RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread Michael P. Brininstool
From: Charles Crizer Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:07 PM >In most cases, the long haul infrastructure of the Internet is the same as our >long distance and Intralata phone system. These are rather robust systems. >Are they infallible? Of course not. But they are here to stay and where they >

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
rfax County South) American Red Cross of the National Capital Area -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KV9U Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 13:39 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliabl

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread Charles Crizer
digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications Charlie, I am assuming you really mean Winlink 2000 which is completely different than the older Winlink system that was strictly an RF only system that did not

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
radio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications Walt, I meant Autovon for phone (non-data) use. Served agencies will usually use all their means before they turn to Amateur radio. Many times they will use a backup gov

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread KV9U
Charlie, I am assuming you really mean Winlink 2000 which is completely different than the older Winlink system that was strictly an RF only system that did not use the internet? Your hypothetical scenario is a very real possibility and has happened to us on occasion with our traffic nets bein

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread Charles Crizer
m [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:17 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications Charlie, Autovon is now called Defense Switchi

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:07 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications There is a difference between an attack and a disaster. If we have a

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-19 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
ization's fall back? And, how well can amateur radio assist them in their need for messaging? Walt/K5YFW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:25 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio]

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-18 Thread Charles Crizer
pital Area -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kd4e Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 22:08 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications >

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-18 Thread kd4e
> Lets make a little wager. I'll guarantee this message gets to the list > using the supposedly unreliable SMTP technology. I'll guarantee it for X > dollars that it works. Now - for what value of Y dollars will anybody > here guarantee me that it doesn't work? Do we lose one message in a >

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-18 Thread wa7nwp
> Maybe you should go read RFC 822 -- SMTP, which is the mail transport used > on the internet, is NOT reliable, never was, never will be guaranteed > delivery. Maybe in the future there will be yet another protocol for > sending email that IS reliable and guaranteed delivery, but SMTP isn't it!

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-18 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
al Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:16 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications Maybe you should go read RFC 822 -- SMTP, which i

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-18 Thread Michael P. Brininstool
;t it! -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:54 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communica

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-15 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:48 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications The posts I was replying to did not have emergency comms in reference; the c

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Aycock
The posts I was replying to did not have emergency comms in reference; the circumstances were in reference to ordinary postings. He described delays in ordinary posts and rejections by ISPs. Emergencies are another story. Bill-W4BSG At 01:58 PM 9/15/2006 -0400, you wrote: > > The problem you h

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-15 Thread kd4e
> The problem you have is with your (and your friends) ISPs, not the > Internet. Try a real Service provider. Mine is good enough to let Video get > through. > Bill-W4BSG The disaster/emergency weakness of the Internet is that the physical backbone is extremely vulnerable whereas direct 100% wir

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Aycock
The problem you have is with your (and your friends) ISPs, not the Internet. Try a real Service provider. Mine is good enough to let Video get through. Bill-W4BSG At 02:53 PM 9/14/2006 -0500, you wrote: > > I have a friend who lives 142 miles (as the crow flies) southeast of me. > > He can s

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-14 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
and that their communications are "broken." Yipes!!! Walt/K5YFW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:53 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amate

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-14 Thread wa7nwp
> I have a friend who lives 142 miles (as the crow flies) southeast of me. > He can send me an E-Mail at say 10:00 local asking me to get on 40M for a > QSO at 15:00. Sometimes I don't get the E-Mail until well after the Skd > time...and sometimes not at all because his E-Mail service bounces his

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-14 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
4:09 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications Murphy says so. Unimportant, or unwanted email will be very reliably delivered, while important and very much wanted email will not be reliably

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-09-12 Thread Michael P. Brininstool
, August 25, 2006 3:46 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications > > I agree that the intenet can very unreliable. Of course so can HF > communications: If the Internet is so unreliable, how

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The Internet is Unreliable for Amateur RadioService Emergency Communications

2006-08-25 Thread wa7nwp
> > I agree that the intenet can very unreliable. Of course so can HF > communications: If the Internet is so unreliable, how come all that spam gets to me? Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.c