Explaining the Use Case for Data Over Repeater - Part 2
Continuation of a series begun in Zero Retries 0179 - Explaining the Use Case for Data Over Repeater - Part 1.
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Explaining the Use Case for Data Over Repeater - Part 1
In Zero Retries 0175 — MMDVM-TNC is (Kind of) Real, I wrote:
I plan to do a future article in Zero Retries — Explaining the Use Case for Data Over Repeater, about why such a data capability is important.
Public Service Announcement for Preparedness
Zero Retries Editor’s Note - In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, there is water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. My thanks to N2IRZ for these very good, basic points about survival in a disaster. Without the basics of life, like safe water, and especially enough safe water, the “nice to haves” like communications won’t make a difference.
Observations About 21st Century Emergency Communications via Satellite
In my opinion, the current “best bang for the buck” of emergency communications capability is to invest in a Starlink Mini and corresponding Starlink service, and an independent source of power for it such as the Ryobi 18V ONE+ 120-Watt Power Source With 12V Output that I discussed in Zero Retries 0169. Turn on your mobile phone’s Voice over Wi-Fi feature, and as long as the Starlink Mini has a clear view of the sky, and power (and your billing is up to date), you have a “works anywhere” mobile phone, text messaging, web browser, apps such as Facebook, weather, etc. With the Starlink Mini’s Wi-Fi, laptops, tablets, even smart televisions have Internet access, with enough bandwidth to be able to share.
Starlink Mini - Game, Set, Match for Emergency Communications
I intend no disrespect to all the varied Emergency Communications activities that are performed within Amateur Radio, or those that perform them. The emergence of Starlink as a Broadband Internet Access system with few dependencies other than power has changed the paradigm of emergency communications. But now, but the emergence of the new Starlink Mini has profoundly changed the paradigm of emergency communications.
