WW8TF has decided to terminate some services in 2024 as part of a general clean-up of unused, inefficient, and underutilized services. Notably, the WW8TF-10 Winlink Gateway on 145.070 MHz in Rittman, OH has been shut down to free up the antenna and equipment for other things.
An area alternative on VHF is the KC8ZKI-10 gateway on 145.590 MHz FM. It’s located in Barberton, has excellent coverage, and supports both 1200 baud packet AND also VARA FM. Hats off to KC8ZKI for maintaining a great setup. There are also literally hundreds of options using HF that work well using VARA HF as well.
You can find other gateways here https://winlink.org/RMSChannels
Choose either Packet or VARA FM when you get to the map.
