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

 HG> OK first, please tell me what you put into the expression
"HAM" that
 HG> you use so frequently.

Amatuer Radio - be it the user, the equipment, whatever. 

 JA> We live near a major fault line. I have people around me that don't
 JA> use HAM and have family far off. If a disaster hit and they needed
 JA> to get communication to their family in Chicago, they wouldn't be
 JA> able to.

 HG> 'Use HAM', what is that??

Use a amateur radio - that better?

 JA> With Winlink linked via radio, an email could leave my laptop, go
 JA> through the HAM, through the radio network to a place that DOES have
 JA> Internet service, then be delivered to their family in Chicago.

 HG> How could you send an e-mail if the cell- and internet providers are
 HG> down.

I can create an email server on a laptop. The routing would not be
automatic, but it could be done.

 HG> And again, what does 'through the HAM' mean?

Via the radio waves that amatuer operators use.

 JA> Again, in theory. :-)

 HG> Yes theory is nice, but it doesn't always work.

Nope - but it NEVER works if you don't even attempt it.


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