Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.modems:2277 comp.edu:1299 comp.mail.misc:1175 comp.sys.ibm.pc:18124 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!iuvax!bsu-cs!dhesi From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.edu,comp.mail.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PC to Satellite Communication Message-ID: <3669@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 88 03:27:44 GMT References: <8185@cup.portal.com> <11708@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Distribution: na Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 11 In article <11708@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (RAMontante) writes: >Does the price include launch services for your personal satellite? Actually, many people don't realize that ham radio operators have been doing communications via satellite for years. There used to be a ham satellite in orbit (may still be, I'm not current) and it contained a transponder that basically relayed everything it received back down. I see no reason why one couldn't transmit data this way. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP:!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi