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    From Holger Granholm@2:20/228 to All on Wed Oct 16 08:52:00 2019
    Hi all.

    In the latest AMSAT News Letter there was a note about satellite
    operation and as I understood it was a free PDF file download of "Getting-Started" in working through the amateur satellites.

    When I finally reached the AMSAT post, duck-duck couldn't do it,
    I read about the said download and finally at the end it would
    cost US$ 15.-. The text described it as a DRM-free PDF program!

    I do understand the ®freeŻ part of it but not the 'DRM' part :o(


    73 de Sam, OH0NC

    aka Holger


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Holger Granholm on Wed Oct 16 22:14:04 2019
    When I finally reached the AMSAT post, duck-duck couldn't do it, I read about the said download and finally at the end it would cost US$ 15.-.
    The text described it as a DRM-free PDF program!

    I do understand the ®freeŻ part of it but not the 'DRM' part :o(

    I think they mean "Digital Rights Free". It means that it is a plain PDF
    file and you don't need any licence to open it.

    Ttyl :-)
    Al

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