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TheModernHam
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TheModernHam is a personal blog at themodernham.com about hardware and science. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-01-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its posts on IP networking over amateur radio, also called packet radio, and suggest pairing it with the Gemini protocol. Comments only link to or mention the posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Modern take on electronics and RF communication. A Blog about amateur radio, satellite communication, and electrical engineering by KN4MKB, Modern Ham.
What Hacker News says?
Internet via Ham Radio aka Packet Radio is a thing: https://themodernham.com/ip-over-ham-radio-via-new-packet-ra... Pair it with the Gemini protocol and you're there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
Comment linking /ip-over-ham-radio-via-new-packet-radio/
on “Practical Radio Circuits (2003) [pdf]”Submitted Modern Introduction to Packet Radio as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIn my experience, amateur radio (both licensed and license-free) and 3d printing both seem to have cultural perspectives on open source that differ considerably from the regular open source software community. But while in 3d printing, outside of hardware, that difference often feels confused (eg, I've seen the Multiboard creator post compliments online about models that blatantly violate his own license), in radio…
Comment linking /reverse-engineering-vara-fm-part-1-connection-request/
on “MeshCore development team splits over trademark dispute and AI-generated code”