[FADCA] WL2K EMCOMMS in Action - Williamson County TN

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k4cjx" <k4cjx at comcast.net>
To: "Mark McDougal" <mmcdougal at hohenwald.tec.tn.us>; "Greg Bearden" 
<gbearden at columbiatn.com>; <kenbreed at surfmore.net>; "Dr. Howard S. White" 
<drpaper at kleega.com>; "Mike Burton" <n6kzb at mailblocks.com>; 
<jerryreimer at charter.net>; "PMBO N0IA" <budt at cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 01:13
Subject: FW: WinLink2000


> EOC using the Kenwood TK-790 at 9600 baud on 145.73 with an antenna atop 
> the
> Williamson County Admin building in Franklin, TN. Winlink 2000 modules
> include Paclink. Winlink 2000 emergency email is configured on Director's
> computer, and Amateur radio computer, and the various County Dispatch
> consoles.
>
>
> FYI,
>
>
> Steve, k4cjx
>
on> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Jorgensen [mailto:BILLJ at williamson-tn.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 16:30
> To: k4cjx at comcast.net
> Subject: WinLink2000
>
>
> Steve,
>
> WinLink 2000 was installed recently in the Williamson County Emergency
> Communications Center and Outlook Express set up on my work station desk
> top to access the WinLink server. I never imagined I would be using it
> as soon as I did. About two weeks ago the Williamson County GroupWise
> Server encountered problems and was off line for three hours. During
> this time period the Emergency Communications Center was without
> GroupWise e-mail, but in its place I was able to use WinLink 2000 as a
> backup e-mail service until the County's was restored.
>
> Since this time, Outlook Express icons for emergency email have been put
> on all desktops in the Emergency Communications Center. I do know the
> time will come again when an incident such as a server going down or if
> we lose the "last mile" of the internet, we won't have connectivity. It
> is reassuring to know we will have WinLink 2000 at our disposal during
> that time of need. In the emergency communications field every second
> counts.
>
>
>
> William K. Jorgensen, Director
> Williamson County Department Of
> Emergency Communications
> KG4VKG
> 615.790.5757
> www.williamson911.org
>
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