• Retiring@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) decided that. They developed a standard which can be found here

  • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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    Bonus question : Why a channel rather than a frequency ? I have no idea how to set my radion on channel 16, but I can most likely listen or even talk on the maritime band with my free-flight radio (which technically is an unlocked VHF-UHF transmiter) Obvious note that I stay on the allocated frequencies for free-flight or the PMR-446 band and never use the HAM band

  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    “Because” or “Shut up that’s why” (that’s my favorite “because”)

    It is. We had to decide on a standard distress channel. That’s it.