In dieaster relief communications being able to send E-Mail type messages to another station on HF with or without their ability to forward it to the Internet is very valuable. Being able to automatically forward a HF radio received message/E-mail and forward it to the internet makes it a valuable disaster relief communications tool.
As in Katrina, some locations did not have even cellphone service for 3-4 weeks and POTS for 4-8 weeks (some areas six months later still do not have POTS service) and no Internet access for 4-6 weeks and still not high speed internet service makes E-Mail service bewtween stations and forwarding to the internet a valuable service.
Unless you have been there, you can't appreciate the service of E-Mail via amateur radio.
Walt/K5YFW
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From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Andrew O'Brien
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:19 AM
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [digitalradio] email to Internet without a PC ?
I'm intrigued by all the email software that radio amateurs have produced, including PSKMAIL. What these programs do is allow someone with a computer to enter in a message, then use a PC and radio to transmit the message to a server. I'm still not convinced that this is of use to anyone other than those in extremely remote locations. It would seem to me that the ideal application would allow radio amateurs to send email to the Internet but not require the operator to have a computer. A revamped NTS-type of radio net would work , check in to the net and have the net members pick up traffic for a simple "popping it in to the Internet" . Other than that crude method, what other way could we achieve this . Tranceivers with built in software that would allow composition of a message for transmission to a amateur mail server? Hmmm, maybe some VHF transceivers already do that via APRS messages. Something! a little more functional than APRS messages would help.
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Andy
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