“One way to ensure secure communications with parties external to the U.S. would be the use of HAM radio operations”
The problem with this theory is that she applied for a Technician class license where the only “world wide” frequency band for that class of license is 10 meters using voice modulation. The 10 Meter band currently has poor propagation due to the present solar cycle. Lower world wide HF frequencies are available for Technicians but limited to Morse code.
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