{"id":682,"date":"2017-12-10T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T10:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/network-radios.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2017-12-10T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T10:50:28","slug":"will-irn-replace-conventional-hamradio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/network-radios.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/10\/will-irn-replace-conventional-hamradio\/","title":{"rendered":"Will IRN replace conventional hamradio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the weekend, I went hiking with my wife to the Passadi\u00e7os do Paiva<\/a>\u00a0located in the north of Portugal. Of course I wanted to take my new Radio-Tone RT4<\/a> with me. I thought the signal would be weak and impossible to connect, but I was surprised that I got 4G for most of the time. Some spots had 3G coverage only. Halfway, I got a GPRS signal only but I was still able to stay connected to the IRN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As I explained in previous posts, to use the\u00a0IRN<\/a>, or Zello, a GPRS connection will do just fine. Many hams, that are still reluctant to try the\u00a0IRN<\/a>, always have the same old-school speech: “In case of a crisis, where cell networks are down, the\u00a0IRN<\/a> radios will be useless”. Well my friends, it is true. The network radios will be useless. No one is saying that\u00a0IRN<\/a> is here to replace conventional hamradio. It is an add-on. And now tell me. During the course of your entire life, how many times did you experience a network shortage due to a natural disaster? I know, as hams, we always have the spirit to be the last resource in providing emergency communications. Well, keep the spirit, but let yourself enjoy the IRN for the 99,9999% of the time that cell towers are at service. Take a backup VHF handheld with if you think it’s going to save your ass. Live more the present because technology is giving us hams a whole new playground that we never had access to before.<\/p>\n

by CT1EIZ<\/p>\n

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