> 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 On 4/29/2012 7:20 PM, ussv dharma wrote: > eVERY ASPECT OF HAM radio is not for all hams.....I do not do jf65....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 > > > If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! > > Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM > USSV DHARMA > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html