HF Digital Messaging - Emergency / Disaster Relief - Interoperative Communications - Ham Radio
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Global ALE High Frequency Network Celebrates First Year of Continuous 24/7/365 All Band HF Service |
| On the 26th of June 2007, HFN, the ham radio Global ALE High Frequency
Network was born. It has been alive and on the air ever since. This is
the first time a ham radio net has ever functioned continuously on all
8 major HF bands simultaneously 24/7/365. The main purpose is Emergency / Relief Communications, and the focus is to provide a framework to help the various Emcomm and relief organisations of the world inter-operate better with each other on HF. All ham operators are welcome and invited to participate in the net on the air at any hour of the day or night, for normal QSOs and messages, soundings, or priority Emcomm use. |
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| The services currently provided by stations in the Global ALE High Frequency network, using Automatic
Link Establishment, include: HF SMS Phone Texting, Text HF Email,
real-time-activity tracking, HF-to-HF Relay, Net Call ups, Net
announcements, and individual station direct HF calling. Real-time
activity of who is on the air and able to communicate with each other,
is tracked by the network of reporting stations through what is known
as "ALE Channel Zero" on the web. As "Phase 2" of HFN launches, the net plans to expand into more areas of the globe and provide better coverage in the existing areas. More interconnect features are being added, with technical improvements, and increased reliability. Some very exciting developments are coming up soon. HFN has grown from the first 6 stations a year ago, to 15 stations now, and is expanding to cover far-flung areas of the planet. Congratulations to all the HFN Pilot Ops who make it an ongoing success: Alan KM4BA, Steve N2CKH, Rod WA3MEZ, Dale NJ7C, Dennis W5DG, Bill WD8ARZ, Gary K7EK, Luc VE2FXL, Peter VK4TGV, Mark N0PWZ, Marty KN0CK, Dan VR2HF, Ken WB4AKK, and Vincent F4BXW. |
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IARU
GlobalSET EmComm Radio Event - 03 MAY 2008 ALE operators participated in Global Simulated Emergency Test communications exercise sponsored by International Amateur Radio Union |
| GlobalSET is the on-the-air international emcomm
radio event sponsored by IARU.
The objective is to promote readiness for
international emergency disaster relief communications. Anywhere in the
world, ALE on HF can be there to assist. Operators
participated in the Global Simulated Emergency Test by sending ALE text
messages
to the central IARU GlobalSET headquarters, relayed via the network of ALE Global HFN Pilot Stations. Hams
activate their ALE stations, start scanning and sounding before the event, and send messages during the day of the event. In
addition to the emergency practice, this
gives us all an occasion to link up and meet more ALE operators on the
air. For more info, please read the HFpack forum. |
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ALE On The Air Week
AOTAW-2008 03-13 October Worldwide |
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October - HFLINK sponsors this annual International Amateur Radio
ALE event. All ham radio operators worldwide are invited to participate in
10 days of HF Automatic Link Establishment activity on the air. AOTAW
is an open operating event for hams to explore ALE communications and
equipment. The experience gained by operator participation in this
readiness exercise is useful for HF Emergency / Disaster Relief
communications. Thousands of amateur radio operators worldwide have ALE-capable
stations, and many were active last year. This year, the ALE Channel ZERO
site keeps an activity log database of ALE signals received on the pilot channels
during the event. After you participate in AOTAW, please send a short
list of 5 callsigns you linked with on ALE. Send via email by 31
December. You will receive an ALE Operator Certificate. |
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 ALE for Emergency / Disaster Relief Communications Presentation at the IARU Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference |
| The International Amateur Radio Union's Global Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications Conference GAREC-2007 was held in
Huntsville AL, USA, with international delegates from IARU Region 1 and
Region 2 attending. The focus of the GAREC conference was: How
the amateur radio service can apply advanced technologies to emergency
communications in the service of early warning, emergency response and
disaster relief. The ALE presentation at the conference included information about how ALE can provide an
interoperative method for all emergency and disaster relief
communicators to communicate with each other. more... A conference report for HFLINK members is available on the HFLINK forum. |
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Ham Radio 24/7 ALE Global HF Network is On The Air for ALE-SMS, Email, and HF text relay |
| A team of radio operators is on the air, in the global constellation of
ALE HF stations, the new ham radio ALE Global HF Network (HFN). The new HFN Pilot
Stations are equipped with scanning ALE transceivers, multiband antenna
systems, and special software control systems for internet connectivity. Ham radio ALE users in
the field on HF connect with the HFN Pilot Stations to exchange digital
ALE-SMS text messaging to and from internet devices such as cell mobile
phones, black berry type devices, PDAs, PCs and laptops. ALE users also
relay ALE messages to other ALE HF users via the same system. more... |
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 | HFLINK Comments to ARRL on New Data Communication Protocols |
| HFLINK responded to ARRL's announcement seeking comments from amateurs concerning development of an
open-source, non-proprietary, data communications protocol suitable for
use by radio amateurs over HF fading paths. The topic was discussed at length in the HFLINK Forum. more... |
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ALE HF Activity
Chat - Help
Chat - Help
Ham Radio ALE activity is automatically reported and spotted on the web, as received in real time by the network of Global HFN Pilot Stations around the world.
Whenever you transmit an ALE sounding on the air, it is picked up by ALE Channel ZERO stations and displayed in real time on the web.
ALE Channel ZERO includes a Chat window to talk with other ALE and ALE400 operators, announce and find skeds, do experiments, send messages, get help with set up and testing of ALE software, hardware, and antennas.
Try it... you will like it... ALE Channel ZERO.
 New 20metre ALE Frequency! 14109.0 kHz USB is now the international primary pilot channel for ALE It's
official, the new international 20metre pilot channel for ham radio ALE is 14109.0kHz.
The move down half a kilohertz from the old frequency 14109.5kHz already went into effect. Please update
your channel list and fill files when the new QRG files are released! All HFN Pilot stations no longer support 14109.5
kHz. The frequency move has been
planned and monitored for some time by ALE operators, and is part of
the ongoing support for international frequency coordination. ALE
operation continues to be responsive to activity and trends on the ham
bands worldwide,and avoids mutual interference.
Ham Radio ALE Channels ALE channels are frequency coordinated internationally. The most recent ALE channel frequency list is effective on 14 April 2008. There are a few changes since the 2007 list, including the new primary Global High Frequency Net frequency 14109.0kHz. All channels comply with international and regional bandplans and regulations. The new PCALE fill files are specially designed for different regions and countries of the world, and have a variety of scan groups to chose from, including single band, multi-band, HFN-only, Voice-only, and mixed. |
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