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Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-07-2010, 10:46
Replies: 110
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Posted By kb79
guess i'm not sure what you're looking for... ...

guess i'm not sure what you're looking for... the ARRL chart seems like a fairly self explanatory delineation of the frequency allocation for amateur use. the band plans are a voluntary set of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-07-2010, 08:50
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
here are the frequency allocations for the ham...

here are the frequency allocations for the ham bands by class:

Graphical Frequency Allocations (https://www.arrl.org/graphical-frequency-allocations)

and this website is usually pretty good for...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-07-2010, 15:06
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
bill, just curious why you carry a sat phone...

bill,

just curious why you carry a sat phone as well.

my take on a sat phone is that it's nice as a redundant system, but assuming the SSB is working, it's not useful unless you:

1. want to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-07-2010, 14:20
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
right or wrong, it's the truth :) Amateur...

right or wrong, it's the truth :)

Amateur radio licensing in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_licensing_in_the_United_States)

see...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-07-2010, 14:16
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
code requirements are eliminated for all classes,...

code requirements are eliminated for all classes, extra included..

extra class is fairly useless, in my opinion. it opens a small portion of a few of the bands, and is really only worth getting...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-07-2010, 10:04
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
dunno about the coverage areas of either iridium...

dunno about the coverage areas of either iridium or skymate - i know iridium is supposedly global... anyhow, if you've looked into it already great.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-07-2010, 09:38
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
nice work on the summary, salt. and in my...

nice work on the summary, salt. and in my (admittedly only recently formed) opinion, your decisions make sense. only a few things i'd add or point out:

any digital weather fax "backup" like a...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-07-2010, 16:59
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
SSB grounding was mentioned earlier, which...

SSB grounding was mentioned earlier, which reminds me of one other thing worth noting:

supposedly the KISS counterpoise works great and eliminates the hassle of running 100sqft of copper. it's...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-07-2010, 14:21
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
i spent $100 on a singalink interface (supposedly...

i spent $100 on a singalink interface (supposedly winmor connections can be made using your computer's sound card, but you need to somehow activate the radio's PTT button. it can be done without...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-07-2010, 13:55
Replies: 110
Views: 17,844
Posted By kb79
auspicious mentioned winmor but didn't...

auspicious mentioned winmor but didn't elaborate...

i've been using winmor with great success as a connection to winlink. maybe it'll be different when i get away from the US, but at this point i...
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