I was hoping someone would give this kind of territory a shot. I was a short wave dxer as a kid and got my amateur license about 15 years ago. I don't do much with it. Maybe this territory will get me motivated.
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LFG!
Want to break the FUD around no internet crippling bitcoin, bitcoiners need to setup wireless networks across the globe. Luckily, a lot of the hard work to do this has already been done.
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Is there a specific ARES bitcoin project?
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None that I'm aware of, but since the network of ARES repeaters and such exist already, it may be trivial to get bitcoiners involved and then have redundant comms in case of disaster/emergency. just can't spook all the HAM people. lots of boomers (no offense, just an age description) that would likely spook at the mention of bitcoin. but who knows where it would go!
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Hey, I'm one of those boomers! Seriously, this boomer is having a hell of a time renewinghis license. I'm expired but within the grace period. Any tips? The site keeps giving me errors. Possible VPN issue?
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No idea! My license doesn't expire until 2024. Look forward to learning from you. 😅 it's a govt site soooo.... basically a shitcoin.
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is there a product? what is the slug? how do I get my ham license?
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Ever check out bitcoin over radio? I haven't looked into it in a while, but it could be game changing if the internet is down.
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i haven't looked into it yet, but I'm very interested, and after seeing this post i listened to the latest Thank God for NOSTR which featured NVK and is all about mesh networks, so maybe the universe is telling me something.
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Oh! Didn't know about that podcast. Adding it to the queue.
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I listen to ALL the nostr podcasts by searching "nostr" in my podcast player about once every two weeks.
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no product yet. just education. https://hamstudy.org is how you can learn and get licensed.
If there were a product, what would you like to see?
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I imagine there are enough existing products, so I'm mostly interested in resources and communities! thanks for the link
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I personally am interested in exploring what https://reticulum.network/ might be able to accomplish. it says it's usable over packet radio (which is a subset of HAM radio stuffs). There's a whole heap of frequencies out there to be utilized!
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This sounds incredible. Is it operational now?
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