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Winlink Global Radio Email is a network of amateur radio and authorized government stations that provide worldwide radio email using radio pathways where the internet is not present. It supports email with attachments, position reporting, weather and information bulletins, and is well-known for its role in interoperable emergency and disaster relief communications. Winlink is capable of operating completely without the internet–automatically–using smart-network radio relays.

Winlink Thursdays is sponsored by EmComm-Training.org which consists of a group of roughly 1500 Amateur Radio Operators (“Hams”) working together to demonstrate, exercise and improve knowledge and proficiency sending emergency communications with Winlink.

They attempt to accomplish this by conducting weekly and/or monthly practice drills, sending various ICS and Winlink form messages.

Numerous BCARES members participate weekly in Winlink Thursday exercises and periodically during the year a set of Winlink exercises outside of Winlink Thursday exercises is offered for any interested BCARES members.

Regular practice in the use of Winlink is heartily encouraged, in all of its various modes currently available to the end user, as well as any modes that may be developed by the Winlink Development Team (WDT) or acquired by the amateur in the future. These include, but are not limited to, Packet, VARA HF, VARA FM and PACTOR.