Re: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio Internet Backup.

["Richard Amirault" <ramirault@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the request was for "packet radio" not "Amateur packet radio".  In
many cities these days the police have mobile data terminals which are
commonly refered to as "packet cluster"

Richard Amirault                                N1JDU                Boston,
MA, USA
www.erols.com/ramirault          "Go Fly A Kite"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gunther Meisse" <gjmouse@neo.rr.com>
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio Internet Backup.


> The first thing that comes to my mind is that Ham radio is for amateurs
and
> not for the execution of commercial (for profit) business. Whether a
> college, being a 501 corp, would be excluded would need to be ascertained.
> Gunther Meisse
> W8GSM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org]On
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio Internet Backup.
>
> Just had an interesting request for packet radio.
>
> THe local System Administrator here at work just walked in and asked if
> there was any way they could use PACKET RADIO as a backup for the
> Internet.

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