Manitowoc County ARES RACES

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Manitowoc CountyARES / RACES

• Winlink2000 Presentation

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What is Winlink2000?

• WL2K is a Volunteer designed, maintained and
  operated system for the delivery of Radio E-mail
  and services for a variety of applications
• Mobile user connectivity (Marine, RV, etc)
• On demand information (Weather, Positions,
  Status, etc.)
• Emergency Communications, Last Mile and Long
  distance.
• Mercy Missions (Katrina, Rita, Tsunami, Health
  missions.)
• Health and Welfare traffic (normal E-mail with
  attachments)

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Why are we here?

• In cooperation with Homeland Security at their
  recommendation, the ARRL Board sought to provide
  a Nationwide digital system to enhance the
  communications capability of the Amateur Radio
  Emergency Service (ARES) There are situations,
  the Board said, when ARES "must have the
  capability to pass digital traffic across the
  Nation quickly and accurately.

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Winlink 2000 deployment for the ARRL Amateur
Radio Emergency Service

• Winlink 2000 has proven to be an outstanding
  addition to the capabilities of ARRL Field
  Services
• provides nearly real-time radio email service for
  all served agencies and the public
• works in harmony with the resources of the
  existing manually operated ARES, NTS and NTS/D
  services
• covers all areas of the Country and beyond
• allows ARES to provide transparent, seamless,
  end-to-end digital email from the desktops of the
  served agencies within the Sections.
• greatly enhances the operation of all these
  combined resources
• Increased accuracy, Increased Speed, allows
  permanent Record, no learning curve for end-user,
  no invasive software in agencies
• Provides ease of use, works even when
  infrastructure is damaged
• Provides served agencies with what they need.

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Tonights Discussion

• What does the end-user need ( want) to be
  effective when normal digital communications are
  unavailable? That is really what its all about!
  Lets examine
• Winlink 2000 System.
• Telpac VHF/UHF-to-Telnet Gateway with Paclink
  client for local area Last Mile coverage.
• Airmail Client for Longer Range HF Internet
  substitution.
• Specialized non-public local/Regional Winlink
  2000 participating station
• (PMBO (KB9MMC)) to hub community digital
  traffic.
• LIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THE WINLINK SYSTEM

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Moving into the 21st Century
Consistency
Accuracy
Record tracking
Written documents impose their own kind of
disciplineAlbert Einstein
I cant work without a blackboard!
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• Theres also 10 types of people in the world
• Those who understand binary and those who don't

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Agency Focus on Emergency digital communications

• Normal E-mail requires an internet connection

• Agency to Agency
• Agency to Field
• Agency to multipoint
• Agency to anywhere!

Critical
Routine
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Agency Focus

• If a community Last Mile internet link is
  broken, e-mail cannot flow.

Critical Medical Tactical Info sent!
What the ????
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Agency Focus
The Last Mile, is an important part of
Emergency Communications The incident area
where conventional communications have been
totally disrupted or overloaded by an emergency
situation.
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In todays World, we cannot predict the size,
nature or location of our disaster areas! We be
must prepared, Globally.
Local?
Regional?
Global?
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End-User Focus

• Amateur Radio can provide e-mail to any
  served agency without the internet within the
  Last Mile, across the Nation, or around the
  World.

HOW DO HAMS DO THAT?
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How can an Amateur Radio Emergency Service
provide a Local, State, Regional, National or
Global digital e-mail capability to its
communitys agencies when various normal
Internet links are broken?
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How do Hams do that?
Agency Focus on Emergency digital communications
Requirements

• It must look like e-mail.
• It must use an e-mail editor like MS Outlook
  Express or Outlook, etc.
• It must have an address book like e-mail.
• It must include multiple recipients (to, Cc)
  like e-mail.
• It must send multiple binary attachments like
  e-mail.
• It must have a spell-checker like e-mail.
• It must work on multiple computers within an
  agency with no additional desktop software, and
  not invade the security of the system.
• It must provide transparent, seamless,
  end-to-end email when there is no normal Internet
  path.
• It must be able to utilize tactical email
  addresses.
• It must NOT add to the stress or learning curve
  of those who are already stressed in an emergency
  situation.

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Welcome to the Power of Winlink 2000 !
YOU ARE HERE W9DK-10
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Where in the World are you? It doesnt matter!
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Winlink 2000 Today

• Approximately 150,000 radio message/260,000
  Minutes though system, Monthly. (more than all
  branches of MARS ARRL field networks combined.)
• Over 5,100 weekly users to over 75,100 email
  recipients.
• Over 43 Standard Participating locations (PMBOs)
  with 23 in USA. Many locations contain multiple
  stations.
• 2.1 minute Ave. est. delivery time to PMBO for
  Pickup
• Over 200 VHF/UHF Telpac nodes in operation.
• HF radio access, VHF/UHF radio access, Telnet
  Access, WEB Browser Access.
• New Inclusion of non-public EmComm PMBOs.
• Enhanced, more flexible redundant network
  topology currently under development with even
  less Internet dependency.

