Hello Everyone, We had 6 check-ins this week. Here is the roster. Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, Packet, W0NE-10 Boney, NAØSA, Rochester, MN, RadioMail on iOS Ben, KU0HN, Atwater, Kandiyohi, MN, VARA HF@5Watts via N0LCR-1 Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA vHF Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA FM W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet - For those that have APRS Messaging capabilities, they should check out #APRSThursday Thanks, Martin, for the note about the APRS net. For those with packet BBS capibilities, check out the PKTNET. Your local BBS should have some bulletins on how to participate each month. See you next week. 73, Ben - KU0HN

Hello All, We had 5 check-ins this week. Here is the roster: Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, USA, VARA FM Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, VARA FM, W9GM-10 W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet via RMS W2MMD-3 Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VHF Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA FM Check-ins for next week's net start Monday. 73, Ben - KU0HN

Hi All, We had 6 check-ins last week. Here is the roster: Boney, NAØSA, Rochester, MN, RadioMail on iOS Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, USA, VARA FM W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet. - Happy 4th of July, and I hope everyone has all of their fingers on July 5th! Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VHF Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA FM Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI, Packet I hope everyone had a happy 4th. Check-ins for this week's net open tomorrow. I will be doing some traveling the next couple of weekends so the roster may be slightly delayed. 73, Ben - KU0HN

We had 5 check-ins this week. Here is the roster: Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA HF Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, VHF Packet Ken, W9GM/8, Marquette, Marquette County, MI, VARA HF Lance Tagliapietra, AD0UT, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, Telnet W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet Have a safe and happy fourth, and good luck with the 13 colonies special event if anyone participates in that. 73, Ben - KU0HN

Hello Everyone, We had 6 check-ins this week and one first check-in. Welcome Richard, N4RJB. Here is the roster: N4RJB, RICHARD, PUNTA GORDA, CHARLOTTE, FL, TELNET Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA HF W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet Boney, NAØSA, Rochester, Olmsted, MN, USA, RadioMail on iOS Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, USA, VARA HF - Testing VARA HF after some system reconfiguration. Ken, W9GM/8, Marquette, Marquette, MI, USA, VARA HF Thanks for checking in this week. I hope everyone had a safe and dry field day. Check-ins for next week begin tomorrow. 73, Ben KU0HN

Hello Everyone, We had 4 check-ins this week. Here is the roster: Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA, Packet, W0NE-10 Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, Testing check-in via telnet using NPR. Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, telnet W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet Thanks for checking in this week. Check-ins for next week start Monday. Have a great weekend. 73, Ben KU0HN

Hi All, Thanks everyone for the feedback. My preference is also to continue through the summer as well in one way or another, to both prevent skill atrophy and keep momentum. It tends to be harder to re-start something. Let's try a few changes and if they aren't working, we can revisit. I like Ken's suggestion about letting people try out any form/mode/whatever as long as the check-in info is there. If someone tries something unique or interesting, or learns something new, it can be made in to an exercise for the group once they start back up in the fall. Martin also had several good ideas. Let's try out having the check-in period be from Monday 00:00 to Friday 23:59 local (to the participant) time. I believe the NorCal Winlink net does something similar and it seems to work for them. It would also save me a little bit of time as the roster could also be the reminder for the next week. Having a backup or additional NCOs is also a wonderful idea. Any volunteers? I'll update the website and this group's home page with the new summer check-in information, and will open the net for check-ins Monday morning. 73 all, Ben - KU0HN

Hi Everyone, I've noticed check-ins have decreased a bit with the nicer summer weather. That's completely understandable as we all probably have more important things going on. I have the same issue. My daughter has softball games in Wednesday evenings now which has been taking up the time I had previously used to put exercises together. I have a few ideas on how to proceed: 1. Change the net to a different day of the week. (Open to suggestions) 2. Continue the Thursday nets through the summer, but stick to basic check-ins until the beginning of September. 3. Go on hiatus until the beginning of September. Please let me know what you all think. 73, Ben KU0HN

Hello all, Since messages are still making there way through NTS there is no roster this week 73, Ben KU0HN

Hello Everyone, Field Day is only a few weeks away. An NTS message delivered to your ARRL section manager is worth 100 points, and another 10 points are awarded for each NTS message originated, relayed, or received from your field day station, up to 10 messages for a total of 100 points. Winlink can be used for any of these activities. For this week's net, send an NTS form to W0NE where the message contains the regular check-in information. For those who weren't with us last time we did that exercise, the North Florida ARRL section has a great tutorial available on using the NTS form here: https://arrl-nfl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NFLARES-205_Radiogram.pdf I'm looking forward to some NTS traffic on Thursday! 73, Ben - KU0HN

