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However, the amateur radio scene does not possess the same level of PR resources as Starlink. The more I work in with open source projects, the more I realised

• nickik 6y ago
  Yeah I'm sure the massive PR campaign at SpaceX is responsible for these reports. And yes, amateurs have done great things, but to compare it to a global high speed internet system with small rapidly deployable terminals is not really the same thing.
• kawfey 6y ago
  This is a massive problem in ham radio. Their main "selling point" is to provide a radio service for emergencies and disasters, but here we've got some of the greatest disasters we've ever seen, and the ham radio scene is crickets. Either there's an ongoing ham response that we're not aware of, or Firstnet and/or standard Two-way radio is really fitting the bill in CA, leaving no need for ham radio. The only related news is a ham radio connected IP camera detected the start of a fire in Washington [0]. The Calfire-Ham Radio drama [1] is still in recent memory too. [0] [http://www.arrl.org/news/ham-radio-wireless-network-camera-detects-washington-wildfire http://www.arrl.org/news/ham-radio-wireless-network-camera-d...] [1] https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/cal-fire-severing-ties-with-ham-radio-operators-jeopardizing-millions-of-californians-during-an-emergency/ https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/cal-fire-severing-ties...