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Re:Ham radio operators are saving Puerto Rico (2017) by wyager on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:31AM (#16551953)
Ham radio is explicitly designed to be a publicly open broadcast system, not a private communication system. You’re not even allowed to use encryption in the US, although authentication is fine (iirc).
Re:Ham radio operators are saving Puerto Rico (2017) by mehrdadn on Friday March 09, 2018 @06:14PM (#16555908)
I'm well aware it's by design, I'm not sure how that implies it can't be a downside.