In an effort to make Utah ham’s better communicators in an emergency, Utah ARES is putting together an Introduction to Winlink training session. You do not need to be an ARES member to attend.

The first session is an introduction to Winlink, just the basics. Then there will be a follow up with 4 weekly training sessions on the specifics of Winlink, install, setup and running the software.  This training is being organized by Oliver K6OLI, District Emergency Coordinator ARES LAX Northeast District in conjunction with Utah ARES.

Link to the presentation video:

https://youtu.be/bl4aFN-sJjY

Link to the chat text:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jQBXnpiZxArKo5erTpLv8KmdAYelkYXF/view?usp=sharing

WINLINK FOR EMCOMM - CLASS #1, #, #3 &#4

Classes #1, #2, #3 and #4 are recorded and archived at WaveTALKERS.com —  https://wavetalkers.com   — skim through at your own pace. 

Here are some setup guides from the class.

ARES Class DEFAULT Setup for Winlink - Packet and VARA FM guide

Quick Setup Guide - Packet Soundcard Modem (by K6OLI)

Again, thanks for your interest in Winlink.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know!

Tyler Griffiths

N7UWX

If you have any questions or comments feel free to ask. tyler.griffiths@gmail.com

To find out more or to learn about the Winlink system click this link.

https://winlink.org/

Winlink, or formally, Winlink Global Radio Email, is a worldwide radio messaging system that uses amateur-band radio frequencies and government frequencies to provide radio interconnection services that include email with attachments, position reporting, weather bulletins, emergency and relief communications, and message relay. The system is built and administered by volunteers and is financially supported by the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation.

Winlink networking started by providing interconnection services for amateur radio . It is well known for its central role in emergency and contingency communications worldwide. The system used to employ multiple central message servers around the world for redundancy, but in 2017–2018 upgraded to Amazon Web Services that provides a geographically-redundant cluster of virtual servers with dynamic load balancers and global content-distribution. Gateway stations have operated on sub-bands of HF since 2013 as the Winlink Hybrid Network, offering message forwarding and delivery through a mesh-like smart network whenever Internet connections are damaged or inoperable. During the late 1990s and late 2000s, it increasingly became what is now the standard network system for amateur radio email worldwide. Additionally, in response to the need for better disaster response communications in the mid to later part of the 2000s, the network was expanded to provide separate parallel radio email networking systems for MARS, UK Cadet, Austrian Red Cross, the US Department of Homeland Security SHARES HF Program, and other groups.