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Hanami II - SSB at sea ou la BLU en mer



In the SailMail software to send and receive mails or files through the SSB radiowaves there is a function that tells you which frequency to use at which time of the day to reach the gateway you want to access (to collect your mail) depending on the distance between you and this gateway.
As radiowaves propagation depends upon sun light, temperature and seasons, there are many gateways one can choose from.
Hence punching this F8 key tells you that if you are where we are, between Canaria island and Cape Verde, there is no way you can get the weather files between 09:00 and 15 to 17:00 either from Belgium (OSY), Lunenburg, or South Carolina.
Stangely that is precisely when you want them, before the SSB radio-net starts and at a time the ARC should publish them.
The only solution left is to collect them through the Iridium, if you have one, by linking to your SailMail account via the Internet connection option, that is the little Yellow Flash Button on the top right of the bar.
That's exactly what I am about to do today.



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