Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-17 Thread mstangelo
- From: Herbert Schonbohm herbert.schoenb...@gmail.com To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:48:08 - (UTC) Subject: Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Mike, The issue with cruisers using the ham bands is that so many are not even

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-17 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Mike, The issue with cruisers using the ham bands is that so many are not even legally licensed or if they are have no permit to operate in the ports and harbors where they are visiting. Most of the islands in the Eastern Caribbean do not permit third party

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-17 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
I understand the importance of this issue and ham radio but what exactly does this have to do with topband? Are we really concerned that people are going to use topband for this? The best course of action would be to contact your lawmakers in DC and get someone to sponsor some legislation to

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-16 Thread Michael St. Angelo
: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dan White Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:49 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Yachtsmen may be using amateur radio in order to avoid paying the fees for more

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-16 Thread Herbert Schonbohm
To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Yachtsmen may be using amateur radio in order to avoid paying the fees for more expensive maritime email systems, perhaps such as http://www.sailmail.com/ , which charges an annual vessel fee

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-16 Thread Mike Armstrong
Subject: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Yachtsmen may be using amateur radio in order to avoid paying the fees for more expensive maritime email systems, perhaps such as http://www.sailmail.com/ , which charges an annual vessel fee of $250. This is most

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-16 Thread Herbert Schonbohm
stations are gone. Mike N2MS -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dan White Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:49 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Yachtsmen may

Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-15 Thread Dan White
Yachtsmen may be using amateur radio in order to avoid paying the fees for more expensive maritime email systems, perhaps such as http://www.sailmail.com/ , which charges an annual vessel fee of $250. This is most certainly a radio service. Winlink on the other hand, operates under Part 97

Re: Topband: Legality of Circumventing Commercial Maritime ISP Services??

2014-03-15 Thread Charlie Cunningham
Commercial Maritime ISP Services?? Yachtsmen may be using amateur radio in order to avoid paying the fees for more expensive maritime email systems, perhaps such as http://www.sailmail.com/ , which charges an annual vessel fee of $250. This is most certainly a radio service. Winlink on the other