[Ares-races] Digital emergency communications

[Jerry Reimer]

The committee recommended, and the board endorsed, the best available 
system.  All the pieces of this system exist, they work, and the software 
is free.  All anyone needs to do is use it.  Most of the opponents have not 
used it, some have never even seen it demonstrated.  Those who have 
actually used it are overwhelmingly in favor of it.

Start simple by using Airmail for peer-to-peer communications on 2M FM, 
then add a TelPac gateway station.  Airmail also supports Pactor for HF, 
either point-to-point or to one of 44 Winlink HF stations around the world.

We are approaching three years since September 11, 2001, and we still do 
not have a system in place.  If not Winlink, what?  If not now, when?

Jerry
KK5CA



At 04:03 AM 8/15/2004, you wrote:
>Hello;
>I for one find it disappointing that the ARRL chose not to promote a
>real digital amateur network.
>Doug, N0LKK
>dougy at ruraltel.net