Hey John,
You work with Jeff Schneller, N2HPO? He was basiclly "in charge" of Satern comms, and he has said over and over "Those guys from Texas saved my 'butt', coming in and doing the Winlink stuff"

Queens ARES works real close with NYC SATERN, and therefore Jeff (He is listed on the ARES roster as 'SATERN' - just to keep him on our mailing list) - Heck of a nice guy!

Most of our WL2K stuff here around NYC is based upon the fact we have an EXTREMELY robust Flexnet packet network (for instance, I think we have 4 user nodes in Brooklyn/Queens, with 3 'local' internet gateways on 3 different trunks out of the area (one of the guys who set that up is in the business), plus 3 different RF flexnet paths out of the metro, to both the south (NJ around Sandy Hook) and North (both via Manhattan/NJ and Via CT)

There are plans to put in an HF node or 2 - in fact, one is SUPPOSED to go in Jeff's House (something about space, he's on a hilltop, he wants to do it, AND has a whole house generator)