Re: [amsat-bb] Another view

[Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this is sort of like saying: "I can communicate by radio with
someone in Greece simply by picking up the cordless phone and 
in my kitchen and calling them."

P.S.: I hope the pay phone system in Greece has not deteriorated so
much that you were forced to use the Globalstar phone...

Doug
NA1DB


At 01:10 AM 12/24/00 , Phil Karn wrote:
> >LEOs lose because you have very limited access times and very limited range.
>
>When my wife and I were in Greece a few months ago, we made several
>phone calls through my Globalstar phone. Access time wasn't limited at
>all, and our calls reached all the way to the US. Globalstar certainly
>qualifies as a LEO system.
>
>Phil
>
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