Using Laptops to get Wx
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My firm made the mistake of requiring me to use a Blackberry which they provide and pay for.
Weather from met office works nicely, as does Angelacr's very useful wap site (I didn't know about the website - will try that out now). Prune and Flyer also work nicely, from anywhere.
The only one which doesn't seem to work is the ais notam site which is a pity.
Weather from met office works nicely, as does Angelacr's very useful wap site (I didn't know about the website - will try that out now). Prune and Flyer also work nicely, from anywhere.
The only one which doesn't seem to work is the ais notam site which is a pity.
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I use my blackberry when travelling light and my laptop with GPRS/3G the rest of the time.
The blackberry is the best of all worlds as it gives me email, as well as web and has amazing battery life.
The blackberry is the best of all worlds as it gives me email, as well as web and has amazing battery life.
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Angela Trying to find mine but keep getting Error 500 message!
I am not at home an so am unable to look at the logs to see what you have been up to. But generally 500 errors are caused by either slow networks and users clicking on a link again, or by incorrect (perhaps misssing) data entered into a form
Make sure you use the correct link to suit your type of mobile phone - see http://activitae.com/airbase/phone.htm for details of which links you need to bookmark.
Then if you are trying to access data make sure that all the fields are filled in correctly.
If you still have trouble then feel free to PM me.
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I would like to resurrect this thread, please folks.
Because:
a) it's over a year out of date and
b) because I am about to need a roaming weather update service myself.
Can anyone update me on what is the best way to find stuff on the roam, away from a wi-fi link (such as when I'm waiting in a field)?
Thanks!
Because:
a) it's over a year out of date and
b) because I am about to need a roaming weather update service myself.
Can anyone update me on what is the best way to find stuff on the roam, away from a wi-fi link (such as when I'm waiting in a field)?
Thanks!
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If you want a really portable solution then you better get yourself a seriously slick lightweight laptop, and a PCMCIA GPRS card for it.
Any half decent laptop will have wifi anyway so if you are within an open access point, or you pay for it
, you will get access that way.
But IME a lot of the time you won't have that option (at this point a lot of people will jump in saying how they been to such and such European city and found wifi everywhere, but IME it does vary hugely) in which case you plug in the GPRS card and off you go.
An Ebay.co.uk search on "Sierra 750" turns up item # 110023226204 which shows the sort of thing. It should be about £50. You then need a SIM card. Personally I use Vodafone; you have to call Voda to get them to enable data access.
Voda is unique AFAIK in allowing fax on PAYG, so if you get Winfax sorted as well you can fax airports for PPR (essential on a European holiday).
The Sierra 750 is tri-band and works in the USA too (I have tested it). PM me if you need more info.
A more modern thingy is GPRS/3G e.g. Ebay # 230019699834 which also does wifi. I had one of these and found to my amazement it didn't do GSM fax so I gave it away. 3G is wonderful when in coverage but once away from the M25 etc the coverage is usually poor.
There are a few laptops which have GPRS built-in but they are rare. Look at the Dialogue Flybook, e.g. Ebay # 270021140366. New about £1800. http://www.dialogue.com.tw/ I think
Any half decent laptop will have wifi anyway so if you are within an open access point, or you pay for it
, you will get access that way. But IME a lot of the time you won't have that option (at this point a lot of people will jump in saying how they been to such and such European city and found wifi everywhere, but IME it does vary hugely) in which case you plug in the GPRS card and off you go.
An Ebay.co.uk search on "Sierra 750" turns up item # 110023226204 which shows the sort of thing. It should be about £50. You then need a SIM card. Personally I use Vodafone; you have to call Voda to get them to enable data access.
Voda is unique AFAIK in allowing fax on PAYG, so if you get Winfax sorted as well you can fax airports for PPR (essential on a European holiday).
The Sierra 750 is tri-band and works in the USA too (I have tested it). PM me if you need more info.
A more modern thingy is GPRS/3G e.g. Ebay # 230019699834 which also does wifi. I had one of these and found to my amazement it didn't do GSM fax so I gave it away. 3G is wonderful when in coverage but once away from the M25 etc the coverage is usually poor.
There are a few laptops which have GPRS built-in but they are rare. Look at the Dialogue Flybook, e.g. Ebay # 270021140366. New about £1800. http://www.dialogue.com.tw/ I think
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IO540,
Thanks for the very quick and useful response!
I will come back to this as reference.
Thanks for the very quick and useful response!
I will come back to this as reference.
