[FADCA] Fw: Internet/FBB/LINUX/FPAC

[bud Thompson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "bud Thompson" <budt@cfl.rr.com>
To: <highlandfl@telocity.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Internet/FBB/LINUX/FPAC


> Deltona
> Thursday Feb 28 1715EST
>
> Hi, Russ:
>
> Not sure I can take the time right now to do Justice to your questions...
> been very busy with MLB ROSE stuff and have a GAL report due tomorrow!
> Arrrgh!
>
> > Can you provide a list of known existing Winlink 2000 (WL2K) stations so
> thier geographical locations can be mapped to see what may >currently
exist
> and where the "gaps" are?
>
> http://www.winlink.org/stations.htm
>
> will give you this information.  Check on World Map, click on any CALL,
but
> be careful- read below before browsing too deeply.
>
> WL2K, per se, is more an HF thing than anything else.  "Users" of WL2K
> typically run Airmail as the terminal program - HF ARQ or packet on
vhf/uhf.
> Most users are /mm  or RVers - which, for our purposes,  represent
tactical
> operations inside the Last Mile w/o wireline connections.
>
> My concept is that tactical users inside  the Last Mile will run Airmail
> packet to get to the wire line "connection" which will probably be another
> AirMail or a WL2K station where the beer, wine, and all flow freely
through
> the telnet port since it is outside the Last Mile.
>
> There are many WL2K stations in the world on HF and very few of those are
> also on local Packet - a definite flaw in the system.  That said, all we
> need in/near the Last Mile here in FL is one Airmail or WL2K station that
is
> linked to the Internet and we are in Fat City.  We can plan for that link
> through the HF MBO network that I've been involved with for 15 years.  I
> link to participating stations from Washington state to New England and
else
> where.  We can set up a WL2K, AirMail, or Classic station(s) at any
location
> to do that.
>
> The good news is that, say here in FL, the Last Mile might be three
> contiguous counties, the "connection" might be in Denver, Minneapolis,
NYC,
> New Delhi India, FW in TX, or the closest county EOC inside FL that has a
> wireline connection  - with only one HF AirMail station at the periphery
of
> the Last Mile the connection can be made.
>
> I fully realize this is not much different than what we know as "Telnet".
> However, my concept includes the fact that inside the Last Mile there are
so
> few hams, much less non-licensed volunteers, who will understand
"digital",
> much less "telnet", - that we need to be using "e-mail" - which a greater
> number of hams and non-ham volunteers will understand.
>
> Bottom line: We need to dumb -down the work of data entry inside the Last
> Mile.
>
> 73,
> bud N0IA
>
>