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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by ihuman on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:34PM (#19484027)
> They don't allow any prototyping or experimenting on the amateur bands either. That is why this is using the unlicensed ISM bands.

What do you mean? This is running on 433MHz, which is within the 70cm amateur band (420-450mhz)

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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by edoo on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:39PM (#19484073)
Oh, 433.92 is only ISM in EU/Africa.
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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by ihuman on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:53PM (#19484196)
I didn't know that. I'm not too familiar with amateur radio around the world. I know people were able to contact other people around the world, so I assumed the bands were similar.
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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by macintux on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:23PM (#19484466)
Most long-distance communications happen in the high frequency bands (3-30 MHz) due to its different propagation characteristics.

I haven’t researched the global commonalities, but I’d wager there’s more consistency in HF than the higher frequencies (VHF, UHF).

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