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Re:The Backbone of VHF Amateur Radio May Be Under Threat by rsuelzer on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:15PM (#20336546)
It's an intranet. Sort of a backup internet that would allow for data to be sent at a much higher rate than just voice.

Here is the map in So Cal of the active nodes. https://mapping.kg6wxc.net/meshmap/map_display.php#8/33.970/...

Also, in emergency situations regular FCC rules are suspended so encryption is not a problem. We actually used this mesh to provide internet to hams working emergency communications in a fire zone after their internet lines were burned out.

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Re:The Backbone of VHF Amateur Radio May Be Under Threat by dmix on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:25PM (#20336656)
That's way bigger than I thought it would be. Neat.

Also good point about emergencies and backups.

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