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Yes, it's called HAM radio.
by sans-serif 16y ago
Yes, it's called HAM radio.
- jacquesm 16y agoAgreed, the HAM radio and HAM packet network will outlast all other means of communication and then there is CW.
- knowaveragejoe 16y agoUnfortunately, a determined governing body with the resources to back it could still track HAM operators down.
- jacquesm 16y agoThey wouldn't have to do much tracking, there is a public registry. On another note, during WWII the mere possession of a radio was grounds for execution in plenty of places, let alone a transmitter, but that didn't stop people from having radios concealed in the most ingenious ways.
- knowaveragejoe 16y agoTrue enough. My point was, a governing body with the right resources could track down -anyone- transmitting, HAM or not. Those concealing radios to listen, however, are a whole other ballgame.
- jacquesm 16y agoThe way it was done was like this: information was smuggled out of Belgium, France and the Netherlands by any conceivable means in a slow but fairly steady drip, then broadcast back to the occupied territories from UK soil. So that's why the radios were so important, and that's why they were illegal.