In article , derekl1963
@nospamyahoo.com says...
Given the great deal of bandwidth unused, it was easy to send such
messages to the boat.

How much bandwidth was really required?

A message of "uh-oh, attack the *******s according to plan CRM114"
requires few bits, and if that message is delayed for 60 or 120 seconds,
it doesn't make much difference. *Reliability* constraints are quite
extreme, but I don't see high bandwidth as necessary.
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work
for test pilots. -- Mike Collins