We are an experimental, federated, amateur radio packet network focused on creating a safe, inclusive, and diverse learning environment for anyone interested in participating in or driving the open development of amateur packet radio technologies.
This is an adhoc network of nodes. We'd love for the network to grow to be as interconnected and decentralized as possible but it's up to users how they want to participate within the framework of technologies and core services. This is very much a choose your own adventure, hacker collective, type of network. Want to try something weird? Let us know! That is absolutely what we are here for.
Disparaging comments towards individuals or groups will absolutely not be tolerated. This is not a “free speech,” as in free to be dehumanizing or discriminatory, space. If a remark could get you written up at work or school, it will certainly get you swiftly ejected from the network. Please, just be nice; you know what that feels like.
If you have an interest amateur radio packet networks, licensed or not*, that means you! We will try our best to meet any and all accessibility requests so long as it doesn't compromise community safety. If something is not working for you, it's not working for us!
(* of course, you'll need an amateur radio license to be able to get on the air with us!)
We welcome, celebrate, and raise up LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people here. We wish to drive the inclusion of traditionally marginalized groups in amateur radio. We got our start at Pride Radio Group and that will always be our spiritual home. We will absolutely go out of our way to ensure everyone has a seat at the table.
A long term project goal of ours is to develop, implement, and distribute free and open source software tools, standards, and protocols related to packet radio for the amateur radio community. Our software, standards, and protocols will be licensed such that any downstream implementation must remain free and open.
We affirm and promote the participation of ALL licensed amateurs in our hobby and service who celebrate the diversity of race, color, sex, range of abilities, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, fursona, age, national origin, religion (or lack thereof), marital status, socioeconomic status, and physical characteristics represented in our community
see more about at the ARIP webpage