Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies

Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by metaphor on Sunday February 02, 2020 @10:09PM (#22221110)

> ...regulation blocks it from staying new.

What do you mean?

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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by brians on Monday February 03, 2020 @12:49AM (#22221738)

You’re restricted to relatively narrow bandwidth, and to no crypto. It’s great for experimenting with the radio tech, but not for designing the next WiFi. (But you can use unlicensed spectrum for that)

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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by viraptor on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:05AM (#22223125)

Why would it prevent you from designing a new wifi? The encryption is a software layer on top of the physical signal. You can design it skipping the encryption step.

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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by metaphor on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @01:24AM (#22244467)

Thanks for that clarification.

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Re:Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergen... by dsd on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:04AM (#22236275)

Don't forget about the baud rate limit too. Who likes that?

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