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WinLink 2000

Email over the Radio ?????

Bob Wilton – KF5TPQ

Winlink 2000

Winlink has grown over the years and expanded

applications…

Many RVers and Boaters use it for remote E-mail and

weather

Now many more adopting it for Emergency

Communications:

ARES/RACES EmComm

FEMA, GEMA, HSA

MARS

Humanitarian Missions (Red

Cross, Salvation Army etc)

Winlink 2000

Winlink 2000 is an internet network, with associated

amateur radio stations. The radio stations and network

enable radio amateurs to send and receive emails via

radio, using standard email addresses.

Protocols supported by the Winlink 2000 system are

packet, pactor 1, pactor 2, pactor 3, and WINMOR.

WINMOR is a newer communication protocol, that is

designed to function with the Sound Card on computers,

without the need of a TNC. It is designed to be used on

HF, as an alternative to pactor.

Winlink 2000 System Architecture

Hierarchal levels of the Winlink 2000 system:

Client system

Radio, computer with Winlink software, TNC or soundcard & you, the end-user!

Radio Message Server (RMS)

Radio gateway between the client (end-user) and the Winlink system backbone

Common Message Servers (CMS)

Winlink backbone

• 5 CMS locations• redundant, fault-tolerant• Located on 3 continents• One CMS sufficient for operation

Winlink 2000 Architecture

• CMS

• RMS

(gateway)

• Client

(you)

Winlink Connection Modes

• HF Pactor 1, 2, 3 and 4 • Fast and reliable but requires an expensive modem ($1500+)

• HF WINMOR (WINlink Message Over Radio)• “Poor man’s Pactor”. Not as good as Pactor, but operates with

inexpensive sound card device ($100). Speed between Pactor 2 and 3.

• FEC data encoding !!!!!!!

• VHF/UHF Packet • 9600 baud – Fast, reliable, range limited and requires $400 modem

(Kantronics or SCS Tracker).

• 1200 baud – Slower, but can use inexpensive Byonics TinyTrak-4 modem, MFJ TNC-X

• Telnet• Non-radio connection through the Internet. Good for training and use if

radio is down or network is busy.

Client Winlink Stations

Mic

Audio out

Sound

Card

Interface

West Mountain Radio RIGblaster

(about 5 types)

MFJ make a few

MicroHAM

RigExpert

SignaLink USB Interface

Many more, inc many homebrew

designs starting at about $10

USB or RS232

Winlink.org – Getting and Installing Winlink 2000

Winlink.org – Getting and Installing Winlink 2000

Winlink.org – Getting and Installing Winlink 2000

Winlink – What does it look like ?

Winlink – Setup Basics

Winlink Interface - RMS

Winlink – Composing your Message

Winlink Interface – Open Session

Winlink – Selecting a Channel/Station to Send To

Winlink – Where / How Do we send our Message ?

Winlink – Solar Flux Index

Winlink – Sending and Receiving Messages

Winlink – Winmor Sound Card Window

Winlink – Received Message

WinLink 2000 Resources

WWW.Winlink.org

Winlink made simple document (www.mtnarc.org)

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Me

Questions

Anytime

bmwilton@live.com

706-896-8990