Winlink Wednesday
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Tomorrow is Winlink Wednesday! The instructions for this week's Winlink Wednesday are as follows: Send a Winlink message to KF5VO. Use the Winlink Check In template when checking in. As a reminder, to use the template, when the New Message screen is opened, click on the menu items Select Template --> Standard Templates --> GENERAL Forms --> Winlink Check In.txt Fill out the form. In the location box, put the name of your city/town, and your grid square. In the Comment Box, you can put whatever comment you'd like, just make sure to include your station setup that you are using to send the Winlink Message. That is it! Hope to see you check in tomorrow!
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John, I have a HCoL blast set for today. When you get it read it and let me know if you want me to change any part of it. Ken, ac5ez
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 7:04 AM John Hill - KF5VO <john@...> wrote:
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Greg Evans K5GTX ARRLNTX SEC
Ken,
What is a HCoL Blast?
Greg Evans, K5GTX ARRL NTX SEC ARRL NTX ASM
From: section@arrlntx.groups.io <section@arrlntx.groups.io> On Behalf Of AC5EZ
John, I have a HCoL blast set for today. When you get it read it and let me know if you want me to change any part of it. Ken, ac5ez
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 7:04 AM John Hill - KF5VO <john@...> wrote:
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Ken Hansen
HCoL = HamClub Online
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Ken, N2VIP
On Jul 16, 2019, at 8:30 AM, Greg Evans K5GTX ARRLNTX SEC <sec@...> wrote:
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Greg, HCoL (Hamclubonline.com) is where most clubs maintain there membership and club data. It also has the ability to send out messages to ALL club members. The HCoL email blast is directed to LAARK members. I thought I replied to John Hill only. I did not realize he created a group.io account. Sorry for the confusion. Ken, ac5ez
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 8:30 AM Greg Evans K5GTX ARRLNTX SEC <sec@...> wrote:
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Greg, HCoL = Ham Club Online I'm guessing Ken meant to send that to me off list.
~John Hill KF5VO
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Today I learned... That there are more than one types of grid squares. So much for standardization. So, what I meant below for grid square is the maiden-head grid square. This is what is shown in your QRZ.com profile under the "Detail" tab. ~John Hill KF5VO
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In case you didn't get check-in to the last Winlink Wednesday day and wanted to know the results, here's the e-mail I sent out on Thursday.
This week, we have exactly twice as many check-ins as last week! Thank you all for those who have checked in a second time, and thank you all for the new check-ins. I have compiled the check-ins into a spreadsheet and have attached it. I've included the comments about station setup. The thought is to let you know how others are using Winlink, as well as maybe give ideas for those that do not have a complete station setup yet. It looks like we have stations from all over the north Texas region signing in. Help spread the word about the Winlink Wednesday net. Feel free to make an announcement on local information nets, social media, club meetings, or however you want to spread the word. If you would like to have me write a small blurb about it, just reach out to me and I would be more than happy to help. Just a note on the forms. If you are having trouble using the forms, make sure you have the latest forms and the latest version of Winlink Express downloaded. You can find both at the link below. Make sure to read the "Read Me" file. https://downloads.winlink.org/User%20Programs/ Thanks again, everyone! I look forward to next week's Winlink Wednesday. John Hill ~KF5VO
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Tomorrow is Winlink Wednesday!
The instructions for this week's Winlink Wednesday are as follows: Use the same template when checking in. As a reminder, to use the template, when the New Message screen is opened, click on the menu items Select Template --> Standard Templates --> GENERAL Forms --> Winlink Check In.txt. If you do not find the template, you may have an older version of the templates. You can find the download from the Winlink.org website. The instructions are in the ReadMe.txt file. In the location box, put the name of your city/town, and which gateway you're connecting through. In the Comment Box, you can put what ever comment you'd like. When I send the results this week, I will not keep it as Excel. That file was only 10kB in size. If you downloaded that over RF, now you have a good idea how long it takes to download even a tiny file. I'll send a smaller text file this week. That's it! Hope to see you check in tomorrow!
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Tomorrow is Winlink Wednesday!
