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echo: amateur_radio
to: HOLGER GRANHOLM
from: JIMMY ANDERSON
date: 2016-09-18 10:14:00
subject: Re: Wannabe HAM

-=> Holger Granholm wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 JA> There's a guy semi-local that wants to get Winlink set up.
 JA> Just sending email would be a boon in a time like that! Then of

 HG> Do you expect Winlink to work when all the cellphone nets and ISP's go
 HG> down? I wouldn't.

Well, if the LOCAL cell net is down but HAM is up you could at least
use Winlink to get a message out from the local area to a place where
it was working. Or am I not understanding it correctly? I thought he
would link some Winlink repeaters so it's ALL HAM traffic.

 JA> course BBS's have small enough data footprints that you COULD work
 JA> them at 9600 baud if you needed to...

 HG> Yes, as long as you still have a POTS line and a modem in your
 HG> computer.

I meant the Winlink operates at 9600.


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