21 February Shack Day: Winlink Outline

[Chuck Curtis]

As mentioned at the February club meeting.  Don Mertz along with members of HPT will be having a shack day.  Below is the out line for the shack day.

Shack Day starts at 0900 at the Red Cross.  The objective is to quickly go through the early items to maximize the time spent on the practical, hands-on aspect.  I will add the web site URLs for the weekly nets to the outline.  Hardware-wise, attendees will get exposure to an RA Board, SignaLink, and DigiRig.  This is not an HPT shelter kit drill.

 -Introduction / Objective

-Winlink.org and HPT groups.io knowledge resources

-Winlink application navigation

-Middleware: Soundmodem, VARA

-Hardware: SignaLink, DigiRig, RA Board

-Protocols and setup: TELNET, Packet and Packet P2P, VARA FM and VARA P2P, VARA HF and VARA HF P2P

-VARA (HF) Terminal

-VARA (VHF / UHF) Chat

-WoAD (Winlink on Android Device)

-Local RMS architecture

-Forms / Templates: Standard forms, State forms, HPT form

-Weekly Winlink Exercises

--Winlink Wednesday

--Kentucky American Legion Winlink Net (KB4KY)

--Great Lakes Area Winlink Net (GLAWN)

--EmComm Training Organization (ETO) Thursday (American Red Cross)

--AF4Y Kentucky Winlink P2P

-Practical

 

Supporting clients:

-VARA FM: KJ4MZ (on site)

-TELNET: KK4SLT (radio room)

-VARA P2P: KY4VT (radio room)…440.42 MHz

-VARA Chat: KK4SLP (in RRV)…440.42 MHz

Don Mertz, KJ4MZ

don....@gmail.com    Text: 7572684622

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