When I opened Winlink this morning, the message was displayed that a new version of the Winlink templates was available for download. The latest version of the templates is 1.0.98.0. It appears that the Winlink Check In template has been unaffected by any updates. It's always a good idea to have the latest version of the templates, so make sure you download them. We do have one user that is having difficulty using the templates. In trying to help him, it occurred to me that it could be an issue with the browser he is using. I thought this might lead to a good question for the week. Which browser are you using when the template opens? Put that in the comment section of the template. Spread the word about Winlink Wednesday. This net is open to anyone with a Winlink account (which is free for licensed amateurs). The instructions for this week's Winlink Wednesday are as follows: Use the same template when checking in. As a reminder, to use the template, when the New Message screen is opened, click on the menu items Select Template --> Standard Templates --> GENERAL Forms --> Winlink Check In.txt. If you do not find the template, you may have an older version of the templates. You can find the download from the Winlink.org web site. The instructions are in the ReadMe.txt file. Make sure in the Send To box to put my call sign, KF5VO. In the location box, put the name of your city/town, and which gateway you're connecting through. In the Comment Box, you can put what ever comment you'd like. Spread the word about Winlink Wednesday. This net is open to anyone with a Winlink account (which is free for licensed amateurs). That's it! Hope to see you check in tomorrow!
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Tomorrow is Wednesday, which means it's time for Winlink Wednesday!
The instructions for this week's Winlink Wednesday are as follows: Use the same template when checking in. As a reminder, to use the template, when the New Message screen is opened, click on the menu items Select Template --> Standard Templates --> GENERAL Forms --> Winlink Check In.txt. If you do not find the template, you may have an older version of the templates. You can find the download from the Winlink.org web site. The instructions are in the ReadMe.txt file. Make sure in the Send To box to put my call sign, KF5VO. In the location box, put the name of your city/town, and which gateway you're connecting through (if known). In the Comment Box, you can put what ever comment you'd like. Spread the word about Winlink Wednesday. This net is open to anyone with a Winlink account (which is free for licensed amateurs). That's it! Hope to see you check in tomorrow!
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For our first-time check-ins, thank you. For those who have checked in more than once, thank you for returning.
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Friendly reminder that today is Winlink Wednesday. I am out of the country this week, but the wonderful thing about this net is that I don't need to be by the radio to accept check ins. So, by all means, ch eck in! I should be back by Monday to tally the results and send them back. Thanks, and spread the word about Winlink Wednesday!
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Jerry A. Goodson W5BFF <hydrashok407@...>
Is there a certain time frame where checkins are allowed? How soon is too soon, and how late is too late?
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 3:08 AM John Hill - KF5VO <john@...> wrote: Friendly reminder that today is Winlink Wednesday. I am out of the country this week, but the wonderful thing about this net is that I don't need to be by the radio to accept check ins. So, by all means, ch eck in! I should be back by Monday to tally the results and send them back. Thanks, and spread the word about Winlink Wednesday!
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Officially it's anytime on Wednesday. 12:00 am until 12:00 am. In practice, I take check ins all the way until I send out the email with everyone that checked in.
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First, thank you to everyone who checked in the week to Winlink Wednesday. I had a great time in Europe and I'm thankful to have made it home. For those of you that were able to use a digipeater to connect to a gateway, I'm glad you had the opportunity to do that.
If you ever do have any issues with connecting either to a gateway or to a digipeater, please notify the station that you are having issues. The station may not know of any issues going on, and by letting them know, they can address any potential issues. You should be able to find the e-mail address if you look up the call sign on QRZ.com. For this next week, here is your homework assignment. For the county you live in, find all the relevant websites that lists either gateways and/or digipeaters. Put the URLs in the comments section. There may be more than one site that has this information, so list all that apply for your area. Please check in using the same template as before. I look forward to the check-ins tomorrow. As always, help spread the word about Winlink Wednesday to your clubs and groups. It's great practice!
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Thanks again for another wonderful Winlink Wednesday for this week. We had 46 check-ins for this week. This is a great way to practice our skills as well as our equipment.
May of the check-ins gave the web sites used for finding Gateways and Digipeaters. The Gateways are listed with the Winlink.org web site, but Digipeaters are not. I've given the list below of the UNIQUE web sites submitted. There were many duplicated web sites, so I'm just listing the unique ones below. Maybe you can bookmark these in the browser on your "ham radio" computer. http://n5tw.ecpi.com/rmsstatus http://www.etecs.org/?page_id=6 http://www.kg5aen.net/dfw-repeaters.html http://www.RuskCountyARC.com http://www.txvhffm.org/coordination/bandplan.php http://www.w5jcr.com https://k5prk.net/repeaters https://sites.google.com/site/collincountyares/resources/winlink https://www.dcara.net/repeater.php https://www.k5lrk.com/repeaters https://www.kb5a.org/repeaters https://www.winlink.org/RMSChannels I will send out instructions for the next Winlink Wednesday next week. Shameless plug: I will be giving a presentation on Winlink (VHF packet) and Winlink Wednesday at the September 10th meeting for the Lake Area Amateur Radio Klub in The Colony. If you would like to make it, you can find directions on the calendar listing on their web site: https://www.k5lrk.com/calendar. If I do a good enough job, you might be able to convince me to do the presentation for other clubs.
