It can also clog up our bands. For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for around 25 minutes so far and the latest email to go through is titled:
<FW: Please read til the end-Why boys need parents...269250 Do we really need 262Kb emails like this on HF???? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger J. Buffington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:45 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies > Mark Thompson wrote: >> *Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies* > Of course, the problem with Winlink is that since Winlink stations do > not, as a matter of policy, listen before transmitting, there is a grave > risk that a Winlink station will interfere with other emergency > traffic. Other forms of emergency communication (the main ones, i.e. > stations manned by human beings) do not have this flaw, because they > listen before transmitting as required by the laws of essentially all > countries. > > de Roger W6VZV > >
