Email at Sea

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Contents 1 EMAIL AT SEA 1.1 Description 1.2 Equipment required 1.3 Service Providers 1.4 Publications 1.5 Forum Discussions 1.6 External Links

EMAIL AT SEA

Description

How it works, etc.

Equipment required

• HF Radio
• Modem
• Computer

Service Providers

List of HF email service providers

• Sailmail The SailMail Association is a non-profit association of yacht owners that operates and maintains an email communications system for use by its members. SailMail email can be transferred via SailMail's own world-wide network of SSB-Pactor radio stations, or via satellite (Iridium, Inmarsat, Globalstar) or any other method of internet access. (Sailmail Association)
• Winlink A good, independant description is available HERE

Publications

Books, etc.

Forum Discussions

Links to discussions on the CruiserLog Forum

• Discussion in September 2007: [1]
• Experts who can help with pactors and sailmail: [2]
• Ways of accessing email: [3]
• March 2007 programs discussed (plus how a metal pasta strainer acts as an aerial to tap into a distant wireless internet hotspot!) [4]
• A review of the Skymate Satelite email system. December 2006 [5]
• January 2006: [6]

External Links

Links to relative websites