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How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 10 months ago by BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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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.

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[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cool! Since I do the occasional mountain bike ride or hike into places with zero cell service, it's a huge plus for me to have satellite communication capabilities on the phone. Interesting they're working it the other way too for disaster areas.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Eventually, it won't just be for disaster areas. It will be for the entire United States and will show up anywhere that you would normally not have a signal.