Subj : Re: Wannabe HAM
To : HOLGER GRANHOLM
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Fri Sep 23 2016 12:51 pm
-=> Holger Granholm wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
HG> OK first, please tell me what you put into the expression "HAM" that
HG> you use so frequently.
Amatuer Radio - be it the user, the equipment, whatever.
JA> We live near a major fault line. I have people around me that don't
JA> use HAM and have family far off. If a disaster hit and they needed
JA> to get communication to their family in Chicago, they wouldn't be
JA> able to.
HG> 'Use HAM', what is that??
Use a amateur radio - that better?
JA> With Winlink linked via radio, an email could leave my laptop, go
JA> through the HAM, through the radio network to a place that DOES have
JA> Internet service, then be delivered to their family in Chicago.
HG> How could you send an e-mail if the cell- and internet providers are
HG> down.
I can create an email server on a laptop. The routing would not be
automatic, but it could be done.
HG> And again, what does 'through the HAM' mean?
Via the radio waves that amatuer operators use.
JA> Again, in theory. :-)
HG> Yes theory is nice, but it doesn't always work.
Nope - but it NEVER works if you don't even attempt it.
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