When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, providing a crucial link between those in affected areas and the outside world.
  • theatomictruth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Used to work with a radio enthusiast on sailing ships, he’d make posts to social media and check his email literally 1000 miles out to sea via radio.

    • rezz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Where do I start for this rabbit hole? That sounds mind blowingly cool.

      • Cenzorrll@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I believe it would have been winlink or amprnet. I think winlink really only does low bandwidth things like email and weather bulletins. Not sure about amprnet