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Why I’m embracing Starlink

Admittedly I’m an old duffer, but it still amazes me how communications have developed over my lifetime.

The budget for my first single-handed race couldn’t be described as tight; it simply didn’t exist. What wasn’t there was squeezed by a rule that required us to have the ability to pick up a weather forecast. Whilst pondering a solution I spied an old radio in the

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