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Subject: Re: Big Phone Bills For Desert Storm
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MCMAHON%GRIN1.BITNET (McMahon,Brian D) writes:

|>Which reminds me ... again.  :-) Does anyone know if MARS is still in
|>business?  MARS is/was the Military Auxiliary Radio Service (or
|>System, I'm a bit hazy on the acronym), and provided a radio link
|>between soldiers and the Stateside phone network.  Has this service
|>been declared outmoded, or are they still doing their good work?
|>Brian McMahon  <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET> Grinnell College Computer Services

Yes, MARS is in operation.  I'm not a member, but a recent WESTLINK
story (WESTLINK is a ham-radio news service) said that there was a ham
that has completed over 300 phone patches so far.  The story also said
that SPRINT was picking up the phone bill.  Try lurking on the
rec.ham-radio to pick up more complete info.  There is also a topic
area on the ham radio forum on Compu$erve where radio frequencies are
listed and this topic is more completely discussed.


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