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How does this work? Position via Winlink: we can send and receive e-mail directly on board. We accomplish this by connecting our laptop via a Pactor modem to our HAM/SSB radio. Various Amateur Radio Stations (MBOs) around the world offer to be the link to the Internet and after connecting to them we receive e-mail direct onto our laptop and can also send out new e-mail. It works all on the frequencies of Amateur Radio. We use for this Juttas HAM call sign DL1HXB. The system is called Winlink2000. It also allows us to send out our actual GPS position and Winlink postes these positions on different maps in the Internet. We make it a habit to report our position upon arrival on a new anchorage or harbour. If the last reporting date is a few days old it means that we like this place and are exploring the surrounding ;-) We want to thank all the HAMs of Airmail and Winlink2000 which make these fantastic things possible. Position via APRS: another possibility to see our position in the internet using HAM radio is APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System). It works mostly on VHF freuencies, so only possible in sight of land stations. Here we send more often (a few times per hour) our position, which again can be seen on a map. We use the same system on HF for the offshore passages, so you can see our progress. |
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Jutta Richter and Heiko Sauber How you can reach us |
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Clubhouse: Seepromenade 1, 91230 Happurg Last change / letzte Änderung 30. March 2011 © |
