So IRC-style "chat" sessions are possible at sea. In addition to connection to shore stations Winlink Express supports "peer-to-peer" connection. We run Windows in a virtual machine using Parallels to support Winlink Express and other programs. These connect to an external computer - in our case a MacBook running Mac OS. Like the previous radios it provides a serial port for remote control. Unlike our previous HF/SSB radios the IC-7300 integrates a USB sound card. Ardop can achieve throughputs similar to Pactor 3. It also supports software-only communication using its Winmor, Ardop and Vara SDR (software-defined radio) protocols. It supports communication via external Pactor Modem and Iridium Go. The Winlink network is accessed using the Winlink Express software on Windows. Their operators were very helpful via email. We used the South Africa and Brazil stations, both of which worked well. At that time we had an Icom M802 with an external Signalink USB sound card box. Winlink provides global radio email via a network of shore stations.ĭuring our voyage from Australia to the UK we used Winlink while crossing the South Atlantic. As a licenced ham/amateur operator I can use the Winlink system. Our success with voice communication made us keen to setup and test email communication. We've talked with ham operators from the Faeroe Islands to the north and Italy to the south, and clearly heard operators as far afield as the mid-west USA. Since January we've tested voice operation.
Previously we have had an Icom M802 and before that an Icom IC-7000. In January we installed a new Icom IC-7300 HF/SSB radio.
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