RADIO NETWORK
Personal nodes, relays and gateways.
Three station roles work together while keeping the user in control of what their equipment does.
⌁DEFAULT
Personal Node
Sends and receives the owner's eligible HamLink traffic. It does not automatically relay unrelated traffic.
- ✓ Local persistent queue
- ✓ Radio + internet status
- ✓ Automatic route search
⇄OPT-IN
Relay Node
Temporarily stores and forwards eligible traffic when the operator explicitly enables relay mode.
- ✓ Store & forward
- ✓ Operator limits
- ✓ Custody acknowledgements
◉AUTHORIZED
Internet Gateway
Bridges permitted radio traffic with the HamLink server and conventional internet mail infrastructure.
- ✓ Radio + internet bridge
- ✓ Server authorization
- ✓ Health heartbeat
Reference path
HamLink App→Bridge→Radio→Relay→Gateway→Server→Mailbox