Radio

When sailing, the only thing that keeps you in touch with the rest of the world is your radio. I took the SRC (short range VHF) exam, then the LRC (long range mf/hf radios) and got more and more interested in the subject, to the point that I now have on my list of things to do the HAREC exam. The HAREC is the standard european amateur radio exam.
Here are links have have been gathering to that extend:

Hardware

Software

Utilities

References:

Divers


My own device is a Baofeng UV5R.
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LoRa Radio

A much less known and arguably easier and cheaper way to play with radio is to get your self a LoRa device and start with meshtastic. Basically you connect a cheap radio device to your phone or computer via BlueTooth, and that's how you transmit. The devices work on free frequencies, so no licence is required. Since those cheap device typically do not reach very far, they will also repeat and pass on packets not for them to the next node. So of course it works best if you are in an area with many other nodes.
My own device is a HelTec.
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