What an excellent emergency exercise. I'm retired LE and I have become a hamseed. I'm studying for my technician license. I am excited to see the results of your exercise. Great channel, Jason.
...Jason, thank you so much for this video and the link to sending position reports from a Windows machine...question...it appears that the instructions for using Winlink in Windows involve "Telnet Winlink"...doesn't that require access to the internet? 73!
If you use Telnet, it will go across the internet. However, once you have the report in your outbox, you can send it via RF instead of Telnet. Many videos use telnet because it's quicker for demo purpose.
Great information here Jason, thanks. I'm very new to the Winlink process (only sent emails to myself to test). Am I correct that we take a call sign from the list you show at 7:24 and send them the email, and cc you? This is beneficial for me because I had no idea how to get the multiplier for WFD without knowing anyone else on Winlink.
@KM4ACK we contacted you from MT but didn't show up on your map. KK7MR. The excercise was a good idea and we were able to contact a lot of people doing field day with that process.
What an excellent emergency exercise. I'm retired LE and I have become a hamseed. I'm studying for my technician license. I am excited to see the results of your exercise. Great channel, Jason.
Thank you! Good luck with your license.
...Jason, thank you so much for this video and the link to sending position reports from a Windows machine...question...it appears that the instructions for using Winlink in Windows involve "Telnet Winlink"...doesn't that require access to the internet? 73!
If you use Telnet, it will go across the internet. However, once you have the report in your outbox, you can send it via RF instead of Telnet. Many videos use telnet because it's quicker for demo purpose.
Great information here Jason, thanks. I'm very new to the Winlink process (only sent emails to myself to test). Am I correct that we take a call sign from the list you show at 7:24 and send them the email, and cc you? This is beneficial for me because I had no idea how to get the multiplier for WFD without knowing anyone else on Winlink.
Yes. Send someone else an email and cc me on that email. I will be active on Winlink at some point during the day on Saturday.
K4W Station in Saluda, NC will be active on Winlink (RF only) all day.
How did the challenge go?
It was fantastic! Details coming in 1/28/25 video
@KM4ACK we contacted you from MT but didn't show up on your map. KK7MR. The excercise was a good idea and we were able to contact a lot of people doing field day with that process.
This sounds like a great idea. Can you do this without Patmenu? I am on a Windows machine with WinLink Express.
Our ARES group just had a WInlink practice using the General Forms | GPS Report Form. I pulled my position from my QRZ page 73 KK7SAB
Yes. I show how in the second half of the video.