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It's time again for Winlink Wednesday! Here's the homework for this week. If one of the web sites below is for your area, try connecting to the various RMS gateways listed. If you cannot connect, send an e-mail to the control station asking if their gateway node is still online. You can most likely find the e-mail address on QRZ.com. If they tell you that the node is permanently down, then advise the webmaster for the site where it is listed.
http://n5tw.ecpi.com/rmsstatus http://www.etecs.org/?page_id=6 http://www.kg5aen.net/dfw-repeaters.html http://www.RuskCountyARC.com http://www.txvhffm.org/coordination/bandplan.php http://www.w5jcr.com https://k5prk.net/repeaters https://sites.google.com/site/collincountyares/resources/winlink https://www.dcara.net/repeater.php https://www.k5lrk.com/repeaters https://www.kb5a.org/repeaters https://www.winlink.org/RMSChannels Other instructions: Use the same template when checking in. As a reminder, to use the template, when the New Message screen is opened, click on the menu items Select Template --> Standard Templates --> GENERAL Forms --> Winlink Check In.txt. If you do not find the template, you may have an older version of the templates. You can find the download from the Winlink.org web site. The instructions are in the ReadMe.txt file from the download site. Make sure in the Send To box to put my call sign, KF5VO. In the location box, put the name of your city/town, and which gateway you're connecting through (if known). In the Comment Box, you can put what ever comment you'd like. Spread the word about Winlink Wednesday. This net is open to anyone with a Winlink account (which is free for licensed amateurs). Shameless plug: I will be giving a presentation on Winlink (VHF packet) and Winlink Wednesday at the September 10th meeting for the Lake Area Amateur Radio Klub in The Colony. If you would like to make it, you can find directions on the calendar listing on their web site: https://www.k5lrk.com/calendar. If I do a good enough job, you might be able to convince me to do the presentation for other clubs.
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Great net this week. Thank you all for checking in.As you have seen the e-mails already, there has been requests for information about being able to use Winlink in the case of the hurricanes in the Atlantic. The Winlink Wednesday net is a valuable tool to keep those skills sharp and up to date.
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Thank you all for checking in to the Winlink Wednesday net this week. We had a good turn-out despite the fact that I did not send any e-mails or reminders about this net. I apologize for that. I'm going to blame the holiday. When I have a Monday off from work, the rest of my days of the week get messed up.
For our Collin County folks, I've seen that the K5PRK-10 node was down. Here's a few thoughts on this. First, the good thing about Winlink Wednesday is that it puts these nodes in use, so there is a much quicker way of knowing when a node is down. How often were these nodes used before the net? Only the admin can tell for sure, but I'm certain it wasn't as much traffic since the net started. Second, this puts into practice what we have been doing the past two weeks. Were you able to connect to other nearby nodes, either directly or through digipeaters? There are nodes in Garland, Carrollton, Sherman, Denton. You should have a list of web sites about nearby nodes that was sent last week. With checking into the net every week, try using different nearby nodes to see if you can connect. Third, are you set up for other session types? If you normally connect with VHF, can you connect via HF? Telnet is always an option. Part of the spirit of the Winlink Wednesday net is to try all the options available. For next week, I would like to ask if you plan on operating the Texas QSO party on September 14 & 15. If so, do you operate as an individual or with a club? Do you plan to operate mobile, portable, or home locations? If you're the least bit interested, there are several clubs in the area that operate as a club and would welcome any guests, no matter your license level. Give it some thought, even if it's just to see what's going on. Shameless plug time... I will be at the following club meetings to give a presentation over Winlink and Winlink Wednesday net: 8/10 - Lake Area Amateur Radio Klub (in The Colony) 9/10 - Metrocrest (Carrollton). If you would like for me to do a similar presentation for your club, just ask.
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