Dear Observer Have you thought of using a mobile phone to exchange hot news? I mean really hot news, when the Internet is too slow! SMS (short message service) on a modern UK mobile allows you to send a short text message to any other UK mobile for 10p (14 US cents) or less. You compose the message using the phone's keypad, select a recipient, and press send. If the recipient has his phone switched on, it bleeps within seconds to say that a message has arrived. The first line is displayed on the screen, together with the name of the originator (if his number is in the phone's memory). Otherwise the message appears on the screen next time the phone is switched on. I see that the advantage of SMS over the normal phone service, or the Internet, is that one observer can phone another observer at his observing site with hot news at an unsocial hour without waking anyone else! Alternatively if you have your computer switched on, you can send a text message at no extre cost to any mobile in the UK or some European countries by entering the website www.lycos.co.uk and selecting Free SMS. Has anyone used this system? I haven't got a mobile phone - yet. David. David M Brierley Malvern, Worcestershire, UK Station 2675, 52.1358N 2.3264W 70m davidbrierley@waitrose.com -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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