Various digital data modes suited for emergency use

Mark Friedlander, KV4I Assistant Emergency Coordinator\Digital Emcomm Officer Volusia Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Common Digital Emcomm Data Tools -Winlink 2000 (AKA WL2K) -D-RATS -NBEMS (Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System) -COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf Software) on HSMM-MESH

Winlink to Internet gateways or peer to peer -Transport mechanisms & hardware -HF -modes = Pactor or Winmor -HF radio, computer & modem or soundcard interface -VHF\UHF -mode = 1200 or 9600 Packet -VHF\UHF radio, computer & TNC or soundcard interface -Internet -mode = telnet over TCP\IP -computer

Winlink 2000 Software -Paclink (Windows XP – 7 only) -also requires: client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) and AGWPE (if using soundcard) -VHF via TNC or soundcard interface -Telnet via Internet -RMS Express (Windows XP – 7 only) -No other software needed -VHF via Packet over TNC (no soundcards) -Telnet via Internet -HF via Pactor or Winmor (Winmor is a soundcard mode)

Live RMS Packet Station Positions 1/30/2012 Winlink 2000 KB9LEB-10 KV4EOC-10 N3PPC-10 N0IA-10 N4ZZO-10 N1FL-10 N4PLZ-10

Live Winmor Stations 1/30/2012 Winlink 2000

D-RATS -Windows, Linux and MacOSX -Messaging -Peer to peer over RF or Internet -Message routing via other stations -Supports SMTP & POP & Telnet -You can send: -Messages to another station over RF or Internet -WL2K via Telnet -Messages to any Internet or WL2K addressee via gateway stations or Internet -Real time chat – in one group or private channels -File transfers -GPS tracking

D-RATS -Transport mechanisms & hardware -VHF\UHF Digital -modes = DSTAR DV, DSTAR DD -VHF\UHF DSTAR radio, computer & data cable -VHF\UHF Analog -mode = 1200 or 9600 Packet -VHF\UHF analog radio, computer & TNC (or AGWPE & soundcard interface) -Internet -modes = SMTP, POP and Telnet over TCP\IP -computer

NBEMS -Peer to peer messaging and file transfer -Suite of five software components: -Fldidgi – digital modem for soundcard -Flarq – ARQ ( Automatic Repeat-reQuest) file transfer -Flwrap – file encapsulation \ compression -Flmsg – forms manager -Flrig – rig control program for some transceivers (see for list) -Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX -Various digital modes for HF\VHF\UHF Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System

High Speed Multi Media Mesh HSMM-MESH.ORG

HSMM-MESH -A wireless Ham Internet AKA the “Hinternet” -Can be free standing or connected to Internet -Uses COTS hardware for radio – Linksys WRT54Gx routers -Transmits on UHF (802.11g channel 1, GHz) -Can use any TCP\IP compatible COTS software -SMTP-POP clients - servers -Web servers -Web cams -D-RATS -WL2K Telnet -Focus Phone Video Chat -IP cameras High Speed Multi-Media MESH

PC for D-RATS RatFlector, Webserver, VHF RMS Node & HF WL2K KV4EOC x2 Node Users MESH Node 100BaseTX Ethernet cables WL2K Telnet Internet Internet VHF RMS Node KV4EOC-10 East facing 24 db parabolic 2.4GHz antenna West facing 24 db parabolic 2.4GHz antenna DSTAR D-RATS over RF Winlink 2000 HF Gateway Data cables HSMM-MESH

Icom ID-1 DSTAR Radio 1.2 GHz ( MHz) Max speed 128 Kbps Linksys (Cisco) WRT54GL 2.4 GHz (2401–2483 MHz) Max speed 54 Mbps (432 times faster) Amateur Radio Frequency Allocation 23 Centimeter Band 1240 – 1300 MHz Amateur Radio Frequency Allocation 13 Centimeter Band 2300 – 2450 MHz Part 97 overlap = MHz Channels 1-6 $ at HRO $ at Amazon.com HSMM-MESH

Thank you, Mark Friedlander KV4I, MCSE