01-06-2021, 06:34 AM
(12-17-2020, 11:40 AM)notpod Wrote: HAM RADIO guy here. I like what I read, Will think about this some more. And we have LoRa options now...
Hi notpod, I am a ham too, sadly I no longer give my callsign online on forums thought outside of arranging direct over the air contact stuff.
LoRa is great(aside from not being a free/libre protocol same problem with D-STAR) for commercial off the shelf components, I prefer hacks based on WSPR or other fully open psk/fsk protocols.
I like POCSAG though as it is both an established universal unlicensed(for the user) commercial service which can also be used by radio amateurs who have configured the local repeater or station with free/libre software tools for paging using modified or programmable to our bands COTS pagers.
I appreciate the interest, I am stopped for now trying to find a good ultra low power reference receiver IC for a dev kit for software devs without tearing apart pagers.
