Winlink 2000 Progress in South Texas

Presentation for: Hamcom June 10, 2006 Tom Whiteside STX ARES DEC for Digital Networks

Brief Winlink 2000 Overview Winlink 2000 Recent Progress STX Winlink 2000 Recent Progress General Discussion

Winlink 2000 at a high level: Winlink 2000 is a system for sending e-mail over amateur radio 802.11, D-Star, VHF/UHF Packet connection for short range HF PACTOR I, PACTOR II, PACTOR III for longer range Winlink 2000 hierarchy: Top Level: Redundant Common Message Servers (CMS) 2nd Level: Participating Mail Box Office (PMBO) Mid level servers 3 rd Level: Telpac nodes 4 th Level: Client applications: Paclink Airmail Telnet

Winlink 2000 at a high level: Winlink 2000 is a system for sending e-mail over amateur radio 802.11, D-Star, VHF/UHF Packet connection for short range HF PACTOR I, PACTOR II, PACTOR III for longer range Winlink 2000 hierarchy: Top Level: Redundant Common Message Servers (CMS) 2nd Level: Participating Mail Box Office (PMBO) Mid level servers 3 rd Level: Telpac Internet gateway 4 th Level: Client applications: Paclink Airmail Telnet

Winlink 2000 at a high level: Winlink 2000 is a system for sending e-mail over amateur radio 802.11, D-Star, VHF/UHF Packet connection for short range HF PACTOR I, PACTOR II, PACTOR III for longer range Winlink 2000 hierarchy: Top Level: Redundant Common Message Servers (CMS) 2nd Level: Participating Mail Box Office (PMBO) Mid level servers 3 rd Level: Telpac Internet gateway 4 th Level: Client applications: Paclink Airmail

Paclink Pop 3 Mail server Supports popular e-mail software Automatic failover via prioritized VHF/UHF Telpac or Telnet channels Requires Windows XP or 2000 Supports wide variety of TNCs / sound cards using AGWPE Airmail Built-in e-mail capability for single machine VHF/UHF Packet with a limited set of TNCs (AGWPE in development) HF PACTOR I, II and III support Windows 95 or greater supported Point to point mail supported

Winlink 2000 System Level Improvements Transition to redundant CMS servers completed 3 in place today with 4 th one planned for Europe in the near future New CMS remote control facilities Enhanced Web page status now from a separate hardened site Password protected EMCOMM and US Army MARS views Addition of APRS reporting / map for Telpac assets APRSLink short text messaging integrated into Winlink 2000 system

Winlink 2000 System Level Improvements Transition to redundant CMS servers completed 3 in place today with 4 th one planned for Europe in the near future

Winlink 2000 System Level Improvements Transition to redundant CMS servers completed 3 in place today with 4 th one planned for Europe in the near future New CMS remote control facilities

Winlink 2000 System Level Improvements Transition to redundant CMS servers completed 3 in place today with 4 th one planned for Europe in the near future New CMS remote control facilities Enhanced Web page status now from a separate hardened site www.winlink.org/status Password protected EMCOMM and US Army MARS views Addition of APRS reporting / map for Telpac assets

Winlink 2000 System Level Improvements Transition to redundant CMS servers completed 3 in place today with 4 th one planned for Europe in the near future New CMS remote control facilities Enhanced Web page status now from a separate hardened site www.winlink.org/status Password protected EMCOMM and US Army MARS views Addition of APRS reporting / map for Telpac assets APRSLink short text messaging integrated into Winlink 2000 system http://www.winlink.org/aprslink.htm

Currently: 84 PMBOs world-wide 23 EMCOMM PMBOs

Status page shows 310 active Telpac Gateways

Progress in the South Texas Section

Currently: 84 PMBOs world-wide 23 EMCOMM PMBOs STX had 1st & 3rd EMCOMM PMBOs STX today: Harris County (W0MAC) Williamson County (N5TW) STX future: Harris County (W0MAC) Harris County planned Williamson County (N5TW) Travis County planned Sabine County planned

