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VashonMesh

Informal Vashon and Maury Island group that helps islanders get on MeshCore and links to the wider Puget Sound mesh. Publishes a step-by-step setup guide, device catalog and emergency comms notes.

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At a glance

Protocol: MeshCore
Settings: channel “#vashon-maury” · Setup guide: set the MeshCore app region to US (902-928 MHz); #vashon-maury is the island's channel.
As the group publishes them: source. Match these to talk on this mesh. About the FCC Part 15 bandwidth rule.
Coverage: Focused on connecting Vashon and Maury islanders, as part of the wider Puget Sound MeshCore network. (the group’s own words)
Counties: King
Activity: Public activity found April 2026 (source, checked Nov 1, 2026)

VashonMesh is a deliberately informal group with no dues or officers. It runs a five-step getting-started guide, a device catalog and pages on antennas, repeaters and emergency communications. It is an offshoot of the island’s amateur radio club and its Auxiliary Communications team, but you do not need a ham license to use MeshCore.

Ways in include the island’s MeshCore channel, the regional Discord, the group’s public GitHub Discussions and the radio club’s email list.

Before you buy a radio, match the protocol and settings the group publishes; a radio on different settings will not hear the local mesh. Call 911 if you can. Mesh and radio are best-effort backups, and coverage varies with terrain, weather and how many nodes are on the air.

Before you rely on any group: contact them, join a practice net or drill, and keep calling 911 first whenever you can.