I think an interesting current use for paging in Ham Radio at this point would be a "Spotting Network" for favorite modes or grid squares on satellites...the infrastructure is all there...the code transition to "paging" is all that is necessary...
The "Fire Buffs" already have such a paging notification network in place which could be mimicked to alert Satellite "DX'ers" to "hot" info via pagers.
You just have to run to your car from your meeting and "Work the World" ;-)
Build it and they will come...
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Bruninga " [email protected] To: "Timothy J. Salo" [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 9:56 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Internet Routers in Space
I believe the number 1 thing we should be working on is "Universal Amateur
Radio Text Messaging". The goal is to be able to text message any ham anywhere, anytime using any device using only his call.
I have counted over TWO dozen existing text messaging capabilities in Ham
radio and the problem is, that few of them are cross connected or integrated, yet we could do it easily if we just took it on as the big picture!
See www.aprs.org/aprs-messaging.html