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		syntaxing on Dec 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Disaster.radio: a disaster-resilient communication... Super interesting, how does it work in terms of pricing? Is the satellite data broadcast free? It's really neat how most of the US is convered. This might be a stupid question but do you need a license to use this and/or LoRa radio?

syedkarim on Dec 11, 2019 [–]

Yes, the broadcast is free to receive.

To use the transmit outside of ISM bands, you definitely need to be a ham (and stay within ham bands).

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