I could definitely be interested in amateur radio, the long ranges are very appealing. But I'm just not that interested in voice/audio. Text/data streams are cool though, I can do things with those even at 9800 baud.
For me, the ideal platform would have the following characteristics
* python programmable
* Easy to hook them together, and to hook them up to a real computer
* Consistent modem spec, with adjustable parity-checking levels
* Cryptographically signed streams, I should be able to verify the callsign/origin of anyone on the network
* Streams should describe how to decode the data on them, maybe something like a mimetype injected into the flow every N seconds?
* Basic data types for voice and image
Notice at no point did I include "packet switching". I think one of the issues with current digital amateur radio projects is that they look like they're trying to reinvent the internet, but worse.
For me, the ideal platform would have the following characteristics
* python programmable
* Easy to hook them together, and to hook them up to a real computer
* Consistent modem spec, with adjustable parity-checking levels
* Cryptographically signed streams, I should be able to verify the callsign/origin of anyone on the network
* Streams should describe how to decode the data on them, maybe something like a mimetype injected into the flow every N seconds?
* Basic data types for voice and image
Notice at no point did I include "packet switching". I think one of the issues with current digital amateur radio projects is that they look like they're trying to reinvent the internet, but worse.