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

• partofthevoice@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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  • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      it does not require a license!

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      • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Very nice

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