Packet radio need not be frowned upon, using VHF it can provide a fairly long distant method to exchange messages where microwaves [WiFi] can not go! The types of messaging available vary from the ole packet BBS software built into some TNCs like the one pictured here (Kantronics KPC-3 Plus, it is circa 1988 and will run for a long time off a 9v battery or ext DC power source) or more modern communications like Winlink RMS E-mail sent over radio frequency (RF).
Here is all I needed to login to my packet BBS for this test tonight, a laptop, a tnc, and a hand held radio (plus a serial/usb cable to the TNC and a serial to RF cable to the HT). The netbook is circa 2010 running Kali Linux.
The next time a ham tells you he or she has packet radio gear available for the taking, take it!
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