I’d like to get an international radiogram out to some family affected by weather, and don’t presently have the means to get on air and into a message net to do it. How can I do this? I’ve scoured the web and can’t seem to find any way to inject a message despite finding the Radio Relay website.
E: Cellular has been restored to the region. And I’ve managed to reach my family. Through all this, with your help and the help of the folks at Radio Relay Int’l, we’ve learned that there is no simple way to inject radiogram traffic internationally, nor does the US have a third-party traffic agreement with the destination country, which negates the system anyway.
All fair points, and not an odd question.
I’ll say I’m trying to get a radiogram from the US to the destination country affected by a natural disaster. I am confident they are fine, but public service can take some time to get restored and I’d like to get a simple message to them so we can establish a very basic two-way via radiogram. The first message from me to them is a “this is a radiogram and for as long as public utilities are unavailable, you can contact the ham who delivered this message to let me know how you are doing.”
I’m in a similar way that I can’t get on HF :/
So an Internet injection point for radiograms is https://nts2.arrl.org/radiogram/ but… Remember the US licence conditions and agreements limit which countries are US amateur can sent traffic to third parties. Depending on your destination they may not be able to send it. Beyond that, there is not always an organisation in your destination country to accept or relay that traffic :-(
Thank you for this suggestion. ARRL was my first stop, and then Radio Relay Int’l. As you mentioned, third-party traffic is the biggest limfac, which is exactly the second hurdle I bumped into.
For all our hurrahs for amateur radio use in emcomm, it seems to have fallen wildly short in the instance I needed to use it.
We have to find a better way, including the politics of it.