Mehmet Yousouf wrote:
Hi, I have a friend that will be going to the Solomon Islands for a year (work on a thesis). He will have some solar panels to give him some power but not much else. What I am hopeful is possible is to set him up so that he can use rf to connect and merge / update a git repository (he is also a programmer - and a linux user) and possibly send emails.
Connect, merge, update git. No. Send emails? Yes. By "shortwave" you actually need HF radio, sometimes known as SSB. The system you are after is called SailMail, commonly used by ships at sea although it can be done by land based HF stations. Alternatively, you can try using WinLink although for that you need to use the Ham bands and therefore need an amateur radio license. http://www.sailmail.com/ or http://www.winlink.org/ You need a recent model Icom HF radio: http://www.sailmail.com/radios.htm and a Pactor HF modem: http://www.pca.cc/ -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
