# First LoRa node in Södermalm

> I am running a gateway with ESP-1ch-Gateway software as I mentioned recently on twitter . Originally, I wanted to have it as a mobile/portable node for a projec

- Type: Community update
- Community: [The Things Network Stockholm](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/stockholm/)
- Author: brainstorm
- Published: 2017-03-14
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/stockholm/post/first-lora-node-in-sodermalm

I am running a gateway with [ESP-1ch-Gateway software](https://github.com/things4u/ESP-1ch-Gateway-v4.0) as I [mentioned recently on twitter](https://twitter.com/braincode/status/841400205551521793).

Originally, I wanted to have it as a mobile/portable node for a project I had in mind but the current LoRa coverage in Stockholm is almost nonexistent at the time of writing this and we need to fix that!

![Stockholm TTN Map](https://s13.postimg.org/p9b5tigol/Qm_SVt_FBNT3_Bg_Sa7ggt_NUZAp98_YXJ7_YRNXqmimot_BE3e_BU3.png)

I'm sending emails to funding agencies in Stockholm and Sweden to attain what [the Netherlands managed to do](http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/share-it-data-and-they-will-come/), a community managed IoT infrastructure.

Who's in for the challenge? If you are an infrastructure funding agency reading this, please contact me @braincode in Twitter or via email brainstorm at nopcode org!