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bbunix 1 point ago +1 / -0

Here's the link to the full doc https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-73A1.pdf

The FCC can levy fines, some fairly large and the Amateur (HAM) radio community guards the bands pretty carefully.

So don't do anything dumb.

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bbunix 5 points ago +5 / -0

Yes - the program is called Winlink, works well, but really slow, depending on your connection like 200 characters a minute slow.

For study - hamstudy.org - technician's license is easy, general is harder.

Tests are generally adminstered monthly via Ham Radio clubs, find one near you and have a chat with them.

Good luck!

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bbunix 1 point ago +1 / -0

Your repetitive posting and slamming other products is the issue.

You're a shill.

Be very wary of anyone pumping "It's for your own good!"

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bbunix 1 point ago +1 / -0

Wrong. Seriously. Used by anyone security related. Open source, so verifiable.

Their problem will be financing the great wave of incoming users.

My favorite quote was from Snowden: "If it wasn't secure I'd be dead". He's right.

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bbunix 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well the screen gets darker when you scroll down in dark mode - the header is light. Could be some sort of "power saving mode" - also try a different browser to see.

Finally, if you don't like it, it's Amazon - send it back.

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bbunix 2 points ago +2 / -0

From wikipedia: A warrant canary is a method by which a communications service provider aims to inform its users that the provider has been served with a government subpoena despite legal prohibitions on revealing the existence of the subpoena. The warrant canary typically informs users that there has not been a court-issued subpoena as of a particular date. If the canary is not updated for the period specified by the host or if the warning is removed, users are to assume that the host has been served with such a subpoena. The intention is for a provider to warn users of the existence of a subpoena passively while possibly "technically" not violating a court order not to do so.

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bbunix 1 point ago +2 / -1

Old enough to remember the "Girly man" reference.

Hans and Franz, "We are here to PUMP YOU UP!"

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bbunix 2 points ago +2 / -0

Please just don't turn it on and start squaking - HAM radio guys tend to be cranky as well - the airwaves are regulated for a reason and the license is important.

However, many pedes in there...

Welcome.

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bbunix 6 points ago +7 / -1

Air traffic control centers getting COVID decontamination.... happened last week as well.

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bbunix 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well as there are less and less places to go, expect the signal to noise ratio here to plummet...

"Been through worse"

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bbunix 2 points ago +2 / -0

Watch for the massive set of rule changes coming, just like they did when they won the House... Lawfare has it all prepared and ready to go.

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bbunix 1 point ago +1 / -0

That's not quite how it works. If you're really interested:

  1. Amateur radio operators are licensed by the FCC, there are 3 levels with tests.
  2. Communications must be in the clear, no encryption.

You can probably find a local group of HAMs nearby - go say hi, Essentially it's a person to person thing, and lots are based.

And a lot of communications will end up being ad-hoc especially if this purge continues.

For test messaging Signal is good. For email, protonmail is good. Group chats telegram perhaps.

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bbunix 2 points ago +2 / -0

protonmail for $5 a month allows custom domains

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