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Ribbit, audio text messaging (www.ribbitradio.org)
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This text messaging system over radio seems awesome for recreational and emergency communication.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

OK, we do not speak about same users : you speak about population and I about emcomm teams. For sure, emcomm teams have to listen to population (I think about PMR446, LPD433, CB27, E channel...) in voice mode, but they need to build internal radio infrastructure to share information. Ribbit could be a brick of this solution :

  • easy to deploy
  • without specific hardware (compatible with what every amateur radio already has)
  • high density of information transmitted by spectrum used
  • logging messages
  • geolocation of messages
  • no internet connection needed