STX ARES Digital Databases: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stxares/database

STX ARES Digital Databases: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stxares/database X X X X

STX ARES Digital Databases: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stxares/database

STX ARES Digital Databases: Servers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stxares/database?method=reportrows&tbl=10

STX ARES Digital Databases: Fixed Clients http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stxares/database?method=reportrows&tbl=11

STX ARES Digital Databases: Portable Responders Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STXARES/database?method=reportRows&tbl=12

Currently 38 Telpac stations in STX Up from 18 at the end of last year 11% of the US total! Fixed Client locations: 23 VHF 10 HF P1 3 HF P3 Portable Stations: Packet Cavalry 4 VHF Telpac 58 VHF 10 HF P1 8 HF P3

ARES STX Telpac Stations 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Currently 38 Telpac stations in STX Up from 18 at the end of last year 11% of the US total! Fixed Client locations: 23 VHF 10 HF P1 3 HF P3 Portable Stations: Packet Cavalry 4 VHF Telpac 58 VHF 10 HF P1 8 HF P3

ARES STX Telpac Stations 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Currently 38 Telpac stations in STX Up from 18 at the end of last year 12% of the US total! Fixed Client locations: 23 VHF 10 HF P1 3 HF P3 Portable Stations: Packet Cavalry 4 VHF Telpac 58 VHF 10 HF P1 8 HF P3

http://www.na6m.com/stxares/

Districts 1 and 14 District 1 and 14 with HF PACTOR: Harris Montgomery

District 2 District 2 with HF PACTOR capability: Polk No EC

District 3 I know of no Winlink activity in District 3. ARES ARES ARES

District 4 Indicates digipeater All District 4 counties have ARES AD5CA-3 currently only Telpac Stations with HF PACTOR: Nueces Live Oak

District 5 I know of no Winlink activity in District 5. ARES ARES ARES ARES

District 6 There are no Telpac nodes in District 6 HF PACTOR Capability: Bandera County has PACTOR III ARES ARES ARES-HF ARES

District 7 District 7 Counties with HF Winlink Capability: Bastrop Travis Williamson Indicates digipeater

District 8 HF PACTOR Capability: None Telpac nodes: None ARES ARES ARES Indicates digipeater

District 9 Telpac nodes: 2 HF PACTOR Capability: Hardin Jefferson Indicates BPT node Indicates PTA node

District 10 WA5VBT-10 is District 10 s only Telpac node Counties with HF PACTOR Capability: Victoria

District 11 ARES Currently no Telpacs in District 11 HF PACTOR Capability: None

District 12 K5EOC-10 is District 12 s only Telpac node Counties with HF PACTOR Capability: Bexar Indicates digipeater Indicates K-Net

District 13 I know of no Winlink activity in District 13. ARES

http://www.na6m.com/stxares/

A few photos.

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KC5YSM & Station in Tikiuraya, Honduras

Winlink PMBO in Laceiba Honduras, February 2006

From the Cypress Creek training session back on Mar 11. Alan KB2WF helps Craig WD5BDX

Here s a couple of pictures 1st is me & my setup during Katrina running WL2K (sorry for the ego photo, just what I had) and the 2nd is my new layout in my truck running WL2K and the third is a picture of the truck. Steve, N5AC

Here is a station operating during the Hurricane Drill 2006 at the Orange County EOC in Orange, TX. using VHF (Airmail) Winlink as part of the EMCOMM station using HF, VHF and UHF. Thanks, Rocky Wilson N5MTX

KB2WF Suitcase: Portable station built in to an aluminum briefcase and runs voice, Telpac, Paclink, Airmail packet. Has built in batteries to power a laptop, an Icom208H & KPC9612+ for both 1200 and 9600bps. Has 2 built in voltage regulators for external power which enters via Anderson Powerpoles on the left. Antenna SO239 is at the top of the lid.

The Winlink workshop on Mar 11th 2006 for packet Airmail Richard Driscoll, KD5URB, as a coach for Ken W5KAM

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