Name: The Impossible Email: Communicating Without the Internet
Uploaded: 2025-11-06T17:42:25+00:00
Duration: 29 min 42 s
Description: Are you out in the field doing Parks On The Air (POTA), over landing or camping with no access to the internet but want to access email and add yourself to the POTA spotting page and have amateur radi

29 days ago

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Are you out in the field doing Parks On The Air (POTA), over landing or camping with no access to the internet but want to access email and add yourself to the POTA spotting page and have amateur radio gear with you? Here is how to install and configure WinLink to work with your Amateur Radio High Frequency (HF) radio to send and receive email!

Not only can you use this for POTA spotting, but also personal email needs and emergency communications when your tried and true internet access fails.

Icom IC-7300 Windows 10 & 11 driver:
https://www.icomamerica.com/support/firmware_driver/1974/

WinLink and Vara websites:
Winlink - https://winlink.org/ (you can also get the Vara software modem here)
Vara - https://rosmodem.wordpress.com/ (Vara HF modem is the first one in the list)

💬 Got questions or want to share your experience with similar antennas? Drop a comment below!

Chapters:
00:00 Opening
00:49 Title
01:01 Introduction
02:52 Install WinLink and Vara HF
07:40 Configure WinLink
10:32 Configure Vara HF
11:26 Exchanging Email with WinLink
18:25 Doing a POTA Spot Through Email & WinLink
23:18 Setting Your POTA Spot to QRT
24:03 Viewing Active POTA Spots
28:02 Summary