[OZAPRS] Packet uses...

[Tony King]

Hi All,
Couldn't have put it better myself.  I got out of wicen years ago and 
for those exact reasons. To me they seem to be alienating and ignoring  
the very resources that are there to help them, that is, the bulk of 
amateurs.

Howard,
There are a few attempts at improving and automating the "emergency 
traffic"  handling message systems that get touted about on packet. They 
all seem to have reliance on the internet rather than radio but there is 
one that uses the standard email software (thunderbird, outlook, etc)  
and a set of pre formatted forms. It then sends only the form number and 
the content over the link and reconstitutes the message at the receiving 
end. Seems to be a good idea and is suited for radio operation on 1200 
or 300bps using the packet system. It can interface at either end to the 
internet if required..
I haven't used it other than a quick 5 minute play but the concept seems 
ok and at least it gets away from relying totally on the very 
infrastructure that disappears in an emergency situation.

Can't think of it's name at the moment but if you like I can go back 
through the packet mail list and find it.
                                                                                                Regards Tony VK3API


the On 26/03/2011 8:45 AM, Howard Small wrote:
> Dave
>
> Yeah, we are on top of that. So far as WICEN is concerned - not 
> interested. Too much politics, in-fighting and navel gazing. Also 
> WICEN's  focus has been, and continues to be, to try to involve itself 
> in the communications of emergency services. When I was in Vic WICEN 
> that worked well but up here in VK4 it is fragmented and apparently 
> directionless: they have totally missed the boat in my opinion.
>
> The focus we are considering is to provide a facility to those totally 
> left out of the emergency communications plans - to assist the community.
>
> Howard
> VK4BS
>
> On 26/03/2011 6:41 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>>
>> Batteries (big ones) and practice every so often; an activation is a 
>> poor
>> time to find that some vital equipment is not working.  Also consider
>> joining (or at least liaising with) WICEN.
>>
>> -- Dave
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