On Mar 21, 7:36 am, Wayne.B wrote:
You can also receive customized Gridded Binary (GRIB) forecast files
via Airmail or Sailmail. Airmail requires a ham license, Sailmail
does not. Both require a Pactor harware Terminal Node Controller
(TNC). ...

Airmail is US $250/yr these days. A ham license is a nice thing in
and of itself. The wx and safety features can be good but mostly I
enjoy the connections it makes between people.

-- Tom.

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:27:41 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Airmail is US $250/yr these days. A ham license is a nice thing in
and of itself. The wx and safety features can be good but mostly I
enjoy the connections it makes between people.

Airmail (with a ham license) is still quite free, use it all the time.
I believe you are thinking of Sailmail which operates as sort of a
co-operative on commercial frequencies.

http://www.sailmail.com/

On Mar 21, 9:41 am, Wayne.B wrote:
Airmail (with a ham license) is still quite free, use it all the time.
I believe you are thinking of Sailmail which operates as sort of a
co-operative on commercial frequencies.


Sorry, you are, of course, correct. The software is free it's
Sailmail access that costs. I've used Sailmail and Winlink for years,
too.

-- Tom.