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Winlink 2000 Feature Overview

• Features
• Worldwide, proven, existing, reliable,redundant
  system with its own on-going management and
  support systems.
• Looks and works like common SMTP e-mail.
• Uses any combination of SMTP addresses mixed with
  Radio addresses. For EmComm, can use tactical
  addresses.
• Multiple to and CC addressing.
• Sends multiple binary attachments.
• Handles tactical addresses.
• Secure due to binary protocol secure user
  login.
• Easy to configure and use.
• Software is free, hardware is NOT!
• WEB browser/Telnet or VHF/UHF/HF access

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WL2K Features (continued)

• System is Fault tolerant completely redundant.
• Flexible
• Can use existing Packet nodes, or digis, or
  switches.
• Can use existing Participating Stations (PMBOs.)
• Has backup remotely located Central Servers
  (CMBO.)
• Older generation BBSs may be replaced with Telpac
  nodes.
• Intelligent follow me routing.
• Distance insensitive, transparent nodes Local,
  Regional, National or Internationalit does not
  matter.

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WL2K Features (continued)

• Highly adaptable for emergency use.
• May replace broken Internet links local,
  regional, national or international.
• Designed for mobile or fixed operations.
• The Winlink 2000 Catalog may be tailored for
  detailed instructions, policy employment, complex
  procedures or medical information for each
  community.
• Position Reporting for locating mobile users
• ARRS
• ShipTrak
• Text-based e-mail reply tracking system
• Auto non-published real-time Position Tracking.
• NOAA MAROB weather reporting system
• May be expanded for SKYWARN applications.
• Local Hubbing PMBO can maintain email
  connectivity among community Agencies with or
  without the Internet!

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WL2K Features (continued)

• Uses B2F binary Protocol
• It is in the public domain.
• Secure against hacking due to compression
  error correction.
• May be wrapped by most ARQ modes.
• provides approximately 44 percent data
  compression.
• Needs no special consideration in a secure IT
  Infrastructure. Works inside, outside the
  firewall (DMZ) or router.
• All user Interfaces may be password protected.
• Instant self-registration option can be turned
  on/off.
• Heavy virus/SPAM protection accept list, etc.
  can all be turned on/off.
• NO learning curve for end-user agencies. NO
  additional stress!

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Paclink, with multiple computers in a served
agency, either behind or in front of a router
and/or firewall.
Mobile Paclink Carls Car
Outlook Express, Thunderbird or similar User
Interface
Very Important!
Multi-channel VHF/UHF Packet w/ B2F Protocol
All it takes is one computer, TNC, the Paclink
program and an antenna!
EOC, Red Cross, Field Box
Airmail High Speed HF
All it takes is one Laptop, a Transceiver, SCS
TNC, the Airmail program and an antenna!
Telpac W9DK-10
Telnet
Local Hubbing PMBO KB9MMC (Allows all hubbed
traffic to continue with loss of the Internet.)
CMBO Server
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Telpac Information

• The Telpac node (W9DK-10 / W9DK-WL) also
  functions as an APRS I-gate and digital repeater
  (W9DK-3) thanks to the use of a Kenwood D700a
  with the internal TNC used for APRS and an
  external KPC3 TNC for Winlink2000

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The W9DK-10 Telpac Node
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Telpac station screen shot
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Paclink station information

• Three stations in the field, EOC, Red Cross, and
  a portable field box.
• All the laptops are setup the same, only the
  names have been changed.
• All the laptops have Paclink and APRS capability.
• In the process of setting up built-in web server
  along with web based email for each station.

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The Paclink field stations
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Paclink station screen shot
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So, Whats Next?

• Learn to use Paclink, Telpac, Airmail, and other
  Equipment.
• Create user documentation to simplify use of the
  system
• Install the local Telpac/APRS gateway at Holy
  Family.
• Finalize the Paclink stations Paclink LANs in
  places where it will be used during an emergency.
• Setup the Airmail, long-range HF Station at the
  club shack
• And finally on to
• the
• LIVE Demonstration

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Winlink 2000 (WL2K) More info and Follow up
System Details and Downloads Winlink 2000 web
site www.winlink.org Join the 1400 member
EmComm WL2K reflector http//groups.yahoo.com/g
roup/wl2kemcomm/ Take the On-line course for
using WL2K modules for EmComm http//groups.yaho
o.com/group/LOADING_WL2K_USER_PROGRAMS/ Review
and promote the Published Information about
Winlink 2000 http//www.winlink.org/news.htm Re
view the Presentations and examples of EmComm
use http//www.winlink.org/emergency.htm
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Any Questions?