[Xastir] Radio frequency question from a simpleton

[Earl Needham]

At 02:40 PM 7/19/2007, Curt, WE7U wrote:
>That said, there's no reason not to approach him and ask him what's
>up with the possible fees.  There may be none or they may be low
>enough that it's a don't care.  Or:  They may be high and then legal
>advice might be necessary to figure out what's possible.

         I'm pretty much a pack rat -- here's the SECOND paragraph of 
commercl.txt from the zip file I downloaded on 1/17/99:

>COMMERCIAL VERSIONS OF APRS ARE AVAILABLE and we can engineer specific
>needs and applications.  Pricing is $295 for the first dispatcher
>copy of APRS which includes up to 10 mobiles.  Additional copies of
>APRS are deeply discounted.  $195 for the second copy and $95 for the
>third.  Additional mobiles begin at $25 and are similarly discounted
>for large quantities.  Additional copies of APRS for mobiles with PC's are
>significantly less.  Two significant enhancements for the dispatcher are
>the OPTIONAL data interfaces so that APRS CAN SEND POSITS TO OTHER SOFTWARE
>PACKAGES.  Some of these other packages can zoom into the individual street
>address and access other data bases for dispatching of fleet vehicles.
>There are currently two such interfaces:

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         Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
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