-=> Holger Granholm wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-   
      
    HG> OK first, please tell me what you put into the expression "HAM" that   
    HG> you use so frequently.   
      
   Amatuer Radio - be it the user, the equipment, whatever.    
      
    JA> We live near a major fault line. I have people around me that don't   
    JA> use HAM and have family far off. If a disaster hit and they needed   
    JA> to get communication to their family in Chicago, they wouldn't be   
    JA> able to.   
      
    HG> 'Use HAM', what is that??   
      
   Use a amateur radio - that better?   
      
    JA> With Winlink linked via radio, an email could leave my laptop, go   
    JA> through the HAM, through the radio network to a place that DOES have   
    JA> Internet service, then be delivered to their family in Chicago.   
      
    HG> How could you send an e-mail if the cell- and internet providers are   
    HG> down.   
      
   I can create an email server on a laptop. The routing would not be   
   automatic, but it could be done.   
      
    HG> And again, what does 'through the HAM' mean?   
      
   Via the radio waves that amatuer operators use.   
      
    JA> Again, in theory. :-)   
      
    HG> Yes theory is nice, but it doesn't always work.   
      
   Nope - but it NEVER works if you don't even attempt it.   
      
      
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