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to: JIMMY ANDERSON
from: Tony Langdon
date: 2016-09-22 07:51:00
subject: Re: Wannabe HAM

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 -=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 TL> 2.  RF forwarding.  There is a newer mode in RMS Express where if the
 TL> RMS mailbox (the place you normally exchange Winlink mail with) loses
 TL> Internet connectivity, you can instruct it to forward email via RF to a
 TL> more distant RMS which does have Internet.

 JA> Right - this - this is what I was talking about. :-)

Yes, so Winlink has ways to work around Internet outages over very wide areas.
:)  Of course, you can simply try to link to a more distant Winlink gateway RMS
directly.  My longest successful link has been over 3000 km to Darwin.


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