Final Notes

• Keep messages and attachments as small as possible when using Winlink over RF.
• A 10kb message will take ~5-10 minutes on average to send after the gateway handshake. A 1MB picture will take several hours to send over VHF, and over a day to complete over HF.
• For an example, an 30kb attachment took 50 minutes to download on VHF using the W6BA digipeater.
• Keep polling intervals short.
• A RF RMS gateway handshake takes approximately 45 seconds.
• You can use software such as Paclink to link existing e-mail clients to the Winlink network.