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Hello meshers, I have a friend who is a licensed US HAM operator, I'm curious if they're then required to use their meshtastics in HAM mode, or if that's only for airtime and power limitations. Certainly has been a fun hobby ro pick up

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[โ€“] 7toed@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes on that second part, which really makes me wonder what purpose it serves, unless you had a bunch of HAMers in an area that want to set up a mesh.. but they all already have HAM so whats the point almost ๐Ÿ˜