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

[George Henry]

I guess she's talking about getting H&W messages, etc.,  OUT of the disaster area to non-affected areas, but like WinLink, this ignores the fact that there's no confirmation that the message was ever received.  

Just one more example of a poorly-thought-out solution to a questionable problem.


-----Original Message-----
>From: "F.R. Ashley" <gdadx2 at clearwire.net>
>Sent: Oct 21, 2007 1:52 PM
>To: George Henry <ka3hsw at earthlink.net>, rtty at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] HF to Cell Phone Texting (SMS)
>
>So what happens when the emergency takes out the cellular systems??
>
>73 Buddy WB4M
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw at earthlink.net>
>To: <rtty at contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:46 PM
>Subject: [RTTY] Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] HF to Cell Phone Texting (SMS)
>
>
>> 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