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How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I was actually surprised to know that data transmission is doable on ham radio. Not sure why I was surprised since data transmission is possible through pretty much any protocol but it was cool to know the versatility of what many see as pretty basic radio.

[–] theatomictruth 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Used to work with a radio enthusiast on sailing ships, he’d make posts to social media and check his email literally 1000 miles out to sea via radio.

[–] rezz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where do I start for this rabbit hole? That sounds mind blowingly cool.

[–] Cenzorrll 4 points 2 months ago

I believe it would have been winlink or amprnet. I think winlink really only does low bandwidth things like email and weather bulletins. Not sure about amprnet

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