[amsat-bb] To Tweet or Not to Tweet - APRS

[Stephen DeVience]

There have been some projects to make amateur internet networks on our 2.4
GHz and 5 GHz allocations, for example http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/

However, no matter whether it's APRS or actual internet protocols, it will
be dependent on the real internet unless amateurs make an independent
backbone to support the long-distance traffic. This could be a good way to
use our microwave bands. There are a lot of repeater systems linked over
large regions via microwave, so I'm sure it could be done to support
internet traffic too, although the bandwidth might be somewhat limited. A
geostationary satellite could work too. The problem is getting enough
people interested and finding the right hardware.

-Stephen
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