I'm assuming privacy issues are of minimal concern given the other problems at play here - I could be wrong but bear with me.
Trying to think of lowest-cost, reliable, easiest to expand and re-deploy without a telco or other licensing. I wonder is a low-bandwidth text HF APRS ( http://www.aprs.org/aprs-messaging.html) option with a laminated deck of shorthand medical terms would be a reasonable remote field option? About as rudimentary as you get but considering a worst case scenario - it might just work. -Ali On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Sky (Jim Schuyler) <s...@red7.com> wrote: > Since "HAM" (amateur radio) is real radio, not phone, an Android app > wouldn't use it directly. The app might -control- an amateur radio > remotely, and there is software available to do this. However, I'm not sure > what benefit it would bring to this project. > > In the US, amateur radio operators must send all information in "clear > text," and encryption is illegal, thus you would not want to try to > exchange medical info because you'd need to encrypt it. In other countries > it -should- be illegal to transmit medical info in the clear, so I'd > suggest avoiding this. > > Also, "high frequency" amateur radio doesn't have sufficient bandwidth to > transfer much digital information. VHF/UHF does in theory, but in general > amateur radio operators restrict their bandwidth and the maximum usable > transfer rate is under 9600 baud. i.e. very slow. > > -Sky AA6AX > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Sky (Jim Schuyler, PhD) > -We work backstage so you can be the star > Blog: http://blog.red7.com/ > Phone: +1.415.759.7337 > PGP Keys: http://web.red7.com/pgp > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 5:47 PM, ITechGeek <i...@itechgeek.com> wrote: > > Depends on what information you might be transmitting and the specific > laws of the local country/countries involved. > > HAMs have to be licensed through the local countries licensing > authority (in the case of the US would be the FCC). > > Under US you could probably get away with allowing them to coordinate > if it is non-profit in nature, but you would not be able to discuss > any medical information that would allow a third party to possibly > identify the patient. > > And some countries are very restrictive on who can get HAM licenses > due to the potential to get around their propaganda controls. Also > rules can change based on frequencies being used cause lower > frequencies can transmit further. > > Can you provide the country or countries involved? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -ITG (ITechGeek) > i...@itechgeek.com > https://itg.nu/ > GPG Keys: https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key > Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A > Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: > http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> > wrote: > > From: Dr. Tusharkanti Dey <dr.tusharkanti...@gmail.com> > > Dear All, > > I am proposing to set up a ICT based health project in tribal areas with > poor infrastructural facilities with poor cell phone connectivity due to > unstable signal strengths. i have learnt that HAM radio software from > HamSphere is downloadable on android phones.I would like to know whether > these android phones with HAM radio software installed can be used for > communication used for voice communication between health workers > themselves and with head quarter staff. Will it be legally permissible and > what technical requirements will be needed to set up such system. The other > alternative of setting up of mobile signal boosters or long distance WiFi > hubs are currently not affordable to our limited resource organisation > > Thanks, > Dr.Tusharkanti Dey > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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