Carl
A ship today can maintain satellite communications with a handheld
transceiver--it is called Iridium.
Andy K5VM
km1h@juno.com wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:08:41 -0600 Andy Wallace <andywallace@home.com>
> writes:
> >
> >This, I guess, is why the Coast Guard, the military, and ships at sea
> >have all
> >dropped CW as being inefficient and archaic.
> >
> >Andy K5VM
>
> It was not dropped for that reason at all.
>
> Modern satellite communications takes the uncertainity out of MF/HF QRN,
> QSB, etc.
>
> Now, a new question ...can a ship maintain satelite communications when
> it is listing 30 degrees or the stern is under water?
>
> 73 Carl KM1H
>
> >
> >dan hearn wrote:
> >
> >> Well said Tom. You have a knack for getting to the heart of the
> >matter. How
> >> many VHF distance records are made using SSB? How many EME contacts
> >are made
> >> by modes other than CW? In WW2 there were cases of POW's tearing up
> >radios
> >> to make QRP CW transmitters and working outside. Could you make a
> >SSB
> >> transmitter out of those parts? Not likely. You have read of pilots
> >and
> >> others sending CW by using the mike button to key broken am
> >transmitters in
> >> emergencies or sending cw with their auto horns. If you don't
> >understand CW
> >> you can't do any of these things. Emergency communication means more
> >than
> >> turning on your HT and working through the local repeater. 73, Dan,
> >N5AR
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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