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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by dsd on Sunday February 02, 2020 @09:16PM (#22220907)
Radio is very decentralized. I wonder if that could be a nice avenue for modernizing the hobby.
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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by viraptor on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:08AM (#22223148)
You may be interested in https://othernet.is/ and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_S...
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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by dsd on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:08AM (#22236330)
I hadn't heard of othernet. APRS is cool and ripe for disruption.
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