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I hope someone can answer a question i have. I am basically computer illiterate, i can email and surf the web but that's about it. The question i have is, can a computer program be sent over the air waves using a ham radio and repeaters? This is research for a book and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx!

Probably not.

it depends what you mean by "computer program be sent"

it is possible to link up ham radios via internet (echolink), but that is generally for communication only. i have seen some mention of data packets over amateur networks (try researching packet radio, amprnet, and AX.25), however i haven't tried any of it myself. at least from a brief search, AX.25 is used for wireless internet via ham radio. if it is unrestricted internet, then you could theoretically use it for anything you can use your cable/dsl for (including "sending computer programs")

Thanks for the thoughts on my question. I did find a story on the packets but wasnt sure what that was.