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New LOCAL Winlink CMS Gateway for VARA RM on 145.060 #VARAFM,#CMS Gateway


 
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Hello,
I have just setup a temporary CMS Gateway on 145.060, Simplex, 1200 Baud ( Narrow) for the local area.
It is located in the RV Park at 4313 FM 2004, La Marque, TX? 77568 and the antenna is mounted at about 12 ft above Ground Level (AGL)
So the range is unknown.
This is a temporary setup while we are in the local area.? Since I join the 2 PM ragchew and use the same radio Winlink will
not be available from 14:00-15:30.
Please let me know via email if you have problems connecting and I will try to assist.
73? NB5C


 

Location?
Hope you find some ham activity there.? :)


 

Donald, technically what you are operating is a Radio Message Server (RMS) which connects to the Central Message Servers (CMS) which are hosted on Amazon Servers.?

If you have the RMS Gateway on 145.060 MHz operating using Packet Winlink, it is not a lot of extra work to set it up to operate on VARA FM on the same frequency.? Then you will have a Dual Mode Packet/VARA FM RMS gateway.? Is your RMS gateway NB5C-10 ???

The advantage of adding VARA FM to your RMS Gateway is VARA FM can operate at a higher speed and at a lower signal to noise ratio.? So basically stations that are further away will be able to connect and pass traffic when the Packet Winlink will not work.?

If you look at the WaveTalkers site you will see some of their excellent video on setting up an RMS Gateway to operate in Dual mode.

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Have fun!

Stuart VE3SMF