Winlink Global Radio Email®️…
…is a network of amateur radio and authorized government stations that provide worldwide radio email using radio pathways where the internet is not present. The system is built, operated and administered entirely by licensed “Ham” volunteers. It supports email with attachments, position reporting, weather and information bulletins, and is well-known for its role in interoperable emergency and disaster relief communications. It is capable of operating completely without the internet–automatically–using smart-network radio relays. Licensed Winlink operators/stations use both amateur radio and government radio frequencies worldwide.
Any amatuer get use Winlink, either via radio or internet. Check out this valuable tool at www.winlink.org.
I am running a Gateway/Digipeater at W9CHA-10 on 145.030 MHz. It is located in the Silver Springs Shores area, between where Don Freer’s Gateway was running on Baseline Rd and the SK W3HII-10 Gateway was running in Oklawaha. It has a good range, I can connect directly to the EOC Winlink with it. Below is a current map of Gateways in Marion County.
Currently I am running it about 12 hours a day, 0800 to 2000 Eastern Time. I take it off the air during lightning events, which happen fairly often in this area. Feel free to use it anytime. If you have a problem with it, or constructive information, please e-mail me at ed@w9cha.com.
There is more Winlink information on the MERT website at www.kg4nxo.com.