[Elecraft] PACTOR iii

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

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On 4/30/2012 1:44 PM, Barry LaZar wrote:
> All,
>       The WINLINK network has been up for years. It has served both the
> boaters and emergency/disaster communicators. The FCC does allow this
> type of communications as it is considered  non commercial. There does
> not seem to be anything driving the FCC to overturn their past decision
> on this issue. So, all of you boaters, campers, etc, who want to use
> WINLINK for free vice SAILMAIL for some cost, go for it..
>
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDM
>
> On 4/30/2012 1:45 PM, Sandy wrote:
>> I haven't read the new part 97 yet, but by the old rules, it seems to me
>> that internet access via amateur radio, unless there is only selective
>> websites available, would be illegal, UNLESS it is an emergency!
>>
>> If someone can afford an ocean going vessel, sail or powered, can surely
>> afford a marine communications setup and conduct his business via commercial
>> public correspondence stations.  INMARSAT has a service that requires
>> minimum equipment and may by now, have internet hook up available.  (  I
>> have been out of the marine communication business now for almost 20 years,
>> so I don't know if it is or isn't available)  As a master of any vessel,
>> recreational or otherwise, I would be derelict in my duty not to have
>> communications equipment available to assure the safety of my crew, friends
>> and other passengers on my vessel.  AGAIN emergency communications is OK,
>> but NOT routine communications regarding weather, navigation, etc..
>>
>>
>> My 2 penny's worth on this subject.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Sandy W5TVW
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin
>> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:43 PM
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PACTOR iii
>>
>> Amen!
>>
>> There are a lot of Yachtsmen/women who got their license for one reason
>> and one reason alone. To keep from paying for the Sail Mail
>> subscription. it amounts to $250/yr or about $21/month uses marine
>> frequencies and marine type accepted equipment and the
>> ubiquitous/infamous SCS Pactor III modem.
>>
>> On 04/29/2012 07:19 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>>>> However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are
>>>> cruising on our boats....here in the south pacific, I can send/rec
>>>> email, and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing
>>>> safer. Pactor III may not be for you, but it is for me
>>> And commercial or quasi-commercial traffic should be conducted on
>>> commercial frequencies not on top of amateur users whenever the damn
>>> PACTOR-bots decide to start transmitting.
>>>
>>> As one of the twelve who were on the ARRL committee that formulated
>>> the automatic and semi-automatic control concepts nearly 30 years ago,
>>> allowing *any* form of automatic control is one of the biggest mistakes
>>> in nearly 100 years of amateur radio - right up with phone patches in
>>> the amateur service.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>        ... Joe, W4TV
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