[00:12] <minasota> I have to ask myself a few things. Is it necessary? Will I use it as a hobby or as an alternative for communication during a crisis? Will I use it to help during an emergency?
[00:13] <minasota> Or will I just have a room full of really cool looking stuff I have no idea how to use? lol
[00:17] <cyberanger> There's likely a ham radio club in your town, actually pretty sure there's two or three in the area.
[00:19] <minasota> I work with a guy that is involved. We coached STEM together. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow
[00:26] <cyberanger> That'll be a fun day
[00:30] <minasota> Ha, this guy's truck is a mobile command center... antennas everywhere. A raspi he's configured to control certain screens inside etc...
[00:31] <minasota> I'm thinking he might be able to help ;)
[00:31] <cyberanger> Oh yeah, sounds right
[00:32] <cyberanger> Been messing with modified wifi and want to test it across Lake Erie sometime soon
[00:33] <cyberanger> Or Lake Ontario more likely
[00:33] <minasota> Why a lake?
[00:35] <cyberanger> Three reasons, helps to have a level area, and those lakes meet that goal easy. lower signal to noise ratio (since nobody lives on the lake, nobody interferring with their own signal)
[00:36] <minasota> ah
[00:36] <cyberanger> and third, it crosses an international boundary (not really necessary, but adds a coolness factor to it)
[00:37] <minasota> proof of concept for what may I ask?
[00:39] <cyberanger> General knowledge
[00:39] <cyberanger> But also useful to spread info past a communications blockade