-=> Quoting Alan Sheets to John Stein <=-
 > Hi there!  Just curious but does one need to have an amatuer radio 
 > license
 > to recieve rtty and faxes with out transmitting?  I'm sure this is 
 > probably
 > a stupid question but I do not have a license yet but I'm really 
 > interested
 > in this stuff.  I also saw a message a little while back about using 
 > the
 > soundblaster to decode rtty.  What sort of equipment does one need 
 > to get
 > into this hobby?  Also is it possible to recieve sattelite images 
 > with out
 > using a sattelite dish or is there some special equipment needed for 
 > this
 > as well?
 AS> To continue my last message (needed to logoff before the mail dump.): 
 AS> YOu can also get sat. pics. directly off the birds.  For low earth
 AS> orbiters, you can interface a 137mHz scanner to a computer.  FOr jthe
 AS> geostationalry sats, you also need a 1691 mHz to 137 mHz downconverter
 AS> and a directional antenna.  A company called Software Systems
 AS> COnsulting has everything you need to do SW or HF DX'ing, and they
 AS> even have a BBS you can call.  Let me know if you're interested, and
 AS> I'll forward the info to you. 
 AS> Alan Sheets
 AS> -!- FLAME v1.1
 AS>  ! Origin: Your Ham Connection (1:104/114)
 
Thank you!  Yes I am most definitely interested in any information that
you could give me.
                                                      John Stein
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