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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by geofft on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:37PM (#19484055)
Who is "they"? Unless I'm confused (which is certainly possible), the 433 MHz ISM allocation doesn't exist in the US. There's only the 420-450 MHz ham allocation.

Is there also a ban on encryption in the countries where it exists, or is that an FCC-only thing?

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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by edoo on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:50PM (#19484177)
433.92 ISM is only EU/Africa. So yeah in the US it would be illegal to use encryption. There are quite a few lower frequency ISM bands that might offer much greater range.

I'm interested in this stuff because I just started playing with these: https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/a/a/0/b/5/DS_SX1276-7-8-9_W_...

They do spread spectrum on ISM bands with extremely low data rates for insane sensitivity. I want to see what kind of stable distance you can get with lower frequencies and possibly even lower bitrates.

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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by geofft on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:56PM (#19484220)
Ooh, thanks for the link! Yeah I would love to do SSH/Mosh over packet radio but I can't do that with my ham license :(
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