ARRL Web site offers Winlink 2000 page

The ARRL now has a Web page devoted to Winlink 2000, the software and hardware system that links Amateur Radio to the Internet and allows sending and receiving
e-mail messages via Amateur Radio.

The League's new Winlink 2000 resource page contains general information about Winlink 2000, including articles,
reprints, links and other useful information.

A worldwide radio digital messaging system, Winlink 2000 also offers position reporting, weather bulletins and graphics, and emergency communication capabilities. It's already being used extensively by radio amateurs in the sailing and cruising communities as well as by recreational vehicle travelers, missionaries, scientists and explorers.

The ARRL Board of Directors in 2004 encouraged the
deployment within the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) of e-mail via Amateur Radio "as exemplified by Winlink 2000" to meet the needs of served agencies and others involved in providing disaster communications.

Amateur Radio volunteers responding to help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina utilized Winlink 2000 with great success.

Source: The American Radio Relay League