On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:06:05 -0500, "Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach at
gmail dotcom wrote:

I'm trying desperately not to have to lay out another boatbuckfifty just to
get slow email, and thought I'd read that this SW would do the job.

I feel your pain but it's actually a good investment. If it weren't
for my Pactor III TNC I would get almost no routine use of the SSB.

The combination of SSB, Pactor and Airmail gives you offshore position
reporting, automatic NAVTEX, automatic WEFAX, and EMAIL, all without
an internet connection.