Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:13:40 +0000 (UTC) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: packet using amsat
if you are interested check out the amsat satellites, also the geos. the geos, I beieve are leo and can be accessed for high speed while amsat are slower, higher up and harder to access. you also should be able to access the voice function of the satellites using a plain walkie talkie around 3-5 watts and send and recieve sattelite phone calls with an open line to the sky. ignore the satellite phone, tv, radio, and internet services--they will fail when you need them most and leave you stuck out in the wilderness lost with a broken leg. you will need to connect your new satellite walkie talkie to your libretto using the line in and line out jacks connect the line out to the ptt input (mic in) on the walkie talkie and use the audio out from the wlkie talkie to the line in on the libretto. try ax.25 first for your protocol and if that doesn't work use ppp. be sure to remember that you may need a static ip address -- you can purchase those from the internet consortium.
have a great day john
