@kallemp I didn't bother with #LoRa due to it being patented and #Meshtastic for tending to pollute #ISM spectrum.

Also #CEPT does have data channels on #CB radio that are allowed to be used.

• Given the low duty cycle, I'd say it's worth using said #LicensingFree channels. Espechally since the only "regulated" part are transmitters and those are just transparent cheap boxes, so #AFSK will be fine.

OFC one could use this across any spectrum or means, ranging from WSJT - moonbouncing at extreme narrowband and high frequences to #UHFSATCOM radio piracy. Obviously I disrecommend the latter for legal reasons!

• OFC one could also use it across i.e. #Iridium and other #SATCOM and regular #VHF & #UHF radios or even just print messages as QR-Codes...

@maypop_neocities +9001%

• If a site doesn't work with #LynxBrowser over @torproject / #Tor ( #Orbit) over #Iridium (@ 2,4kbit/s) it's ableist, broken and useless!

@ustralien and even then:

Modern #Codecs like #Speex and espechally #Opus really work great on #Mumble and other solutions like #WebCall and #SIP-Clients like #Linphone.

• Unless you're stuck on #Iridium, then #Codec2 is the only thing narrowband-efficient enough to work at all...

@HonkHase Hoffentlich wird die #Bundeswehr für ein #BwSATCOM-3 dann sowas wie #Iridium bzw. #IridiumNext fahren wollen, weil das geht mit überschaubarer Satellitenzahl sehr gut!

• Weil sowas wie #NettedIridium aka. #IridiumPTT for Military sollte easy machbar sein.

Ich rechne allerdings eher damit dass diese ne #TDRS-mäßige Konstellation für #UHFSATCOM & #Xband-#MILSATCOM aufsetzen werden...

• Bleibt zu hoffen dass es ein offen spezifizierter & sicherer Standard ist und kein proprietärer Bullshit alla #TETRA oder #SCIP...

@herrorange Already existing options do that better than the old #SILK codec.

• #Linphone (#SIP client) supports #Opus & #Speex, which can do better at narrower bandwiths)

• #Codec2 OFC can work even on #Iridium-level bandwiths

• #Mumble, #WebCall & #JitsiMeet also do fine on #Skype-able bandwiths and don't require a T H I C C install on peoples' devices...

@amayer @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff NOT TRUE!

The entire CnC systems for #UAV|s by the US DoD use X-Band for video feeds and #Iridium for remote control.

• In combat theaters, drones get either controlled by operators on the ground in visual range or get their targets directed by them i.e. via IR Laser Designators (so a Hellfire Rocket can home in!)

Basically no drone fielded supports #Starlink even as secondary payload because the angular velocity exceeds Starlink specs on existing terminals.

• Most drones fielded by #Ukraine are close-range multicopters that drop mortar rounds vertically into trenches, they don't have any #SATCOM, they barely have a video feed on 5,8 GHz...

@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff noone relies solely on #Starlink, espechally given it's big-ass dishes.

• Even the #US #DoD uses #Iridium & #UHFSATCOM.

• #SES & #Eutelsat have various commercial #Cband, #KuBand & #KaBand transponders for bidirectional data from their GSOs.

• #XTAR has a #Xband-Spotbeam.

• #Ukraine has both #Fiber and #Radio links (civilian and military) to link together units and emplacements. Espechally direct-burial/lie-flat fiber is used because #COTS parts are cheap, commonplace and unlike copper, they can do 160km+ without amplifiers with ample of room for splices.

Pretty shure Starlink was a mere "comfort feature" allowing units to send their drone footage from their FOB to HQ for instant #Meme|fication and "scoreboard updates" but I'm shure worst-case the #NAFO friends will just pack in some 2,5" SSDs and USB cases with the next supply trucks or have some #Skyhook-Style delivery system if that was ever needed.

• I'm shure the folks in the trenches will miss YouTubing in their toilet break, but I'm shure they still have enough #Memes and #Entertainment in reserve to compensate for it.

White Hat Hackers Expose #Iridium #Satellite #Security Flaws https://spectrum.ieee.org/iridium-satellite