Subj : Re: Wannabe HAM
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Mon Sep 19 2016 09:47 am

In a message on Monday 09-18-16 Jimmy Anderson said to Holger Granholm:

Hello Jimmy,

 HG> Do you expect Winlink to work when all the cellphone nets and ISP's
 HG> go down? I wouldn't.

JA> Well, if the LOCAL cell net is down but HAM is up you could at least
JA> use Winlink to get a message out from the local area to a place
JA> where it was working. Or am I not understanding it correctly? I
JA> thought he would link some Winlink repeaters so it's ALL HAM
JA> traffic.

If the cell net goes down, so does the ISP's. In a disaster, usually all
providers, be they cell- or inter-net, go down.

A ham repeater may work some time, if it has a battery back-up, but once
that is depleted, it will also go down.

Still, without an Internet Service Provider (ISP), to connect to, even
Winlink is dead.

 JA> course BBS's have small enough data footprints that you COULD work
 JA> them at 9600 baud if you needed to...

 HG> Yes, as long as you still have a POTS line and a modem in your
 HG> computer.

JA> I meant the Winlink operates at 9600.

Against what, when the providers are down ??


Have a nice day,

Holger

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