>I know nothing about PACTOR other than that all the units I've seen
>for it are expensive, so can't comment thereon...
For a point to point link of 150km (93 miles) I the VHF(prefered band) or
UHF would be cheaper and give better through put. I know a point to point
link using JNOS and FTP to transfer data can do 80 BYTES/SECOND. Pactor
is less than 300 baud I think.
We have several repeaters in the area between 500 and 1km (1500 to 3000
ft) that can work 50 watt moble stations at 80km(50 miles) With a decent
antenna at both ends and a node in the middle it seems very resonable to
cover 150k on vhf. Solar power would be expensive but if you can get
enough contributions.. maybe even some from the goverment it would
provide a lot of benifit in the long run. Theft of the solar panels would
be a big concern of course.
In the states comercial traffic on the ham bands is prohibited. You would
want to stay within the laws in your country. If that was a problem the
same pricipals outlined above would also work if you had to use
commercial freqs.
Mike Duvall
ac4zq
