1. Various digital data modes suited for emergency use

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

3. 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

4. Winlink 2000 -Email to Internet email 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

5. Winlink 2000 Software -Paclink (Windows XP – 7 only) -also requires: Email 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)

6. http://www.winlink.org

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

8. Live Winmor Stations 1/30/2012 Winlink 2000

9. http://www.d-rats.com

10. 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 email 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

11. 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

12. 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 http://w1hkj.com/flrig-help/flrig_rigs.html for list) http://w1hkj.com/flrig-help/flrig_rigs.html -Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX -Various digital modes for HF\VHF\UHF Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System

13. http://www.w1hkj.com

14. High Speed Multi Media Mesh HSMM-MESH.ORG

15. 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, 2.142 GHz) -Can use any TCP\IP compatible COTS software -SMTP-POP email clients -Email servers -Web servers -Web cams -D-RATS -WL2K Telnet -Focus Phone Video Chat -IP cameras High Speed Multi-Media MESH

16. PC for D-RATS RatFlector, Webserver, VHF RMS Node & HF WL2K KV4EOC -100 10.236.68. x2 Node Users MESH Node 100BaseTX Ethernet cables WL2K Telnet email Internet email 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

17. Icom ID-1 DSTAR Radio 1.2 GHz (1240-1300 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 = 2401-2448 MHz Channels 1-6 $989.95 at HRO $ 49.99 at Amazon.com HSMM-MESH

18. Thank you, Mark Friedlander KV4I, MCSE KV4I@ARRL.NET