As part of preparing for ShakeOut and enhancing preparedness, the club station at Ranger Park is now setup as an automated WinLink radio email gateway. This means that local users can send and receive email to other Winlink stations or regular email addresses via uhf 9600 baud packet (432.250mhz, VE7RBH-10), or more distant users via HF on Pactor (2.,3,4) or Winmor (sound card based mode) (VE7RBH, 7.092mhz). Our station provides a significant addition to western North America coverage. If the station is used for other operstion, it should be put back into gateway opertion immediately afterwards (I can provide instructions). More testing of HF is needed, but it should be operational. More enhancement coming to allow automated UHF packet to HF forwarding when internet is lost at RP...........
We also have a club laptop and uhf/vhf mobile radio and handhelds, and an HF portable radio nd PACTOR modem that can be deployed for operation back to Ranger Park or other gateways.
I have used the HF network a lot while camping, and it works great. It is also used by EMBC, mostly in peer-peer mode. It isn't hard to get started - a radio and the RMS Express email program and a TNC modem or sound card.
For more info, checkout www.winlink.org or contact me.
Doug, VE7EPT
We also have a club laptop and uhf/vhf mobile radio and handhelds, and an HF portable radio nd PACTOR modem that can be deployed for operation back to Ranger Park or other gateways.
I have used the HF network a lot while camping, and it works great. It is also used by EMBC, mostly in peer-peer mode. It isn't hard to get started - a radio and the RMS Express email program and a TNC modem or sound card.
For more info, checkout www.winlink.org or contact me.
Doug, VE7EPT