| #dispatch-essex Planned Mesh Dispatch county channel for Essex County alerts. Not on the air yet. AI-written | 0 | 0 | |
| #dispatch-middlesex Mesh Dispatch's county channel: Middlesex County weather warnings and major I-93, I-95 and MA-128 incidents. Posts are labelled as a bot and kept rare. AI-written | 0 | 0 | |
| #dispatch-norfolk Planned Mesh Dispatch county channel for Norfolk County alerts. Not on the air yet. AI-written | 0 | 0 | |
| #dispatch-suffolk Planned Mesh Dispatch county channel for Suffolk County alerts. Not on the air yet. AI-written | 0 | 0 | |
| #dispatch-worcester Planned Mesh Dispatch county channel for Worcester County alerts. Not on the air yet. AI-written | 0 | 0 | |
| #ice-alert ICE activity and safety updates, human-curated according to Greater Boston Mesh's channel guide. Mesh Dispatch does not post here. AI-written | 0 | 0 |
Channels we hear but do not log are on Other channels.