"The purpose of this guide is to share the basics of installing a solar-powered HF radio station. For some years now, Rhizomatica has been working to “modernize” HF technology, allowing the transmission and reception of digital information. HF technology offers many advantages for autonomous communication in remote areas, and from our experience, it is possible and feasible to train people without much previous technical experience in the installation and use of solar-powered HF communication systems. This guide is an attempt to share the learnings from on-the-ground experiences and interactions with communities, and to facilitate and support further training processes for the use and installation of HF-based communication networks. The guide is aimed primarily at facilitators of training processes in HF radio and as reference material for people who have at least some prior knowledge of HF radio. In other words, it is not aimed at novices or people who are completely new to the subject." (Introduction)

"The following guide is an outcome of a number of workshops conducted in 2020 in Puyo and Lago Agrio, Ecuador, by Rhizomatica, together with Kara Solar Foundation and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. These training workshops were attended by members of the Indigenous nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon: Sápara, Shiwiar, Waorani, Kofán, Achuar, Andwa, Shuar, Quijos, Kichwa and Siekopai. From this effort, which is ongoing as of the publication of this manual, 40 solarpowered shortwave or high frequency (HF) radios have been deployed in different parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon. These radios were installed by Indigenous technicians and local people from beneficiary communities and nationalities, who were trained during three-day in-person workshops in the second half of 2020." (Page 3)