~ > cat DefconRfChannels.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ _____ _____ ____ ___ _ _ __________ | _ \| ____| ___/ ___/ _ \| \ | | |___ /___ / | | | | _| | |_ | | | | | | \| | |_ \ |_ \ | |_| | |___| _|| |__| |_| | |\ | ___) |__) | |____/|_____|_| \____\___/|_| \_| |____/____/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Simplex: 146.580 MHz | SSTV: 447.800 MHz | APRS: 144.39 MHz | | Meshtastic: HackerComms / AES256 / Z/lFwJn27PsPq16f+l8GhoBufEmQVGy3/2VpvBjh8IM= | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Ham Radio Village |TBD |Open Hotspot |TBD |DMR |TBD |Hack The Planet!| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ConHam simplex frequency of 146.580 has been in use at DEFCON since at least DC16, though probably much earlier than that. Standardizing on a single frequency made it much easier to find other hams in a backchannel way, without depending on sketchy WiFi and a crazy game of telephone. But I thought ham radio was dead? You thought wrong! There's enough people using RF space at cons like DEFCON that the Ham Radio Village decided to start trying to help coordinate into a central place - jumping from 1 standardized frequency to a whole table, including FM repeaters, digital mode hotspots with repurposed commercial (DMR) and home-grown open source (M17) modes, internet backbones, Meshtastic, cat memes, and other shenanigans. Want to have your information listed here? Open an issue on the ConHam.radio github. ConHam information maintained by the Ham Radio Village and Nick Booth N1CCK Wind up here but don't have a license? Odds are good that your local hacker con is running an exam session - check HackerTracker or the schedule. No ham radio presence at the con? Reach out - first we'll get you licensed, then we'll see if we can take part next year! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ > _