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#Radio Help

    19-Sep-90 08:12:03
Sb: #Radio Help
Fm: Oscar Sigal 72317,1516
To: Betty Clay/SYSOP 76702,337
Dear Betty: Hi! How are you? It's been a long time. I decided once more to come here from some help, since you've always been very supportive answering my questions. As I've told you in other ocassions I live in Argentina, and because of that, connecting with CIS is very expensive for me (about U$S 150 per hour-yes, one hundred and fifty!), so I am always searching for alternative ways of communicating with you. The other day I heard that you can use radio instead of telephone to access data services and when I saw that you had a section on amateur radio I thought of asking the following questions: 1) Is it true? How does it work? 2) What equipment do I need? (what's the cost?) 3) Are CIS charges the same? How do I access CIS from a radio? 4) What baud rate can I achieve effectively from overseas? It would be great if it works because the most expensive part is the long distance call. Once again thanks for your attention and help!. Bye Ruben Sigal – 72317,1516k