Winlink Wednesday #5: Postponed

[Chris Sullivan]

At the request of the Winlink Development Team and RAC we are suspending Winlink Wednesday #5 until the week after next to conserve resources on the Winlink System in the wake of Hurricane Milton.

Next week's exercise, barring another hurricane, will be the "Did You Feel It" exercise run by the Emcomm Training Organzation. I will send information out early next week to this list, although some of you may already have it.

While the main concern is HF RF traffic, it would be prudent to suspend all non-essential activity on Winlink for the time being.

Until then, 73,

Chris

Special Advisory Notice:

For immediate release: 

October 8, 2024
 

Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
RAC Community Services Officer
comm...@rac.ca

Radio of Amateurs of Canada has received a request from the Winlink Development team to issue the following statement about Hurricane Milton:

“The Winlink Development Team from the United States has requested that all non-essential traffic on the Winlink system be suspended, including tests, weekly nets, etc., until after Hurricane Milton. They are still experiencing high volumes of traffic from Helene, so please keep the gateways open.”

Due to the FCC part 97.221 American Amateur Radio regulations, the band restrictions limit the frequencies that are used to transmit and receive Winlink traffic.

Please respect that gateways will be operating at their best capabilities, but overuse of non-essential traffic may impact their ability to provide support to storm-affected areas.

Thank you.

Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
RAC Community Services Officer

 

[Mike VA3MCT]

They have only requested this for access to HF RMS stations.

Telnet and local VHF/UHF traffic that goes through the CMS will not interfere with HF Winlink traffic and is fine.

73,

Mike Crabtree - VA3MCT

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[Chris Sullivan]

That may be implied by the request, but it isn't explicitly stated that way. The statement "that all non-essential traffic on the Winlink system be suspended," seems clear to me.

Call it an abundance of caution, if you wish.

73,
Chris