[pskmail] Re: PSKmailservers in the Pacific
- From: John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:57:35 +1000
I second Per's comments 100%.
73, John
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Pse, gentlemen, relax a bit.
> If we are talking real situations at sea then none of the systems you
> mention are at all valid. All pactor, winmor, pskmail, ale and what ever
> system you may come up with are null and void in the face of SOLAS and
> GMDSS. Sea area A3 within GMDSS requires Inmarsat-c, mf/hf-dsc, epirb,
> sart and emergency power etc. With these ham systems a ship could be
> sinking close to you and you would never know about it and would sail
> right past.
>
> Having said that I can see some value in a system that works and can
> help me get weather, send and receive position updates and handle email.
> But, I would not easily throw away my money on an expensive pactor
> modem. I would invest in a good EPIRB and use pskmail or what ever works
> for the rest during that crossing. If there are no servers available for
> pskmail then I would look at alternatives.
>
> If I have lots of money then I could also get all the expensive modems
> there are and play with those during the crossing. But, if something
> should happen then I would still reach for that EPIRB.
>
> But, please. This should be fun and not a flame fest.
>
> 73 de Per, sm0rwo
>
>
>
>
> lör 2012-04-28 klockan 09:31 +0300 skrev Demetre SV1UY:
> > >Subject: [pskmail] Re: PSKmailservers in the Pacific
> > >From: Jack Chomley <radio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:59:54 +1000
> > >>On 28/04/2012, at 8:30 AM, Christian Wagner <
> wagnerschristian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Since crossing the Pacific is serious stuff, also look into Winmor as
> > >> backup.
> > >> They have more servers and are more developed than PSKMail.
> > >>
> > >> Snip>>
> > >
> > >Personally, I would invest in an SCS Pactor modem and operate on the
> Winlink or Sailmail service.
> > >In sailing a vessel worth many tens of thousands of dollars and for the
> safety of those onboard, it's not wise to >cheapskate on communications.
> > >You have problems in the middle of the Pacific? It's a long
> swim.......to a public phone booth, to make a call for >help :-)
> > >
> > >73,
> > >
> > >Jack VK4JRC
> >
> > He he he,
> >
> > You are spot on Jack as usual. PSKmail using FLDIGI is fine as a toy,
> > at least for the time being, but when it come to real life, nothing
> > can beat PACTOR II, III and IV. And all you need to run it is a humble
> > old netbook. Even an ancient ASUS eeePC701 4G Surf works for me here!
> >
> > As I have said in the past, I wish PSKmail would support hardware
> > modems, especially PTC-II or Pedragon modems which are backward
> > compatible. This way PSKmail would support Pactor I-IV and also Robust
> > Packet Radio! Then it would be a fantastic system, much better than
> > WINLINK2000.
> >
>
>
>
>
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