The Meshtastic project has released a special firmware build for users that are attending Hamvention. The dedicated firmware is designed to reduce confusion and instability experienced by users attending Hamvention in 2024.
The event firmware includes hardcoded sensible defaults to help ensure mesh stability in the dense environments we see at events like Hamvention. These include: 🚫 Blocks non-standard port numbers 🚫 Disables public MQTT 🚫 Caps hop limit at 3 📉 Forces conservative telemetry/nodeinfo intervals
Additionally, Dayton Hamvention firmware is configured with: Preset: Short_Turbo (20× bandwidth of LongFast) Channel 31 — 917.25 MHz 3 default channels: • Hamvention • NodeChat • YardSale
The special Hamvention Meshtastic firmware can be downloaded and installed from the Meshtastic website.
Source: Meshtastic
