ā€œHam radio is too regulated, so doesn’t apply to X use case.ā€

That’s like saying:
ā€œI learned all this painting in college. Schools are regulated. It’s too bad, as it makes painting useless outside of school.ā€

The institutional knowledge in ham radio, whether in physics, electronics, or operational training, is absolutely vital right now. I don’t see how people can’t grok this. If a regime ā€œshuts down the internetā€, you can bet messages will still be flying on HF via CW. *IF* you know how.

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@Shufei This reminds me of a fun story.

Once upon a time it was illegal for US amateur stations to make contact with their Cuban counterparts.

One day a US station hears a Cuban station down on HF (I forget what band). US station says to his buddy "It's a real shame we're not allowed to talk to Cuba because I'm hearing <callsign> 59 here."

Cuban station then says to nobody in particular "It's a shame we cannot talk to the US because I hear <callsign> 59 here."

No regs were broken that day.

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@nivex Hahaha, that’s lovely, and about the way it goes. Along with things like, ā€œIt’s a shame people sometimes call without callsign on 6666khz using a short path beam directed 310Ā°ā€œ, no doubt.

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