• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    Not with a handheld that you don’t use at home. But correct me if I’m wrong.

      • m0darn@lemmy.ca
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        15 hours ago

        Yeah sorry I meant like from different places in a city, not just not at home.

        It’s for sure rude and not something I’d try/recommend but we’re talking about espionage here.

        Am I wrong in thinking that if I wanted to propagate revolutionary thought and went to a different neighbourhood with an HT and transmitted to the local repeater, it would be hard for the state to find me if my transmission was less than 5 minutes?

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          14 hours ago

          It just takes 3 or more synchronized receive stations to pinpoint your location. The state has an unlimited budget compared to you.

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            13 hours ago

            3 synchronized receive stations to fix my location, and then what would they do?

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            15 hours ago

            I’m saying an intermittent signal from varying locations would not be easy to trace. ARDF is a nearly continuous signal from immobile stations and it is not trivial, it is competitive.

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          14 hours ago

          It’s not significantly more difficult than transmitting from a mobile station.

          We are taking about hiding from a government. They could pinpoint you in seconds.