I have seen that information that Mrs. Ohr applied for and received a Ham Radio LIcense. Specifically I saw that she received a Technician License. That is the same License I am studying tonight. With that license one is limited to utilizing the 2m and 70cm band and parts of other bands in CW, (morse code.) Any Freeper hams, please correct me if I am wrong.
Encrypted messages are forbidden by the FCC and if there were any hanky panky over the airwaves, fellow hams either self-police or turn to the FCC. A call sign is public domain and has to be used every ten minutes and at the end of a message/contact.
Yes, she could use the internet with a ham set up to contact across the US but I do not know about any DXing. (Long range contacts) THe 2m and 70cm bands are not condusive to long range contacts.
With encrypted messaging via email and other means these days, a Ham Tech license does not figure in this scenario in my feeble mind. Like I said, if I am missing something here, let me know.
Now if she held a General or higher license, then more bandwidth opens up to the Licensee. But as much of the messaging is open air...anyone can hear it.
Really just a curiosity decades ago when I fiddled with it and a packet modem.
FBI 100 - Ana Montes
www.fbi.gov › News › Stories › 2008 › September
Ana Belen Montes: Montes, ... After receiving instructions from the Cubans in code via short-wave radio, she’d meet with her handler and turn over the disks.