According to the article ham radio is among the things prohibited! Including things like protests.
Thanks to Jaime Dupree on Twitter, also known as NS3T
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I guess they would ban amateur radio in order to prevent interference for military / government usage? Still seems a bit counterintuitive, I would expect ham radio could be used by civilians to help each other get out of dangerous areas when comms are down.
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Yea, I think they are thinking more about communicating military movements unnecessarily than summoning help at this point. I do read that Polish hams are helping their neighbors, here’s on on Winlink availability:
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I had another thought too. It would be hell if a missile accidentally locked on to your FT8 QSO while you were transmitting. I don’t know if that’s plausible, but there is a safety aspect for the ham to consider.
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