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How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You kinda made my point with the whole "try and find another operator to send 2400bps to" part. The digital communication is not conventional, it's revolutionary.
Analog communication is conventional. And radios and their components aren't exotic.

Yes, modern communication is fantastic. But analog will still be more reliable