Re:Ham Radio Needs to Embrace the Hacker Community Now More ...
by treeman79 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:31PM
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Went to a meeting of hams. All ancient guys. But they had awesome stories about being in Florida after a hurricane.
Basically a ham guy would stop in some small town, and for a week he was the ONLY way to communicate with the outside world.
One guy needed energy medication. He was talking to a guy in New Hampshire who could use the phone to call another Ham who could access others in Florida via ham radio. So guy got his medication, through a bizarre chain of hams all across the East coast.
There were a bunch of stories like that. Then the more technical stories of how to setup a minivan for extended trips without access to gas electric, etc.
Basically a ham guy would stop in some small town, and for a week he was the ONLY way to communicate with the outside world.
One guy needed energy medication. He was talking to a guy in New Hampshire who could use the phone to call another Ham who could access others in Florida via ham radio. So guy got his medication, through a bizarre chain of hams all across the East coast.
There were a bunch of stories like that. Then the more technical stories of how to setup a minivan for extended trips without access to gas electric, etc.