I could definitely be interested in amateur radio, the long ranges are very appealing. But I'm just not that interested in voice/audio. Text/data streams are co

I could definitely be interested in amateur radio, the long ranges are very appealing. But I'm just not that interested in voice/audio. Text/data streams are cool though, I can do things with those even at 9800 baud. For me, the ideal platform would have the following characteristics * python programmable * Easy to hook them together, and to hook them up to a real computer * Consistent modem spec, with adjustable parity-checking levels * Cryptographically signed streams, I should be able to verify the callsign/origin of anyone on the network * Streams should describe how to decode the data on them, maybe something like a mimetype injected into the flow every N seconds? * Basic data types for voice and image Notice at no point did I include "packet switching". I think one of the issues with current digital amateur radio projects is that they look like they're trying to reinvent the internet, but worse.