Zello is useless and not amateur radio - what will you do when the Internet is offline?
This is only one remark from one radio amateur that does not like Zello and therefor running it down as not being amateur radio. Yes sure, it is written on the wall by some radio amateurs who does not like the Internet of Things. If you want to stick to the old-school speech, that’s fine, but you will need a better excuse than saying "Its not Amateur Radio!". Have fun and keep enjoying your "fruitless" ragchews. My good advice to those against Zello is stay away from Zello as you do not have a clue about the functionality of Zello and how you can use it very effectively in amateur radio to recruit new blood to amateur radio, especially the youth.
Now this post is not about whether Zello is amateur radio or not. I recommend you read the following post to gain more info on Zello and how it is being used in Amateur Radio: Network Radio – Is it real Ham Radio?
The REBOOT AMATEUR RADIO CHANNEL is being used to forward amateur radio information umongst the public, first responders, NGO’s and radio amateurs for the Africa continent. This is not all we use this channel for we also relay amateur radio news bulletins, podcasts, Hamnet information and for that matter any amateur radio related audio like the UK Network Radios Channels and Echolink audio link M0HOY-L aka UK Hubnet etc. This way the youth and the general public has immediate access to amateur radio audio transmissions to listen to on cellphones with the Zello App. They do not have to buy an expensive general coverage receiver or illegal scanner to listen to amateur radio broadcasts. Bonus, they can listen to amateur radio audio anywhere where there is cellphone reception.
I have a few other ideas and uses relating to Zello but more on this in a future blog post.
Hope to hear you soon on the Reboot Amateur Radio Channel!!
