Henk, PA3GUO, reports that he has just -enabled- RAFT VOICE mode.

Enabled, this means that any station may TURN ON voice mode over his country with a single CONNECT RAFT packet. The voice synthesizer will remain on for 90 seconds. Only the CONNECT packet is required of that station. After his connect packet brings up RAFT, then he can fore a disconnect so he can try an APRS MESSAGE to TALK.

Once the VOICE synthesizer is on, then anyone can send a UI APRS formatted MESSAGE to the callsign of "TALK" and RAFT will speak it (if it decodes it)...

RAFT is very weak and hard to hear except on HIGH overhead passes, even with beams. Please do NOT attempt to turn on RAFT or to send TALK messages if you cannot hear it. You may be QRMing other stations.

Thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR US Naval Academy Satellite Lab