Woah thats insane, thanks for the summary. The stuff I had been reading about it was a bit dense for me as someone with 0 background in radio.

Maybe I’ll get one and become a node

Two days from now there’s a seminar happening in the capital city of my country on a technology called mesh/meshtastic(?). They claim to have found a way to send messages in blackout conditions.

I’ts difficult to find resources but here’s a blogpost about it: https://blog.liamcottle.com/2024/05/01/getting-started-with-meshtastic

Not saying this is our solution, but I think these sorts of ideas and re-imaginings are what we ought to be in the pursuit of right now.