SSB radios and revolutions - article

[strangenh]

Interesting teaser article on the use of SSB for long-distance text transmission in countries undergoing revolts/revolution.

http://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=11002

I know I've still got a copy of KA9Q on a DOS floppy somewhere...

 

[Daniel Boone]

So what is the point of this thread?

Do you just want to rattle someones speakers - like those 2 meter guys or do you want to make a point.

The point is that SSB has probably been around since about the 1940's and was first adopted by the military sometime in the 50's by the USAF and SAC - once it was observed that they could transmit further with less effort and that it was a more secure form of communications then regular AM or FM.

The CB'rs figured it out pretty quick that if you could throw away the carrier and one of the side bands that the radio would act as if it was on steroids and the manufacturers knew that they needed some type of gimmick to make people want to buy their radios.

Then when the Japanese got involved in the manufacture of cheap radios, the quality stuff - Courier, Tram, Browning etc went by the wayside.

You are thinking in too small of terms.
IN the grand scheme of things, if you want to communicate, you use a cell phone or the internet and not a 2 way radio.

Two way communications is much easier to jam then would be 1 million cell phones in a country the size of Iraq.
Why do you think our soldiers has to stand on top of their hooch to get out to the towers to make a call home? Because the government turned down the power of the towers to keep the Iraquies and Iranians and Turks and all the other rag heads from using their cell phones to organize.......

You can't hide under a rock and use it like a two way radio when you don't have any reception on the ground!
It makes those people much easier targets to shoot when they have to stand up to use their phones.......

 

[Realtor MA]

You do realize that cellular phones need towers right? And you do know that said towers need electricity right? And you also know that your phone can be turned off with the flip of a switch in some office somewhere right? Nothing is perfect or foolproof.

ETA. With a cell phone you need to know who you are calling. With a radio you can shout for help.

So what is the point of this thread?

Do you just want to rattle someones speakers - like those 2 meter guys or do you want to make a point.

The point is that SSB has probably been around since about the 1940's and was first adopted by the military sometime in the 50's by the USAF and SAC - once it was observed that they could transmit further with less effort and that it was a more secure form of communications then regular AM or FM.

The CB'rs figured it out pretty quick that if you could throw away the carrier and one of the side bands that the radio would act as if it was on steroids and the manufacturers knew that they needed some type of gimmick to make people want to buy their radios.

Then when the Japanese got involved in the manufacture of cheap radios, the quality stuff - Courier, Tram, Browning etc went by the wayside.

You are thinking in too small of terms.
IN the grand scheme of things, if you want to communicate, you use a cell phone or the internet and not a 2 way radio.

Two way communications is much easier to jam then would be 1 million cell phones in a country the size of Iraq.
Why do you think our soldiers has to stand on top of their hooch to get out to the towers to make a call home? Because the government turned down the power of the towers to keep the Iraquies and Iranians and Turks and all the other rag heads from using their cell phones to organize.......

You can't hide under a rock and use it like a two way radio when you don't have any reception on the ground!
It makes those people much easier targets to shoot when they have to stand up to use their phones.......

 

[Jose]

So what is the point of this thread?

Do you just want to rattle someones speakers - like those 2 meter guys or do you want to make a point.

The point is that SSB has probably been around since about the 1940's and was first adopted by the military sometime in the 50's by the USAF and SAC - once it was observed that they could transmit further with less effort and that it was a more secure form of communications then regular AM or FM.

The CB'rs figured it out pretty quick that if you could throw away the carrier and one of the side bands that the radio would act as if it was on steroids and the manufacturers knew that they needed some type of gimmick to make people want to buy their radios.

Then when the Japanese got involved in the manufacture of cheap radios, the quality stuff - Courier, Tram, Browning etc went by the wayside.

You are thinking in too small of terms.
IN the grand scheme of things, if you want to communicate, you use a cell phone or the internet and not a 2 way radio.

Two way communications is much easier to jam then would be 1 million cell phones in a country the size of Iraq.
Why do you think our soldiers has to stand on top of their hooch to get out to the towers to make a call home? Because the government turned down the power of the towers to keep the Iraquies and Iranians and Turks and all the other rag heads from using their cell phones to organize.......

You can't hide under a rock and use it like a two way radio when you don't have any reception on the ground!
It makes those people much easier targets to shoot when they have to stand up to use their phones.......

MEGAFAIL

 

[C-pher]

I'm confused?

Are we saying to dump our Ham Radios and only use Cell phones? How'd that work for folks during the NH Ice storm? It seemed that only a few days after all the power was out, all the cell towers died because the battery backups drained....and the only communications in and out of there were Ham folks. I'm pretty sure it was the same for Katrina and 9/11...as all the cell towers were on top of the towers that fell.

 

[ChevyGuy91]

MEGAFAIL

That sums it up nicely.

 

[KMS]

I pretty much crush anything locally with in a 70mi radius on 11meter am.