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From: Richard Bradshaw (no email)
Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 20:21:51 EDT
Seems you are all getting to the "meat" of the issue and that is
great. I've got a lot of info marked as the "highest priority" and
will print, review, consider, and then take shopping with us to use
as reference at the purchase point.
A related question(s):
What is the "generally accepted" expected life span for communication
hardware at sea/marina/mooring ball/etc. presuming it doesn't get
"drowned"? We're very actively looking at a specific line of boats
right now (coast to coast) and are finding older (3 years or more;
many more) ham/SSB units. Any particular units to watch out for and
know right up front it will need to be changed out? Recommendations
for HAM/SSB units?
Thanks.
Rick
>Sailmail is GREAT, you get 90min a week, if propagation is good,
>this will let you send 20 and receive 20 short e.mails each day. It
>is NOT internet access and runs at about 2kb. It works world wide
>for $250-$300/year. Sailmail could not cope with the 50-100 pieces
>of spam I get on my regular account each day, and there is no
>provision to collect other e.mail addresses. Sailmail seems to be
>very tight about spam, there is none. One caution, if a marina asks
>for your e.mail, DON'T, they put you on a mailing list. I take my
>laptop to a cafe once a month or so, or sometimes I wander across
>wireless, but I am not doing finances, so I only worry about viruses.
>Lee Haefele
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