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asciilifeform: the ham radio people still have iirc what, 5 letter names
a111: Logged on 2017-11-01 16:07 trinque had a ham radio license once upon a time
trinque had a ham radio license once upon a time ☟︎
mircea_popescu: "bitch, you wanna live in the us, well... learn to ham radio then i guess ?"
decimation: heh ham radio still has 44/8
funkenstein_: i'm about to buy a SDR ham radio kit
decimation: back in the day, ham radio folks used to run something much like fidonet except completely over shortwave/vhf radio
decimation: I was reading my ham radio experimenters magazine today
decimation: "QSL cards" are customary in ham radio circles; a postcard is sent to acknowledge contact
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform the ham radio folks use older gear maybe ?
asciilifeform: what of all the ham radio folks
Overand: decimation: Also, I'm a ham radio operator, I've had plenty of conversations via shortwave
xanthyos: asciilifeform: were you ever into packet terminal on ham radio?
decimation: it was connected to a radio modem and managed to pass tcp to other ham radio operators
decimation: fun fact: usg banned ham radio during WWII
assbot: Ham Radio History
decimation: it looks like a wouff-hong http://www.arrl.org/ham-radio-history
assbot: Hacklet 19 – Ham Radio
RagnarDanneskjol: http://hackaday.com/2014/10/17/hacklet-19-ham-radio/
decimation: Shakespeare: ham radio has its share of whackos
Shakespeare: i knew a ham radio enthusiast, he's a free mason now
assbot: 10 results for 'ham radio' : http://search.bitcoin-assets.com/?q=ham+radio
mircea_popescu: !s ham radio
mircea_popescu: the current thinking is more like "if we need freepbx we'll go to ham radio!!!"
decimation: interestingly a ham radio operator knew about the invasion of the falklands before HMG knew what was going on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6514011.stm
BingoBoingo: What they need is an equivalent of Ham radio testing. Pass the exam, you can do your own damn primary care.
asciilifeform: nth generation 'xerox' of a 'ham radio' joke
asciilifeform: would help to get the 'ham radio' / mesh network / btc-over-pigeon system now, rather than when it becomes the only possible means of running the network.
decimation: I like the shout-out to "ham radio"
asciilifeform: ham radio 'moon bounce' method is a good way to indestructibly store bits. for a few min. anyway.
knotwork: The north pole is probably a big aerial for christmas ham radio anyway as well as a faster than light communicator so Santa can stay in touch with the Ms. wheil delivering prezzies.
knotwork: you can do UUCP over ham radio though sure
mircea_popescu: anyway. why not just make a bunch of normal ham radio stations ?
dub: someone was talking about a bitcoin over ham radio protocol a while bac
TomServo: lol @ ham radio from jesus
mircea_popescu: suddenly all da polis at his doorstep, like he heard on his ham radio from jesus