# Pager Converted to Meshtastic Node

https://hackaday.com/2026/10/14/pager-converted-to-meshtastic-node/

Text messaging has been around on cellular networks en masse for around three decades now. It’s so common that it’s difficult to remember a time without it. Its two-way quick messaging is incredibly useful, but for even simpler communications there’s a one-way system that predates it. Pagers are able to receive simple messages, but outside of hospitals are rarely used nowadays. Eventually some added in two-way communications like this Motorola T900, but they’re still mostly obsolete. That’s why [zindustries87] converted it to operate on the Meshtastic network instead. To get this pag

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Created: 2026-10-25T01:45:16.454459+00:00

Last edited: 2026-10-25T01:45:16.454459+00:00

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Original source: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/14/pager-converted-to-meshtastic-node/