What do I need from the sat phone to the computer?

[wrwakefield]

Originally Posted by Symphony

another vote of thanks to Bill and interest in Denali Rose blog.
fair seas, Bill!

Thank you, Symphony!

Cheers!

Bill

[wrwakefield]

Becca,

Since you mentioned having a marine SSB radio without a Pactor modem, in case you don't already know; you can use very economical software on a tablet/smart phone to receive weather fax, NAVTEX, etc. as a back-up to your sat phone set-up.

From the Tablet/Weather section of our Computers, Devices, and Applications page:

Black Cat Systems Software we use:

• NAVTEX
• HF FAX
  Both of the above are back-up app for interpreting radio transmissions if our packet radio modem failed. See our Marine SSB & HAM Radio page for more info.
• Weather Calc [Useful calculations and conversions]
• SWBC Sched [World wide shortwave radio broadcast schedule; e.g., news, weather, etc.]

[Sorry, all the links fell off when I pasted the above from our blog... see above linked page for those details.]

In case this is of interest.

Cheers!

Bill