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High-Speed Multimedia Hamming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dit-da-dit-dit-dit dept.

Skuld-Chan writes "I noticed a few days ago that the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League) formed a working group to promote use of 802.11 protocols on the amateur radio bands."

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  1. Think of the possibilities by fmaxwell · · Score: 1, Troll

    With ham radio equipment and the 802.11b, ham operators will be able to move files, audio, video, and messages all over the world!

    Oh, wait... The rest of us can already do that with the Internet. And we don't require big investments in ham radio gear and unsightly antennas. Oh, and there's also the fact that there are far more people with Internet connectivity than ham radio gear. And some guy with a cable modem is not polluting the radio spectrum with unnecessary traffic that can interfere with everything from SETI programs to the neighbor's TV picture. (No, I don't care about whether you think it's the TV's fault. The average consumer can't redesign their television just because you decided to beam a kilowatt signal towards their house.)

    Yeah, I know, flamebait. Troll. And I'll get to hear a dozen or more outlandish justifications for this (like stories of mountain climbers with ham radio gear and handhelds). I just get annoyed with the way that some ham radio operators think that a crippled, slow alternative to the Internet via RF will be really cool.