Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space

• shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We have a whole amateur radio instance lemmy.radio/c/amateur_radio

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  • TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    !amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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• some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hi

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  • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hi there. Can you talk to the astronauts for us lol? 

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’d be better served learning how to do it yourself. It’s not hard and it’s a pretty cool skill to have (amateur radio).

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      • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It does sound interesting. Where do I start? 

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      • sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        not everything is an opportunity to teach- this is your chance to be a hero… punch the clock!!! you are “our” radio guys

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Given the demographics I’d be really surprised if we didn’t.

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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, someone let those nerds in.

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• partofthevoice@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was thinking guys into Meshtastic or something

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  • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What’s meshtastic?

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    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Community driven decentralized radio frequency communications network. Some state populations have started using it in-large for emergency comms in case of severe weather knocking out power. Some people just use it because it’s like $50 to build a node yourself and get into the cool hobby.

      meshtastic.org

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      • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That sounds really cool actually. Does it require special licensing like ham radio does? 

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