[Ares-races] Packet

Fri, 8 Mar 2002 17:06:01 -0500

Problem is that since the internet has evolved, packet has gone the way of
RTTY. A thing of the past (so they say). That is a false sense of security.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Howard Coleman
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 4:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Ares-races] Packet

Hello Ralph,

While rare, packet is alive.  I strongly agree that packet has great
advantage over voice when requesting long lists of supplies or what ever.
You may want to have a contact with Dave Gilmore AA6VH.  He is the DEC for
the Ventura District of the Santa Barbara Section and usually can be found
on this mailer or you can contact him at [email protected] .  All of the
hospitals and a few other critical locations in the District are equipped
with packet stations.

73 - Howard [email protected]

Subject: [Ares-races] Packet

> I'm looking for input.
>
> Our municipal ARES-RACE group has been fooling around with packet over the
> last couple of years.
>
> What we found was:
>
> 1. There are few other ARES-RACES units to talk to with packet .. the
> County or State OEMs don't seem to be into it. The Red Cross units don't
> seem to have packet support from their ARES units. We'd more or less be
> talking within our little group.
>
> 2. It would be hard to maintain a packet network locally .. we just don't
> have that many packet-capable and outfitted operators.
>
> We sense that packet or other digital modes might be useful in emergency
> communications -- it's accurate, uses less frequency time, can run
> unattended, suited for archiving and hard copy print-outs ---  but there
> just doesn't seem to be "critical mass" of operators or interested
> ARES/RACES units around here.
>
> What's it like elsewhere?
> Is there a truly useful role for packet in emergencies (vs. voice)?
> If you're using it successfully, how'd you do it?
> Anybody have experience using packet in actual emergencies? for what?
> Is it worth it to keep working on "growing" packet?
> Anything you can think of to help make it grow? ARRL support? easier
> software? easier hardware?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Ralph KC2RLM
>
>
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