State Agency Calls Army MARS into Action

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) called Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) into action as tornados swept across the Southeastern United States February 5-6. According to Army MARS Chief Stuart Carter, "For the first time as far back as we can remember, a state government called for MARS deployment in response to an actual emergency. The resulting teamwork and use of Army MARS Winlink capability gave TEMA its only e-mail link during President Bush's visit to the storm-stricken area." At least 70 messages were sent during the state operation ranging from casualty figure updates and signal reports to staff rosters and photos. Read more on the ARRL web.

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Just upgraded N2GW-10 from

Submitted by N2GW on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 19:02.

Just upgraded N2GW-10 from telpac to RMS packet with absolutely no problems. Using AGWPEPro with PK232. Previous configuration of AGWPEPro required no changes, and configuring with RMS Packet was self explanatory. The only thing that confused me was that after the initial configuration it looked like the computer rebooted sometime after the initial upgrade, although it could have been something else.

The user interface is very smooth. Thanks WL2K development team!

Glenn Williman
N2GW
 

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