diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b5d00dc..186e357b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ radiocw: cw/cw_main.o
 radiocw: afsk/ax25.o
 radiocw: afsk/ax5043.o
 radiocw: afsk/send_afsk.o
-	gcc -o radiocw -L./ afsk/ax25.o afsk/ax5043.o afsk/send_afsk.o cw/cw_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o radiocw -L./ afsk/ax25.o afsk/ax5043.o afsk/send_afsk.o cw/cw_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 -lcurl
 
 radiopiglatin: libax5043.a
 radiopiglatin: piglatin/piglatin_main.o
@@ -59,32 +59,32 @@ radiopiglatin: piglatin/piglatin_main.o
 
 testax5043tx: libax5043.a
 testax5043tx: transmit/transmit_main.o
-	gcc -o testax5043tx -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ transmit/transmit_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o testax5043tx -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ transmit/transmit_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 
 
 testax5043rx: libax5043.a
 testax5043rx: receive/receive_main.o
-	gcc -o testax5043rx -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ receive/receive_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o testax5043rx -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ receive/receive_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 -lcurl
 
 testax5043init: libax5043.a
 testax5043init: init/init_main.o
-	gcc -o testax5043init -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ init/init_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o testax5043init -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ init/init_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 -lcurl
 
 testax50432freq: libax5043.a
 testax50432freq: transmit2freq/transmit2freq_main.o
-	gcc -o testax50432freq -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ transmit2freq/transmit2freq_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o testax50432freq -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ transmit2freq/transmit2freq_main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 -lcurl
 
 testafsktx: libax5043.a
 testafsktx: afsktx/ax25.o
 testafsktx: afsktx/ax5043.o
 testafsktx: afsktx/main.o
-	gcc -o testafsktx -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ afsktx/ax25.o afsktx/ax5043.o afsktx/main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o testafsktx -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ afsktx/ax25.o afsktx/ax5043.o afsktx/main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 -lcurl
 
 radioafsk: libax5043.a
 radioafsk: afsk/ax25.o
 radioafsk: afsk/ax5043.o
 radioafsk: afsk/main.o
 radioafsk: afsk/ina219.h
-	gcc -o radioafsk -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ afsk/ax25.o afsk/ax5043.o afsk/main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043
+	gcc -o radioafsk -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -L./ afsk/ax25.o afsk/ax5043.o afsk/main.o -lwiringPi -lax5043 -lcurl
 
 
 ax5043/generated/configcommon.o: ax5043/generated/configcommon.c
diff --git a/afsk/ax25.c b/afsk/ax25.c
index 462aad13..66588ed4 100644
--- a/afsk/ax25.c
+++ b/afsk/ax25.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include "ax25.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -102,7 +103,26 @@ int ax25_tx_frame(ax25_conf_t *hax25, ax5043_conf_t *hax,
     }
     printf("&locator=longLat&longitude=75.3492W&latitude=40.0376N&&azimuth=360&elevation=90.0\" https://db.satnogs.org/api/telemetry/\n\n");
 
-    
+     CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+ 
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    //curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://db.satnogs.org/api/telemetry/");
+    /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */ 
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+ 
+    /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */ 
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    /* Check for errors */ 
+    if(res != CURLE_OK)
+      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+              curl_easy_strerror(res));
+ 
+    /* always cleanup */ 
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl); 
+    }
 
     return ax5043_tx_frame(hax, __tx_buffer, len + hax25->addr_field_len,
             hax25->preamble_len, hax25->postable_len, 1000);