[RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 135, Issue 33

[Dave Vandaveer]

Tom,

Sailmail uses the SSB HF transceiver on the boat in the authorized 
marine bands and not in the ham bands.  It is meant for those that 
won't go to the bother of getting a ham license.  The similar program 
for the Ham Bands is Airmail, and that is given away free to anyone 
in the ham community.  Airmail uses the winlink system in the ham 
bands  and there is no charge for that.  Definitely not trying for 
profit in the ham bands.

Dave   K9MRQ

>Message: 6
>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:45:36 -0700
>From: Tom Osborne <w7why at frontier.com>
>To: rtty at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] Digital Operators Band Plan Committee - Band Plan
>         proposal
>Message-ID: <53278920.1030805 at frontier.com>
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>
>On 3/17/2014 3:58 PM, John Becker wrote:
> >
> >   * Given that the unattended digital stations are in violation of part
> > 97 by passing commercial traffic
> >
> > This is interesting in that most of my time is devoted to pactor I'm yet
> > to see this on any ham
> > band.
>
>There was a guy who posted here just today that the author of SailMail,
>"has to maintain land based stations for Sailmail and charges just
>enough to cover the costs incurred.  It is definitely not a profit
>making situation."
>
>Sounds like someone is charging to use the ham bands.  73
>Tom W7WHY