[FADCA] ARRL Web site offers Winlink 2000 page!

[Aa4mi at aol.com]

FADCA members,
 
ARRL Web site offers Winlink 2000 page (Dec 9, 2005) -- 
 
The ARRL now has a Web page devoted to Winlink 2000, the software and  
hardware 
system that links Amateur Radio to the Internet and allows sending and  
receiving 
e-mail messages via HF Amateur Radio. 
 
The League's new Winlink 2000 resource page contains general information  
about Winlink 2000, including articles, reprints, links and other useful  
information. 
 
A worldwide radio digital messaging system, Winlink 2000 also offers  
position reporting, weather bulletins and graphics, and emergency communication  
capabilities. It's already being used extensively by radio amateurs in the  
sailing and cruising communities as 
well as by recreational vehicle travelers, missionaries, scientists and  
explorers. 
 
The ARRL Board of Directors in 2004 encouraged the deployment within the 
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) 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. Amateur Radio  
volunteers 
responding to help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina utilized  Winlink 2000 
with 
great success. 
 
73,
Carl, AA4MI