This is something I've thought about quite a few times, and I think it is a crazy idea but worth exploring. I'm way too naive here and have had almost no time t

This is something I've thought about quite a few times, and I think it is a crazy idea but worth exploring. I'm way too naive here and have had almost no time to experiment due to other priorities. But I think you could set up a global mesh network. I think what sucks is the encryption rules, but if there could be a big enough force that demonstrates it and its usage, those rules could get changed (there is already pressure to do so). Now one thing though is there's some fuzziness about the definition of encryption with the FCC's definition[0]. Would this include routing protocols and/or compression? If they're open source protocols? If call sign is sent uncompressed and clear? This seems to be kosher considering other projects I've seen. So the messages might be able to be snooped on by anyone, but this would mostly be for fun and demonstration, like Ham is. But also, I think it would be pretty cool to have an open global communications platform. It would definitely also serve as a useful thing for natural disasters. (But we're not in the cold war anymore... we have encryption over the internet and that's even much more obscured. It would be nice to see encryption and a community driven global communication network) The other thing I've been wondering is if anyone has tried satellite bouncing with the starlink sats? I'm sure they wouldn't be too happy about that, but hey, it is at least interesting to understand conceptually since you could really get a much larger view area and you don't need to travel all the way to the moon. But doing this you could potentially open up the network for coverage over oceans (at least more easily) [0] https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97#p-97.113(a)(4) https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D...