@dan @Edent I gave up on both Meshtastic and Meshcore.
(Ran MT for ~3 mo, and MC for ~6 mo)
Meshtastic was largely dead in our area (might have better luck in a more built up area).
Meshcore seemed to be mainly somewhere for people to talk about Meshcore and send “Test!” “RX” messages back and forth.
Unless you have a known, stable, local mesh I wouldn’t rely on either for emergency use…