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Growing up during proliferation of mobile devices but in financially-limited circumstances, there are certain things that I’ve relegated to “not for me” because of an imprinted cost.

Getting a smartphone and paying a recurring fee for data (when I was perfectly capable) was still a major point of hesitation for me.

Satellite-based communication devices remains as one of the self-imposed unobtaniums.



An amateur radio license, a $30 handheld radio, and another $30 of PVC and wires will get you into space communications.


Somehow, the one-time cost of buying a portable unit + materials for an antenna is less prohibitive than paying for something with recurring costs :)




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