Hi Scott, Clover 2000 (circa 1995) is a wide bandwidth version of Clover II (circa 1992) and is may be used by a few agencies. It uses proprietary hardware/firmware similar to Pactor 2 and 3 with 8 tones at a baud rate of 62.5. I don't know if it is still used by American Red Cross, but at one time they were advertised as using it. The modem cost in 2007 was $1500, so it is not something you would find on the ham bands unless someone had it available to them from some other source. HAL sells Clover Mail software, but this is very expensive, like most HAL products, and probably is intended between two users.
Winlink 2000 is "system" of various protocols that can be used on VHF using packet radio, or HF using Pactor. Clover II used to be used along with Pactor on the Winlink world wide HF BBS system, but this was phased out when they transitioned to the Winlink 2000 e-mail system. So Clover 2000 is more of a hardware/firmware modem and Winlink 2000 is a system using several protocols although the proprietary HF modems are quite costly. A new sound card approach is being developed, but is not yet ready for deployment. 73, Rick, KV9U scottfike71 wrote: > I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between two global HF e-mail > systems and need some help. What is the advantages and disadvantages and > differences between CLOVER 2000 and WINLINK 2000? Why would I invest in a > CLOVER 2000 setup versus a WINLINK 2000 setup? Any and all comments > appreciated. > > Thanks, > KC0BUS > > >
