Transcript Winlink Dayton Presentation May2007

Winlink 2000
Radio E-mail
Most Popular Uses
Marine Mobiles
RV’ers
Expeditions, Missions
Emergency and Disaster Communications
Why radio
email?
Why: The traditional role of Ham
Radio EmComm support
• Report health and welfare of affected public
• Voice communications among served agencies
(EOCs, hospitals, shelters, PODs, etc.)
• Site tactical support – Incident Command, search
and rescue, damage and storm reporting
(SKYWARN).
• Formal written emergency traffic handling
Why our traditional traffic handling
methods fail for today’s served
agencies!
• Agencies want EMAIL backup! It’s 2007!
– Need procedures, lists and diagrams delivered
– E-mail with complex attachments is the defacto format
– Hand-written message forms are rarely used
• Post 9/11: Agencies insist on NIMS, ICS and NRP
compliance.
• Voice, Morse code, and even traditional packet radio won’t
do…
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way too slow, translation required
too inflexible
too prone to error
doesn’t go user-to-user.
ARES

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service
can now make a promise to keep Amateur
Radio relevant for EmComm…
Our Promise:
E-mail…
Using your existing e-mail software
User-to-user
Across the country
Or around the world
From inside a disaster area
Without the internet
or switched commercial networks.
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
How?
…do Hams do that?
The “last mile” is an important
concept in Emergency
Communications.
The “last mile” is an important
concept in Emergency
Communications.
It is the path across an area where conventional
communications have been disrupted or
overloaded by an incident.
We cannot predict the size of
“the last mile.”
We cannot predict the size of
“the last mile.”
Local
We cannot predict the size of
“the last mile.”
Regional
We cannot predict the size of
“the last mile.”
International
Winlink is a free, dependable,
transparent, back-up E-mail system
that bridges
“the last mile.”
Radio
Radio
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
This is a CLIENT (USER)
station.
A typical ham radio e-mail
station is composed of
simple components.
Radio
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
A Radio and a Good Antenna
Any TNC or Soundcard Interface
300 MHz+ Laptop for a Portable
Station
• Paclink AGW software with
• Packet Engine Pro and
• Outlook Express
• Win2000 or WinXP
• OR Airmail software and
• Win98SE or better
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
To send or receive e-mail,
this station makes a
connection with a radio
mail server or PMBO.
Radio
Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
Up to 30 miles between
stations we use VHF
radios and the packet
mode.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
For long distances and
difficult terrain, most
PMBOs are outfitted with
multi-band HF radios and
the Pactor I, II or III modes.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
HF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
Winlink will incorporate
any radio mode or
technology that makes
sense. D-Star and 802.11
WiFi are in productive use.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
HF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
Winlink is a SYSTEM, not a mode.
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
The Radio Mail Server
(PMBO) is connected to
the internet all the time.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
You can send radio e-mail
directly to internet e-mail
users.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
And you can send radio
e-mail to other user
radio stations like yours.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
A user station can
become a backup email
ISP for users in a served
agency LAN.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
Served Agency LAN
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
Servers (PMBOs) can
have “remote gateways”
using TELPAC software.
They are connected to the
PMBO via any TCP/IP link
and duplicate its VHF
radio port in another
location.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
TELPA
C
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
Any TCP/IP path works.
Not just the internet.
D-Star and WiFi are
successful.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
D*/WiFi
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
TELPA
C
D*/WiFi
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
Other computers, or
CMSs (Common Mail
Servers), organize,
synchronize and manage
the network traffic.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
CMS
CMS
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
CMSs are transparent to
users. They are
automatic, redundant, and
users never know they
are there.
Washington DC (DHS)
San Diego
Perth
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
CMS
CMS
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
The PMBO forwards
(hubs) radio e-mail
between its users, even if
its internet connection is
gone.
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
If the local PMBO has an
outage, you can make a
connection with a local
TELPAC station which will
automatically search for a
distant PMBO with
connectivity. Or…
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
TELPA
C
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
NODE
NODE
… you can traverse a
packet network to get to a
connected TELPAC or
PMBO. Or…
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
TELPA
C
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
… you can use HF and
Pactor to get to a distant
connected PMBO outside
the affected area.
HF Radio
VHF Radio
Data
Interface
Data
Interface
Ham
Compute
r
PMBO
The Internet
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
We serve our “customers”
with portable stations.
A CCAR portable.
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
IC-706 MkIIG. HP laptop.
SCS PTCII Pro modem.
Full HF, VHF, UHF
coverage, Voice and Data.
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
Components mounted on a custom
panel, top and bottom.
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
E-MAIL VIA HAM RADIO
This network revolves
around three ‘hardened’
stations in prime locations in
the North, West-central, and
East-central areas. Memberowned and operated VHF
TELPAC gateway sites add
redundancy.
W3EOC-10
VHF
D-Star
WB3GCK-10
W3AHR-10
N3MEL-10
K3JV-10
PMBO
W3EOC
VHF/UHF
HF
D-Star
W3EOC-10
VHF
N3XRV-10
Chester County, PA
Why: Our National Organization has
a National Plan
More Information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winlink
www.activeham.com/winlink/wiki
www.winlink.org
epaaresdigital.pbwiki.com
home.earthlink.net/~bscottmd/wl2k_implement.htm
yahoogroups.com/group/LOADING_WL2K_USER_PROGRAMS
yahoogroups.com/group/wl2kemcomm
Questions?
This presentation was prepared by
Lor Kutchins, W3QA
Chester County ARES®/RACES Radio Officer
Assistant EPA Section Emergency Coordinator, Digital
ARES Digital Network Management Team