Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 days agoNow, they made boards with more power that operated and crossed at several different frequency bands, specially shortwave, then meshtastic would be an incredibility powerful too. However illegal.
Sounds like you should look into getting an amateur radio license!
sefra1@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I will never get a ham license, one day I will get a 100W out of band CB rig, but as a matter of principle I will never become a ham.
There are several reasons for it, reason number one is privacy, I would never say my legal name to strangers on the internet, for obvious safety reasons, why should I have to identify with a callsign when chatting over radio?
Reason number two is that you can lose your license just for “swearing”? Like what the fuckl? What censorship is this?
Reason number three, it’s illegal to use encryption on ham bands, so I can’t even have a private conversation over ham radio.
Reason number four, I understand that licensed hams don’t want unlicensed noobs jamming their frequencies, I understand the need to reserve some of the spectrum to people who actually understand that just because you can’t hear anything, doesn’t mean you’re not jamming, but there should be parts of the radio spectrum reserved for free personal use. Reduce ham bands by half for all that I care, but I should be able to just buy a radio and transmit how many watts I need on those free bands without needing authorization from the government.