⚡Off-Grid Comms with Signals Rising- Resiliency Action Lab #2

​What happens when the cell network goes down — a blackout, a hurricane, or just being three miles deep at Burning Man?

​This is the second of our Resiliency Action Labs: salon ideas, made physical. We talk a lot about fragility. This is a night where you acquire a skill to fight against it and build collective power.

​Spike from Signals Rising — an off-grid communications nonprofit — is joining us to teach Meshtastic and HAM radio. The short version: how to stay connected with no towers, no internet, no infrastructure. Just small LoRa devices talking to each other, peer to peer.

​You'll leave with three things:

​– the know-how to register for your own HAM radio license (easier than you'd think)
– the literacy to actually run a Meshtastic node
– a community of people who are now a little more resilient than they were yesterday

​Custom Meshtastic radios will be available to purchase on the night, so you can walk away with hardware if you want it.

​Expect slides, live demos, and plenty of hands-on time.

Simple Fruits and Snacks will be provided!

​🗓 Schedule

​6:30–7:00 — Arrival
7:00–7:35 — Presentation, tech, demos
7:35–8:30 — Practice, experiments, learning
8:30–10:00 — Open time, connecting

​💵 $10–15 sliding scale
📍 Lightning Society
🕕 Doors 6:30 PM, June 25