Too bad there doesn't seem to be extensive information to introduce us digital engineers to the hobby.
I don't want a kit. I want to learn the fundamentals so I can be ready when the society collapses and the ham übermenschen rule the world.
It is a work-in-progress long-range, low-bandwidth wireless disaster recovery mesh network powered by the sun.’
The radio in those is pretty short distance (ham can do 1000s of Km) and they draw a lot of power that you'll want to save since (if you're lucky) you'll be running on car batteries in remote areas.
But now I'm wondering how the aftermath will affect propagation conditions.