[RTTY] Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] HF to Cell Phone Texting (SMS)

[George Henry]

And Bonnie just keeps on pushing....



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "expeditionradio" <expeditionradio at yahoo.com>
To: <illinoisdigitalham at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:44 PM
Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] HF to Cell Phone Texting (SMS)


> Cell Phone texting, also known as SMS, can provide 24/7 access for
> emergency/disaster relief purposes. It enables immediate alerting and
> messaging with personnel.
> 
> For more information that includes an example of how SMS via HF is
> being used for Emcomm, please see the presentation "ALE for Emergency
> / Disaster Relief Communications" on the web at:
> http://www.hflink.com/garec/
> 
> When cell sites are congested during disasters or communications
> emergencies, SMS texting may still function in some cases, even when
> voice service is down. This situation was experienced in some parts of
> the Katrina disaster zone.
> 
> More and more, disaster response organisations are using SMS and short
> text email to meet their needs. Hams involved with Emcomm should work
> to support this also.
> 
> It is possible to send/receive SMS text messages on HF without a
> computer. For more information about this, see the website:
> http://hflink.com/hfn
> 
> 73 Bonnie VR2/KQ6XA
> 
> 
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