[Ares-races] Digital emergency communications

[Joe B. Dorn]

The motivation behind the ARRL's choice was availability. WinLink 2000 is a
working system far superior to the current NTS and answers several EC needs.
It is not a stopping point but rather a starting point...Improve it if you
can and we will all benefit... If there is a better system currently
available, let us know...

I have implemented it and love it. I think it is great that email can be
sent to or from a field location directly to the people that need the
information most.

BTW, I have recently been in a session that included an ARRL director (Coy
Day) and the man that wrote the articles in the past two QST's (Jerry
Reimer) and neither stated that this was a stopping point but rather an
immediate solution to some of the problems we have...

Joe Dorn, W5VEX, Belton, Texas


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ares-races-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Doug Younker
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 4:04 AM
To: HamsEF at yahoogroups.com; ares-races at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Ares-races] Digital emergency communications

Hello;
     I for one find it disappointing that the ARRL chose not to promote a
real digital amateur network.  As it was said in another forum the ARRL in a
sense decided to back up the internet with the internet.  No I'm not saying
it's possible for an amateur radio RF network to backup the internet.  I am
saying such a network could greatly expand the capabilities of amateur radio
to serve in event of  communication emergency. Excerpts from ARRL document
follows my sig. .--73
Doug, N0LKK
dougy at ruraltel.net