How to use radio/radio modems to communicate with random people?
How to use radio/radio modems to communicate with random people?
You know how sometimes in a show or a movie there is a character that has a "radio friend" that they talk to? Yeah that's what I want to do.
But I do not know how to so I came to ask you! Cheap, preferably.
Out of curiosity, I found this app on IzzyOnDroid, (which gave me the idea in the first place) Codec2Talkie that seems to be what I'm looking for but I'm unsure due to my ignorance.
A radio modem seems to be required as the app description dictates. I can find one somewhere no issue. But is this the correct approach? Is there a better way that I don't know of?
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like ham radio? i think you can find affordable radios to listen, but in order communicate i recall you need like a radio communication license. at least in the USA
You need a ham operators licence and it requires a test and a whole bunch of knowledge
It's mostly stuff you definitely need to know, though, at least in Canada. There's a bit more to it than sending a text.
I think you misread test as text
No, I wasn't quoting anything there. People are used to choosing who they want to communicate with, sending a message, and everything either working or (rarely) not working. Power, noise, space weather, multipathing, interference and the vagaries of antenna performance all make it a bit more involved when manually operating a radio. And that's not even getting into whatever you need to make your own setup work.
Oh I see, you were comparing the two rather than quoting me, my mistake