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Got a contingency plan for men with guns showing up at your cubicle and ordering you to re-route traffic to please the government?
Section 606 of the 1934 Communications Act provides for government takeover of wired and radio communication in the event of war or "other national emergency".
I'm not saying anything will happen in the next few days. Trump's state of emergency might be just talk. It might be limited to its stated purpose. It's rare for actual disasters to happen.
You've got a disaster recovery plan (DRP), though. If it's not in the next few days, a "national emergency" problem might show up sometime down the road. Does your DRP cover it?
It's hard to imagine a technical solution. This may require the company lawyer to prepare a [Layer 8] contingency plan in advance.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 12 2019, @01:35AM (4 children)
If I recall correctly, NCommander became a radio ham. I have a license, just never used it. When shit hits the fan, perhaps having a shortwave radio will allow one to communicate with the outside world.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:22AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjt-xRkjFaY [youtube.com]
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(Score: 3, Informative) by anubi on Saturday January 12 2019, @03:34AM (1 child)
And learn the Morse code....
So you can use "QRP" low power technology so you can communicate worldwide with like five watts of power.
Humongous antennas and massive transmitted power will only attract woe to your house.
In such a scenario, you will need to communicate " under the radar", setting up wherever you can, run off a car battery, and may have to use any part of the spectrum you find clear enough to use.
You may be little more than a cricket, but just stay out of the recording studio, that is don't call attention to yourself by stepping where you mess up other peoples stuff.
You won't have much bandwidth, but you can have range. We do similar with our deep space probes...
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @09:29AM
ban?
I couldn't find the article upon further searching, but I remember seeing an accusation with citations about that in the past few months that stated LimeSDRs and other transmit capable SDR units were going to be banned in the US for both regular and HAM purchase. Maybe that was fake, but if it wasn't, can someone re-link the provided story to prove/disprove it?
A few transmit capable SDRs kept in a bugout box and you can get whatever you need done wherever you need to do it with nothing more than the right antenna frequency shifter, and protocol profile.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @10:03AM
Is it better than radio bacon...errrr... beacon?