101 First steps with M17

(Just sketching out the thought process)

Welcome to Class 101, First steps with M17! What would you like to do?

• Use the M17 protocol to talk with others in the amateur radio community -> go to “Talk with M17 - Who are you?”
• Learn what M17 is about -> RADCOM article "The M17 Project", by Ira Brodsky, KC9TC
• Learn more about the M17 initiative in general -> go here to the Wikipedia page
• Learn more about the M17 Foundation -> go here to the M17 Foundation page
• Learn about and contribute to the M17 protocol specification? -> go here to the M17 protocol specification page
• Learn about and contribute to M17 hardware -> (where do we send them?)

Talk with M17 - Who are you?

• A newly licensed amateur radio operator, or a seasoned operator with no digital mode experience -> send to a read-up on digital modes and ask them to revisit here
• A seasoned operator with existing digital mode experience -> send to “Talk with M17 – What environment do you want to use?”
• Not a licensed amateur radio operator -> Send them somewhere that discusses what amateur radio is, and why they'd want to use M17

Talk with M17 – What environment do you want to use?

• I don’t have any special hardware, or I don’t know! –> DroidStar works on Android, Windows, and Linux PC
• I'd like to use my WPSD Raspberry Pi hotspot with M17 -> go here to the M17 WPSD Fork page
• I'd like to use my radio loaded with custom firmware builds that can talk M17 -> go here to the OpenRTX page
• I'd like to use my existing amateur radios with a purchased M17 modem -> go here to the Module17 page