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[Michael Welter]

Michael D Schelin wrote:
> The delay in the air is minor. Radio travels very fast through the air. 
> Almost at the speed of light. It's the electronics that are causing the 
> delays.  The less electronics touching your signal the better.   The up 
> and down is very fast.  But then you have all the converts and the land 
> line links to factor in.  Microwave also has delays such as the Motorola 
> equipment which is only half duplex.  This will also incress the time.  
> Max is right, check into some ground based systems.
> 
Huh?  44,000mi (up and down) @ 186,000mi/sec = 0.24sec.  Not a minor 
latency for voice comms.