Re: Amateur Radio - to get weather info, access mail etc?

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:38:46 -0500, Geoff Schultz
<geoff"at"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Brian Whatcott <betwys1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
>news:5ik8u31v4euvklb6g4hp3ueij7almsb8g6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:10:11 +0100, Marc Heusser
>> <marc.heusser@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>>I am an electrical engineer and could quite easily get a licence for 
>>>amateur radio.
>>>Does it pay off if I'd do that to access weather charts etc on a boat -

>>>this year in Europe, both on inland waterways in France and in the 
>>>eastern North sea (between Germany, Denmark and Sweden)?
>>>
>>>Apart from a transceiver I have a Mac that should decode the signals 
>>>without any extra hardware with MultiMode 
>>>(http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/multimode.html).
>>>
>>>Or are other options better?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Marc
>> 
>> Amateur licenses are worth another look at now. The morse code
>> requirement has been swept away, and there are just three available
>> cl***** - tech, general and extra.
...
>> Brian Whatcott
>> Altus OK
>
>Just remember that you need at least a general license (which requires 
>code)to utilize AirMail.
>
>-- Geoff

I say again: it is not now necessary to demonstrate Morse in order to
obtain a Technician, General or Extra License

Brian Whatcott Altus OK,