Novell idea - my Ham experience is extremly dated too. Interference would be the biggest issue besides rules and regulations. Been about 20 years since I got my Hands on an ARHL (Ham) manual.
On Oct 24, 8:24 pm, "Ryan | Speed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not educated on the subject, but I imagine the problem would be > interference. > Anyone can come along and broadcast on your frequency and cause all sorts of > problems. > I'm sure it's good for short burst transmissions, but as far as sustained > connectivity I doubt it. > > At least that sounds right in theory. > > -Ryan > > On 10/24/07, andrew kesterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not super-educated on this particular subject yet, so take me > > with > > a grain of salt here. > > > So for various reasons, Linux's AX25 (packet over HAM radio) > > support > > has had me fascinated recently. (The fact that I cannot get broadband, > > outside of satellite, at my current location has ... only a little to do > > with it. :-) ) > > > Have you guys ever thought of something like this as a part of > > CFN? > > It's definitely a "niche" service, however, it is a pretty cool idea. > > The way CFN is now, anyone with wifi can go downtown and hook in - but > > if AX25 was supported, anybody who has HAM gear could (from what I > > understand) hook up to the CFN station via TCP/IP and have a gateway out > > to the larger world. It's especially cool once you consider the idea of > > that same HAM station being a wireless access point of its own.. If one > > thinks about it long enough, one can easily see how this would solve the > > problem of CFN being too localized to downtown. This strategy would > > easily let CFN spread all over town to other local access points, where > > 802.11 would have trouble reaching, and where other standards (WiMax, > > xMax, etc) might prove too expensive. > > > I'm really excited by the idea. But there must be a reason it > > hasn't > > been exploited yet, I am sure. What do you guys all think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
