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From: Aubrey O´Callaghan
Date: 2001 Aug 29, 6:26 AM
From: Aubrey O´Callaghan
Date: 2001 Aug 29, 6:26 AM
Patrick, I note you are a radio amateur. Have you thought of still being able to contribute and benefit by email through the amateur radio nets. With a Pactor modem, you can receive and send mails on HF while sailing. If you want to receive business emails there are also some subscription services. Aubrey. KD5NAV At 22:43 21/07/01, you wrote: >WOW! >Dan, >My wife & I decided to go sailing & cruising around the world 10 years >ago. I joined the list to learn navigation; some of it may have settled in >my gray matter. I'd love to meet somewhere but we're leaving end of >August. I'll have to but I hope to come back some day with a >more practical perspective of navigation and the art of determining one's >position on a sphere. Then, my stats will hopefully improve. My lat/lon >will be changing on a daily basis. If I could be there I would; its a >capital idea. I would recommend the group could navigate to a location >with an unencumbered, non-terrestrial horizon. Does Salem have a clear >view of the Atlantic? Or will an artificial horizon be provided? What time >does it start, Local or Zulu time? >Thanks to all for the lessons. >Patrick, KC7AIR >s/v Seahorse