August 2, 2006 12:26
The issue is basically one of cost and priorities
HF will be critical for some time to come for safety, cruiser nets and many other reasons that one-to-one communications can't handle.
SAT is great but that's a cost on top of, not in place of, HF, and it's still not cheap.
Adding on to the other costs, an Intel Mac is just not an option for a good while.
If I add all these up I'd have to go back to work rather than cruise. A cheap throw-away WinPC and Sailmail would be a lot cheaper and give me both email and weather, but that's what I'm trying to avoid (the WIN issue).
Scot
HF will be critical for some time to come for safety, cruiser nets and many other reasons that one-to-one communications can't handle.
SAT is great but that's a cost on top of, not in place of, HF, and it's still not cheap.
Adding on to the other costs, an Intel Mac is just not an option for a good while.
If I add all these up I'd have to go back to work rather than cruise. A cheap throw-away WinPC and Sailmail would be a lot cheaper and give me both email and weather, but that's what I'm trying to avoid (the WIN issue).
Scot