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==Starter Project Ideas== | ==Starter Project Ideas== | ||
=== Set up radios for emergency and data comms === | |||
* Get 2 Baofeng UV-5Rs | * Get 2 Baofeng UV-5Rs | ||
* Program the channels using the USB cable so you have emergency channels ready | * Program the channels using the USB cable so you have emergency channels ready |
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Hambridge works on radio hacking projects at Noisebridge to facilitate network connections that are resilient to Internet failure.
People
- MAINTAINERS: X, lxpk, pyconaut
Resources
Packet Radio
Packet radio is a way of sending digital network traffic over analog radios.
Starter Project Ideas
Set up radios for emergency and data comms
- Get 2 Baofeng UV-5Rs
- Program the channels using the USB cable so you have emergency channels ready
- Write a waterproofed instruction card for how to use it and which channels to use to attach to it.
- Get APRS data working with it
- Set your neighbors up to know how to do it and exchange APRS data with you in emergencies
Testing
There is a HAM amateur radio license test you should study for and pass to use radio channels responsibly and legally.
- Study the HAM amateur radio test materials
- Do practice HAM amateur radio tests
- Take and pass the HAM amateur radio test!