Hacking Ham Radio for Texting

Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by jjoonathan on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:20PM (#29256741)

Do they? Maybe we need to figure out the essential subset of regulations that preserves the most essential aspects of the system while still permitting encryption.

I have no doubt it will be a huge mess and take a few tries to get right.

We should get started already -- if we don't, HAM will die, and it will deserve to die.

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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by sseagull on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:31PM (#29256915)

Mostly. Ham is meant for play, not as a primary means of communication or for commercial purposes.

If everything is encrypted, how could you tell? How could you even tell that the users were licensed?

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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by jjoonathan on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:41PM (#29257060)

By not encrypting the call signs because unencrypted call signs aren't the problematic restriction. It's the content restrictions that are stifling in the modern world.

Also: progress has changed the landscape. HFDF used to be difficult for the military but now it's easy for hobbyists, and not just in last-mile form, but in coordinated always-on infrastructure form. The regulations were not written with this in mind. With an active community this fact alone might obviate the need for many a regulation.

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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by nyanpasu64 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @04:49AM (#29263790)

And I'm not broadcasting my legal name and mailing address so i can "play" with radio transmissions.

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