# The appeal of Ham Radio; CW; Digital Modes; Starlink vs Iridium (2024-03-18)

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**Created:** [March 18, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/the-appeal-of-ham-radio-cw-digital-modes-starlink-vs-iridium-2024-03-18/112 "2024-03-18T04:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![delyan](https://pluralist.net/user_avatar/pluralist.net/delyan/32/245_2.png) [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/the-appeal-of-ham-radio-cw-digital-modes-starlink-vs-iridium-2024-03-18/112/1 "2024-03-18T04:00:00Z")

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Today we are thinking about Ham Radio again… and pondering on whether Winlink would be fun during camping.

- [Introducing the new Elecraft KH1 handheld-portable CW QRP transceiver | Q R P e r](https://qrper.com/2023/10/introducing-the-new-elecraft-kh1-handheld-portable-cw-qrp-transceiver/)
- Portable HF CW: [KH1\_KH1 Hand-Held, 5-Band Transceiver – Elecraft](https://elecraft.com/products/kh1-transceiver)
- Winlink is like Starlink but over HF Ham Radio and… much slower 🙂

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Realization: Starlink and Iridium are different services: Starlink is fast, low latency, but not (yet) portable. Iridium on the other hand, with the Garmin collaboration, is portable, but slow and very low throughput.