[FADCA] NTS/ARES/RACES - Layered Network Growing - Now Let's Use It

[bud thompson]

Deltona
Sunday February 8 1815E

Thanks, John...

Because we are (likely) headed to an entirely new/different (hopefully
better!), more modern scheme in the next year or so, I don't recommend we
set up individual BBSs at each shelter/tactical location.  If a
store-and-forward BBS is utilized, the time spent now will be more efficient
if the BBS is a more central HUB-type of scheme. It will be easier to
interface the new scheme when it becomes available.

Of course this depends on local preferences, experience, and to a degree
foresight.

In Seminole and Volusia Counties we have not (yet) been able to have
radios/tncs/computers set up permanently at shelters/tactical sites, only
antennas and feed lines.  Each exercise may bring a different ham radio
operator to the shelter, with his gear, including TNC/computer, etc.  What I
have been proposing for the near term is a Central BBS/HUB for each county
(LAN) and that the shelter/tactical digital stations run firmware PBBS in
the TNCs or PBBS in a software program such as Winpac. (Sort of provides
what you indicated, with a central FBB-compatible BBS with routing in
charge!)

I no longer promote the use of NTS messaging for EMCOMMs, but until we get
something like Paclink working universally (i.e. free-formatted e-mail
messaging), we'll likely have to at least support NTS messaging /routing on
the digital network.

At that.. there is much more to all this politically! Of course you knew
that! Har.

bud N0IA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "j daughtry" <ke4ini@earthlink.net>
To: <fadca@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 13:37
Subject: Re: [FADCA] NTS/ARES/RACES - Layered Network Growing - Now Let's
Use It


> my 2 cents worth
>   we at one time in Sumter county had  a bbs set up in each shelter  on
old
> 386 computers [remember those]  and ran  doss based msys  for the
> reliability of the system   also had  the shelter bbs to forward to the
EOC
> and the other bbs shelters as needed I takes a lot of work to get  forward
> files  set to work  .
>   I agree with Bill in a emergency  the nts format isn't needed  as long
as
> it will stay in the local shelter lan  just the proper addressing   is
used
> , some of the  emergencies I have worked  we would still be trying to send
> to the eoc if we had been trying to format nts style .
>      Another thing to think about  in a shelter you  need a  control
> operator  so why not put the bbs at that shelter in there call and  set
the
> forward files up NOW to  show that  , its easy to get some one to send
> simple style messages  most anybody can type  and  set to send.
>  John