A bit, yes. But not on the hardware side. Most hams who have done any kind of data should be fine.

The issue is there are hundreds and thousands of different configurations possible. To start with, you will need 2 HF (vhf soon) transceivers, a client and server.

I'm the near future, I hope to run a server 24/7, and have others do the same so clients can all connect from wherever.