As promised, here is the roster albeit a little late: Ben, KU0HN, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, Telnet - Apparently the windows on the hotels here have a coating that attenuates 2 meters pretty well. I have clear LOS to 3 different gateways less than 10km away and can't connect to or hear any of them. Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, Packet, W0NE-10 Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA HF Martin, W2ILT, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet, via W2MMD-3 - IMPORTANT: S A F E T R A V E L S !!! Since we have been doing simple check-ins the last few weeks, I'll try to have a good exercise ready to go by Wednesday. 73 all, Ben - KU0HN

Hello Everyone, Tomorrow is our weekly net. This week the format will be a standard check-in either with the check-in form or the template below: Subject: Winlink Net Check-In Email Body: Name, Callsign, City, County, State, Country, Mode (and Gateway if applicable) I am traveling for work this week so the roster may be a day or two late. 73, Ben - KU0HN

Hello Everyone, We had 5 check-ins this week. Here is the roster: Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, VHF Packet, testing RadioMail Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VHF Packet Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI. VARA HF,NS0A, 3 watts Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA HF Martin, W2ILT, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet, via W2MMD-3 I will be traveling all next week, but we will still run the net. There is a chance I may not have the opportunity to send a reminder, so just do a standard check-in. I will try to get the roster out once I get home on Saturday. 73, Ben - KU0HN

Hi everyone, Tomorrow is our weekly Winlink net. This week send a standard check-in. You can use the check-in form or a standard message with the following format: Name, call, city, county, state, mode and gateway (if applicable) 73, Ben KU0HN

Hello Everyone, We had 8 check-ins this week. Here is the roster: W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VHF Packet Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA HF Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, VARA FM, W9GM-10 Lance Tagliapietra, AD0UT, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, Telnet K0GMK, Mark, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VHF Packet Boney, NAØSA, ROCHESTER, OLMSTED, MN, USA, RadioMail on iOS Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, VARA FM I think we will do another simple check-in again next week. 73 all, Ben - KU0HN

Hi everyone, Tomorrow is our weekly Winlink net. This week send a standard check-in. You can use the check-in form or a standard message with the following format: Name, call, city, county, state, mode and gateway (if applicable) 73, Ben KU0HN

Happy Friday Everyone, We had 4 check-ins this week. Here is the roster: Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA, Internet W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, Internet Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, Internet Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, Internet Since the solar storm isn't letting anyone have any radio fun this weekend, enjoy the light show. Next week we will just do a standard check-in. 73, Ben - KU0HN

Happy Wednesday, For tomorrow's net, let's reverse last week's exercise. Please check in using your internet email address. Send the check-in to w0ne@.... IMPORTANT: Winlink does not typically accept inbound email from the internet unless the address is in the Winlink user's safelist or the subject line begins with //WL2K. Since I haven't safelisted everyone's emails it's important to begin the subject line with //WL2K. I would also suggest CCing your own Winlink account just to make sure delivery is working correctly. Here is the Check-In format: To: w0ne@... CC: yourcall@... Subject: //WL2K W0NE Winlink Net Check-In Email Body: Name, Callsign, City, County, State, Country, Internet 73, Ben - KU0HN

Hi Everyone, We had 7 check-ins this week. It looks like some people were doing some experimenting which is always fun to see. Here is the roster: W2ILT, Martin, Laurel Springs, Camden, NJ, VJF Packet. Today is the 122nd day of 2024, and the year is now officially 1/3 gone. KF0ACN, Sam, Winona, Winona, MN, On battery, operating NucleoTNC, Raspberry Pi, and a Kenwood TM-261A on LOW power. Sam, KF0ACN, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, VHF via W0NE-10 (145.030MHz) On 7Ah battery, via a NucleoTNC, a Raspberry Pi, and a Kenwood TM-261A on LOW power, using a cookie sheet and a 1/4 wave mag mount on top of a shelf Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA VHF Boney, NAØSA, ROCHESTER, OLMSTED, MN, USA, RadioMail on iOS Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, USA, VARA FM Wide via W0STV (speed test) Ken, W9GM, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, VARA-FM, W9GM-10 It looks like we can expect some nice spring weather next week. Hope everyone gets their antenna/garden/lawn projects in while it's nice. 73, Ben - KU0HN

W9GM just informed me that I need to update my forms. It appears that the Welfare Message form has been replaced by the Quick Message form. Please check in using the new Quick Message form. You can leave the Phone number/SMS fields blank. 73, Ben - KU0HN