[FADCA] FW: HamCation 2012 ALERT (DIGITAL FORUM AGENDA)

[BUD THOMPSON]

NOTE:  Please use n0ia at arrl.net for personal email to bud N0IA

 

The FADCA 'membership' meeting at hamcation will be part of the Digital
Forum on Saturday at 1:45.  It will take place during the Q/A Session.

 

bud Thompson

Sec /Treas FADCA

HAMCATION 2012

WL2K FORUM AGENDA

 

FRIDAY - SATURDAY - AND SUNDAY   WL2K DEMONSTRATIONS

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:45 - 2:45   WL2K FORUM 

 

LOOK FOR 18-WHEELER MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER FROM MARION COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - WL2K demos using AIRMAIL - VHF Packet and HF PACTOR.

 

LOOK FOR KN6KB MOTOR HOME/WL2K BANNER - WL2K demos using RMS EXPRESS and
PACLINK - VHF Packet, HF WINMOR and PACTOR.

 

SATURDAY - Winlink 2000 FORUM - Children's Safety Village, Classroom 1  

 

Digital Communications and Applications

Power Point presentation by Rick Muething, KN6KB and Vic Poor, W5SMM
(Melbourne) 

 

What do we mean by digital coms?:  

         Messages, Emails with attachments, Peer to Peer messaging.

 

Mechanisms available and required equipment:  

HF- Long-Range . . . minimal infrastructure required. . . sometimes fickle
propagation.   Pactor (1,2,3,) WINMOR, Robust Packet, V4.

 VHF/UHF -  Short range . . . Packet infrastructure or local servers
required . . .  Reliable propagation.  Packet (1200, 9600) Existing Packet
infrastructures useful.

 UHF/Microwave   D-Star   High Speed Data ID-1 1.2GHz, 128K Messaging
possible with assist from programs like D-Rats.    900 MHz Radios, WiFi.

Systems Available:   WL2K including RMS Servers and networked BPQ32 servers.
Peer to Peer with limitations.

 

Overview of WL2K history, implementation, EMComm user examples and traffic
loads.

 

Overview of  Demonstrations available (VHF Packet including Laptop with D72A
HT,  HF WINMOR or Pactor.)

GENERAL DISCUSSION Q/A SESSION 

Bud Thompson, N0IA moderator

Software, hardware, PACTOR, WINMOR, Packet, Robust Packet, WL2K Clients, RMS
Servers, CMS, EMCOMMs - Bring your questions and get answers from the
experts.  

 

bud Thompson, N0IA

n0ia AT ARRL.NET