Feel as though it's worth mentioning here that using LTE Direct (<a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2014/11/true-or-false-getting-direct-about-lte-direct" rel="nofollow">https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2014/11/true-or-false-gett...</a>) every phone could become a node in a long-range mesh network in an emergency. This approach takes advantage of both the strong radios in smartphones and the available node density provided by smartphone ubiquity.<p>The tech has already been proven—carriers just need to be mandated to add it because there's no business reason to do so.
Digital Data Comms if needed:<p>Dial frequency 14.1023 USB<p>- at 1000Hz and 2000Hz for AFSK.300 (two channels for multiple access)
- at 1500Hz for VARA or ARDOP OFDM<p>EMCOM Services available: Winlink RMS gateways, APRS HF Relays.<p>Manned Stations prepared on this frequency<p>IW2OHX - Italy Winlink
EI2GYB-5 - Ireland - Winlink
PE1RRR-8 - Netherlands - Winlink<p>It’s not much but it’s a network nexus with an insane number of backbone links for redundancy.<p>Software and setup tutorial:<p><a href="https://eindhoven.space/radio-experiments/packet-radio/qttermtcp/qttermtcp-setup-tutorial/" rel="nofollow">https://eindhoven.space/radio-experiments/packet-radio/qtter...</a>
Interesting that they are using such a high frequency, I hope it serves them well.
Should be reasonably free of long range interference.<p>But surprised that there are no 3.5MHz/7MHz/14MHz band frequencies in use for regional communications. Or they have not been declared yet for emcom use like with Nepal and Puerto Rico.
Once Turkiye's best mobile network (Turkcell) introduced a drone cell tower (never has been used, I think because of battery issues?):<p><a href="https://www.telecomsinfrastructure.com/2019/07/dronecell-turkcell-flying-base-station.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.telecomsinfrastructure.com/2019/07/dronecell-tur...</a>
I've made this comment here on HN before, but this reminds me of a tweet that I saw last year in which someone said:<p><i>"In breaking news moments like this, there should be a type of podcast you can listen to in real time, easily accessible for free."</i><p>To which someone replied: "Radio. You're thinking of radio."<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jodyavirgan/status/1234998790139940865" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/jodyavirgan/status/1234998790139940865</a><p>It's always nice to see this technology (and the community) lean in to support disasters like this.
How can I stream this?<p>Is it 28540KH?<p>From this site in Washington there's nothing - <a href="http://na5b.com:8901/" rel="nofollow">http://na5b.com:8901/</a><p>A site in France seemed to have nothing.<p>How close does it have to be?<p>[edit] I will say WebSDR is fucking cool. Closest I can see is <a href="http://94.137.189.166:8901/" rel="nofollow">http://94.137.189.166:8901/</a> Tbilisi - Georgia 500 miles away but doesn't have anything, unless I'm using this wrong.
The radio thing is interesting but this is the first I am hearing of this quake, so here is a Reuters article with basic facts. Thousands of lives lost. A serious tragedy.<p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/major-earthquake-strikes-turkey-syria-about-200-dead-many-trapped-2023-02-06/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/major-earthquake-s...</a>