Digital Networks

Facilitator

Don Rolph, AB1PH

Objectives

  • establish the ability to send a structured (forms based) message from any radio operator in the continental US (CONUS) to any other radio operator in the continental US (CONUS) in under 30 minutes

Approach

  • review approaches which have potential to meet this objective
  • establish test procedures to determine if proposed approaches can actually meet or come close to this objective
  • establish effort required to develop approach into a viable procedure

Technologies/proposals under consideration

  • Winlink using Winlink Relay
  • NBEMS using a distributed network
  • DTN with appropriate procedures
  • Ad hoc messaging approach

Preliminary Schedule

  • flush out approaches by end of March 2025
  • sub-teams will pursue testing and report back to Digital team on schedule to be established