I work for a lab in the US. We do a lot of things, but among them space and defense. Literal rocket scientists. A lot of old-school hackers. Like not Hollywood movie “hackers”, I mean the type of people that take great pleasure in making something functional out of miscellaneous junk.

Among them, there is a surprisingly large number of licensed hams. Myself included.

Idk where I’m going with this. But there’s an overlap between “space nerds”, “radio nerds”, and “tech macgyvers”, so they find a way.

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Ham radio networks were considered part of usa civil defense strategy and a means to keep communications going during disasters.