How to Send a RMS Express VHF Packet Message

How to send a peer to node (PTN) email such as via W5AUY-10 or AI6A-10 on 145.070 MHZ to an email address:
1. Select “Message”
2. Select “New Message”
3. Prepare the message as a WINLINK message, not as a peer to peer (PTP) message.
4. Use the email address of who you are sending to such as This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
5. Select “Post to OutBox”
6. Select 'Open Session' as 'Packet WL2K'.
7. For 'Connection Type' select 'Direct'.
8. Input the call sign of the node you are sending to such as W5AUY-10 or AI6A-10.
9. Click on 'Start'.

How to send a direct peer to peer (PTP) message to another local ham:
1. Select “Message”
2. Select “New Message”
3. Prepare the message as a Peer-to-Peer message, not as a Winlink message.
4. Use the ham call sign of who you are sending to such as W5AGM.
5. Select “Post to OutBox”
6. Select 'Open Session' as 'Packet P2P'.
7. For 'Connection Type' select 'Direct'.
8. Input the call sign of the local ham you are sending to such as W5AGM
9. Click on 'Start'.

How to send a PTP message to another local ham (digipeat) via W5AGM-10 or AI6A-10 on 145.070 MHz:
1. Prepare the message as a P2P message, not as a Winlink message.
2. Use the ham call sign of who you are sending to such as W5AGM.
3. After posting the message do 'Open Session' as 'Packet P2P'.
4. For 'Connection Type' select 'Digipeat'.
5. Input the call sign of the local ham you are sending to such as W5AGM
6. Input the via call sign of the ham that you will be digipeating through such as W5AUY-10 or AI6A-10 on 145.070 MHz.
6. Click on 'Start'.

• . Winlink 2000 (WL2K) is a worldwide system of volunteer resources supporting e-mail by radio, with non- commercial links to internet e-mail. These volunteer resources come from Amateur Radio, the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS), and other.
• Winlink, also known by its service mark, Winlink Global Radio Email, and as the Winlink 2000 Network (or WL2K), basically is a worldwide messaging system that uses amateur radio frequencies, as well as government frequencies, to provide email capability automatically and independent of the internet.

How to send a PTN email message via a digipeater such as to AI6A on 145.070 MHZ via W5AGM-10 when Keith is not connected to the internet:
1. Prepare the message as a WINLINK message, not as a P2P message.
2. Use the call sign of who you want to send the message to such as AI6A, W5JLF, KG5BDT or W5AGM.
3. After posting the message do 'Open Session' as 'Packet P2P'.
4. For 'Connection Type' select 'Digipeater'.
5. Input the call sign of the station you want to reach such as AI6A.
6. Input the call sign of the station you are going via such as KF5AGM-10.
7. Click on 'Start'.

How to send a message to Tom Pegues (AD5DJ) using Keith’s W5AGM-10 system and call sign so that the next time Tom checks in (as Keith), your message will be automatically forwarded to him (Tom). This assumes that the internet is down and Keith or Tom has configured the W5AGM-10 system for Store and Forward.
1. Prepare your message as a WINLINK message, not as a PTP message.
2. Use the call sign of the person that you wanto to leage a message for. For this scenario that would be W5AGM (not W5AGM-10 since Tom is acting as Keith.
3. After posting your message do “Open Session” as “Packet WL2K”.
4. For “Connection Type” select “Direct”.
5. Input the call sign of the station you are sending your message to. In this case that would be W5AGM-10.
6. Set your radio to 145.070 MHz.
7. Click on “Start”.
8. When asked by the system, click on “Connect to this server”.
How to send an email message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. via W5AUY-10 digipeating through AI6A-10:
1. Prepare your message as a WINLINK message, not as a PTP message.
2. Use the email address of who you want to send the email message to, in this case This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
3. After posting your message do “Open Session” as “Packet WL2K”.
4. For “Connection Type” select “Digipeat”.
5. Input the call sign of the WINLINK node that will be processing your message, in this case W5AUY-10. Than input the WINLINK node that you will be digipeating through (the “via”), in this case AI6A-10.
6. Click on “Start”.

Winlink 2000 Radio Message Server W3AEC-10 / 144.910 / 1200 baud

Winlink 2000 Overview from Boxboro Hamfest. In addition, Phil McNamara-N1XTB has provided a document on how to retrieve Winlink-2000 bulletins using its catalog function. The link to that PDF document, which is slightly over 1 Meg in size, is listed below: Winlink 2000 Ham Bulletins Retrieval Document.

Winlink 2000 (WL2K) is a worldwide system of volunteer resources supporting email by radio, with non-commercial links to the internet. These resources come from Amateur Radio, the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS), and other volunteer organizations. The system provides valuable service to emergency communicators, and to licensed radio operators without access to the internet. The all-volunteer Winlink Development Team (WDT) is committed to continuous improvement using modern computer and networking technology with the most efficient and effective radio modes and digital protocols for local, regional and long-distance applications.

Delaware County ARES-RACES maintains a Radio Message Server (RMS)nodelocated at the EOC in Middletown Township with an omni-directional VHF antenna mounted on a 55-foot tower. The call sign of the two-meter 1200 baud packet node is W3AEC-10 operating 24/7 on a frequency of 144.910 Mhz with an output power of 25 Watts. This RMS packet node is a gateway station linked to the internet via a microcomputer interfaced with a VHF transceiver and Kantronics KP3C+ TNC Terminal Node Controller (TNC).

The Winlink 2000 system is an extremely effective method for delivering email service to an agency within Delaware County that has suffered a disruption in internet access due to a prolonged power outage or telecommunications infrastructure failure. If an agency has a critical need to send important email traffic, an ARES-RACES field digital communication station can be deployed. Emails can be sent from a laptop computer interfaced with a two-meter transceiver and TNC and transmitted on 144.910 Mhz to the W3AEC-10 node at the EOC. The emails received at the W3AEC-10 RMS node are forwarded to the internet and delivered in a normal manner to the addressee.

In situations where the distance from an affected agency to the nearest RMS packet node is too great for a VHF link to be effective, HF frequencies can be used at a lower baud rate with reduced throughput.

Nearby RMS Packet Nodes

DELAWARE COUNTY

• W3AEC-10, 144.910, 1200 baud, EOC, Lima
• N3UP-10, 144.930, 1200 baud, Aston Twp.

CHESTER COUNTY

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Winlink 2000

• W3JY-10, 144.950, 1200 baud, Malvern
• WA3NOA-10, 145.710, 1200 baud, West Chester
• W3EOC-10, 145.690, 1200 baud, Bucktown

Winlink 2000 Airmail

NEW CASTLE COUNTY

• N3LUD-10, 145.010, 1200 baud, Wilmington