Illigal Satilites And Elt

[Guest Bullet Remington]

Padre:

 

I'm not an expert on that subject, yet, so I'll defer to you experience, and of course age, and let you define " too much."

[Guest Airplay]

I doubt that a digital modem signal on 121.5 or 243.0 would sound much like the swept analog tone of an ELT.

 

We're not talking about strictly ELT signals. I should have made that clearer in my previous post. These are international aviation emergency frequencies that aren't restricted to ELTs. Anyone who is experiencing an aviation emergency can transmit on these frequencies using whatever kind of modulation they want....even if they want to mimic an ELT and whistle. Although transmitting their last known coordinates might be a tad more useful.

 

[Guest graunch1]

Well actually you are right, you can transmitt anything you want..provided it is AM

 

not FM,Digital,PAM,PEM,DPSK,FRSK or Elbonian digitally encrypted Dilbertian modulation

[Guest Airplay]

not FM,Digital,PAM,PEM,DPSK,FRSK

 

Why not? Either would still break the squelch on an AM receiver. AM receivers don't discriminate much. That is one of their weaknesses.

 

Try holding an AM radio up next to your computer.

[Guest graunch1]

Hard to drag that COSPAS/SARSAT bird down into my office

[downwash]

Once we're using the 'Spell Check,' we can start on the 'Grammar Check,' can we not #####?

[Pratt]

#####,

 

Have you used the Starband satellite internet system that you mentioned. I was looking for info on it, how well it works etc.

 

Thanks

[Swamp Donkey]

I had the Express-Vu internet card, but it was download only. You still had to have a phone line for uplink.

 

Worked pretty slick though...had great download speed (400-800Kb), but not as fast as a cable modem of course!

 

If anybody needs a card I still have mine. Not using it anymore.

[Charles W.]

I get six porn channels on my illegal card.

 

And then I have a wide choice of religious channels to go to to repent for the lustful thoughts that those wicked porn channels corrupted my mind with.....

 

Reverend Chas W.

[Pratt]

It appears that Starband is only available in the US. Anyone know of a similar system, reasonably priced, in Canada. For around the YOW area.