Digital communication via Amatuer Radio (HAM)

[TWP]

This is a good discussion of the available hardware and software for
linking your computer to other similarly configured computers and to the internet email system

http://survivalblog.com/digital-communications-capabilities-for-prepared-families-by-prairie-dweller/

Note that this will also work with the non-licensed MURS transceivers, so non-HAMs can participate,
although with greatly limited range due to the low power, high frequency (read that as "line of site") nature of MURS.