I read that, and it reminded me to print and laminate this for winlink wellfare traffic purposes:
How to Send a Text Message (SMS) Via Email:
To send a text message via email, you must use a SMS to email gateway. Just substitute a 10-digit cell number for ‘number’ for each carrier below:
That's a good one to know, Smurf. As a side note, my carrier wants a "1" in front of the phone number; some do, some don't, so test this out ahead of time.
Brushbeater's data book is a good idea, but one more "mega data book" is the National Interoperability Field Operations Guide, or NIFOG. FEMA has it for free download (
here), and I
would say that you can buy a nice spiral-bound copy off Amazon for $15 like I did last year, but all they seem to have now is used copies for $50. (!!) Anyway, NIFOG is a little much to haul around in the field, but it does have everything – and I mean
everything – having to do with comms, down to telephone wire stripe codes, ham bands, GMRS channels, and the like.
(Now that I see what they're going for, think I'll go magic marker my name & call sign into my spiral bound copy. Holy cats, these things should be everywhere.)