Since several months I’m a member of Dares region 10 (North Holland North).
Monthly, on the first Monday of the month, we make test connections with participants of our region group via UHF/VHF/HF and also WinLink and VarAC.
Weekly we are using the WinLink connection to test our ability to Email via VHF.
And compliments to all the regio HAM’s who are always able to help you with settings and interfaces…you never alone !
There are several regions over the Netherlands.
If you are interested, please visit the site dares.nl (link under the message)
Image of WinLink Express (low res)
WinLink is the program to exchange emails via VHF using VARA FM or VARA HF (HF)
About DARES
The Dutch DARES foundation is an Emergency communication partner run by Amateur Radio Operators that can be deployed when the telecommunications infrastructure of the regular emergency services has failed or are insufficient. A DARES team operates under the responsibility of a regional and national governement department as well international. DARES is capable of realizing a radio emergency network in a short period of time, providing local and regional, national and international message traffic. speech and experimental radio e-mail. This can be done both independently and in combination with a network partner, including the Ministry of Defense.
DARES co-operates with Ray-net (UK), ARES (USA), Notfunk (DE), B-EARS (BE) and many other Emcomm partners and is a full GAREC member
For more information and contact the board, please send an email to secretaris (at) dares (.) nl
The website of DARES: https://dares.nl
