Email with Radio: Winlink, APRS, and DSTAR
YARA's Winlink Station, VY1WLK uses ARDOP software, VARA software and PACTOR modem modes. Frequencies can be found on the Winlink website, usually 3593.000 KHz, 7090.500 KHz, 10132.000 KHz, and 14092.500 KHz.
Winlink Live System Information
Ham radio operators have had the ability to send text messages and emails over the airwaves for over 20 years. Text messaging is not new. It is used for emergency communications, for alerts, and by ocean sailors, travelers and campers.
YARA uses APRS for position reporting and sending text messages and Winlink (HF) and D-Star (VHF & UHF) to send text messages and email attachments for emergency communications and community service. Some members enjoy the technologies for personal use.
Here are a few key options for HF, VHF and UHF radio communications.
Winlink
Winlink (Wikipedia) Winlink, also known as the Winlink 2000 Network, is a worldwide radio messaging system that mixes internet technology and appropriate amateur radio radio frequency (RF) technologies. The system provides radio interconnection services including: email with attachments, position reporting, graphic and text weather bulletins, emergency/disaster relief communications, and message relay.
- Winlink Home Page
- Winlink Live System Information - see YARA's VY1WLK
- Winlink Tutorials and Videos
- Winlink User Support and Help
- Navy-Mars PowerPoint Presentation
- 100 Dollar HF Radio Modem for Email (SignaLink USB Sound Card) YouTube Video
- RMS Express Program For Emergency Communications YouTube Video
- Getting Started with Winklink PDF document
- VARA software modem Youtube Demo - 10 minutes: Winlink and Vara mode Mobile IC-7100
- Pactor 4 and WinLink with email attachements YouTube Video. YARA has two new Pactor modems for Emergency Communications work.
- PACTOR canoe-portable Algonquin Park Ontario YouTube Video
- Winlink on a Raspberry Pi
- Pi Zero Project :: Winlink
- Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Setup RMS Express Winmor
APRS
- Global APRS Messaging Initiative
- APRSLink
- APRS Email Services
- APRS Raspberry Pi
- How to Send an APRS message with the Yaesu VX-8r YouTube Video
Dstar
- D-RATS: A Communications Tool For D-STAR
- D-RATS: D-RATS Operating Guide
- DStar User Software
- D-STAR D-Gate This allows APRS local monitoring users using tools such as UIVIEW to see local D-STAR users in addition to the local APRS users. D-PRS
- D-PRS D-PRS is the act of converting Icom GPS information generated by Icom D-STAR radios in GPS mode into TNC2 fomatted APRS strings. Icom made use of this user-defined space to pass radio messages (simple display messages) and to pass serial data.