[FADCA] Re: ARRL & Digital Comm

[Kg4fcd at aol.com]

The ARRL Board of Directors resolved at its July 2004 meeting to encourage
the deployment of e-mail via Amateur Radio--"as exemplified by Winlink
2000"--to meet the needs of served agencies and others involved in
providing disaster communications.

ARESCOM now wants to gather input on systems already in place. "We are
seeking input from packet System Administrators, not individual users, as
we need information on how the packet nodes are linked and what
connectivity methods the packet systems use with systems outside their
coverage area," said ARRL Ad-hoc ARESCOM Committee Chair Dick Mondro,
W8FQT. The committee plans to wrap up data collection December 31.

The study seeks detailed information on current packet infrastructure, and
one person may respond on behalf of several system operators if they all
approve. "We simply ask that the names and call signs of all involved be
listed," Mondro said.

To participate download the on-line form
<http://www.arrl.org/digtest/TestSurvey.pdf> or
<http://www.arrl.org/digtest/testSurvey.doc>. After providing all
applicable information, submit the survey form via e-mail <dcti at arrl.org>
or via surface mail to ARRL, DCTI Study, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.

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Virgil Gibbs Kg4fcd
Manager NTS Eagle Net  
WCF Information Officer
Mentor Online EMCOM Study
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