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Bud Talbot<p>I think it is time to consider rebooting the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FediFridayWinlinkNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediFridayWinlinkNet</span></a> but I need your ideas and input. Please have a look at this super brief blog post and comment there. Also feel free to reply here with the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FFWN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFWN</span></a> tag so everyone can follow along.</p><p><a href="https://w0rmt.net/2025/03/18/ffwn-reboot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">w0rmt.net/2025/03/18/ffwn-rebo</span><span class="invisible">ot/</span></a></p><p>Please boost this toot!</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p>I recently acquired a used Kenwood TH-D75A. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/APRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APRS</span></a> reception and decode on this radio is way, way better than on my Yaesu FT-5DR. I expected this based on my past comparisons between Yaesu and Kenwood APRS capable radios. The difference is night and day. </p><p>I really do believe that the Kenwood APRS HTs have always been the best in terms of performance and features. And they have real, externally accessible TNCs, which is great for packet and <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a>! </p><p>The Kenwood radios really are nice, but $$$</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GLAWN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GLAWN</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> net announcement for the week:</p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/GLAWN-Current-Invitation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tinyurl.com/GLAWN-Current-Invi</span><span class="invisible">tation</span></a></p><p>I think this is a good net, and the best Winlink net running right now. I try to check in each week.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Paulo Pinto CT1ETE 🛰<p>First successful connection to my Winlink Gateway in VARA FM mode, using Linux Mint, after some investigation on how to use the same COM port in AX25 and VARA FM. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Devin<p>Following <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@KC8JC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KC8JC</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@F1RUM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>F1RUM</span></a></span> blog posts on <a href="https://qth.social/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> with Pat and Ardop. Have gotten things further along than I have in the past!</p><p>What does the error message, "Unable to establish connection to remote: A connect is in progress." mean though?</p>
Bud Talbot<p>For those interested in the GLAWN <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> net, they are now posting on google groups too. A bit better than FB I guess...</p><p><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/glawn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">groups.google.com/g/glawn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@KC8JC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KC8JC</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cunnin.me/@technodad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>technodad</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@AE4WX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AE4WX</span></a></span> I forwarded you folks this week's net announcement via Winlink. Check your messages. Caution - it is not a small message (3700). Use VHF, VARA, etc. A slow HF link will take days.</p>
Technodad<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@bud_t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bud_t</span></a></span> Thanks for this! GLAWN appears to have a groups.io - it is readable but seems not to be accepting open membership. <a href="https://groups.io/g/glawn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">groups.io/g/glawn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://cunnin.me/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://cunnin.me/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p>The GLAWN <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> net is doing some really great things with check-in message validation and other stuff. </p><p>They also publish this map each week which is super cool: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/GLAWN-Map" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/GLAWN-Map</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> </p><p>-</p>
Douglas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@wanderinghermit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wanderinghermit</span></a></span> is there an alternative to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Hackaday Links: October 20, 2024 - When all else fails, there’s radio. Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/hackaday-links-october-20-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/10/20/hackad</span><span class="invisible">ay-links-october-20-2024/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/flightsimulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flightsimulator</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaylinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaylinks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mechazilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechazilla</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/superheavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superheavy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bandwidth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandwidth</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows10</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starship</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/slider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slider</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helene</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ham</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/am" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>am</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Message from the developers of WINLINK -- they are asking people to STAY OFF THE GATEWAYS... Too much traffic is saturating them due to hurricane messages. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/WINLINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WINLINK</span></a></p>
w6ah<p>Wavetalkers Instructor Chris, W6AH deploy’s his HF portable station to send some winlink traffic using VARA HF. The antenna is a mag loop and the connection is NVIS about 300 miles.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wavetalkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wavetalkers</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/vara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vara</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/lA9v34lBoXg?si=KkrrMqQOBkl-_uT2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/lA9v34lBoXg?si=KkrrMq</span><span class="invisible">QOBkl-_uT2</span></a></p>
Profoundly Nerdy<p>Is there a good API for monitoring telco outages? </p><p>For context, have a specific use case in mind: outage above a certain size and duration alerts area <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/GMRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GMRS</span></a> and <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> operators. Dual licensed operators then take traffic from <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/FRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FRS</span></a> callers, who could be anybody. Normal ham radio self organization kicks in from there: local repeaters, <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/APRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APRS</span></a>, <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a>, <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/NTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NTS</span></a>, <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/RRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RRI</span></a>, whatever.</p><p>All the public needs to know is "grab an FRS radio and call on X frequency." like REACT back in the day.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/prepping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prepping</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Funny traffic on the ham radio here. The local hams are reporting any damage/felt reports to the USGS via Winlink (RF)--alternate in case the Internet is out--and one of the form fields is "event id". Someone asked about the event id field, and someone replied, but they asked "where do you get the event id"? (Reply: "The internet") 🤔 <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disasters</span></a></p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>Nope. Not gonna happen. Not going to let these geomagnetic conditions prevent this morning's <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FT8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SSTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSTV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> demonstration activation. Back off Mother Nature <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/solarcycle25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarcycle25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/spaceweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceweather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/spacewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacewx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p>Hey <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> folks! It's time for the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FediFridayWinlinkNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediFridayWinlinkNet</span></a>! </p><p>Send your <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday August 23. </p><p>To: FFWN<br>Subject: check-in</p><p>Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc]</p><p>Message body line2: Have you participated in the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/APRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APRS</span></a> message group FEDI using ANSRVR? [Y/N]</p><p>Message body line3: Do you agree to have your callsign shared in the check-in list? [Y or N/opt-out]</p><p>*Please boost* and share! </p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FFWN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFWN</span></a></p>
Mark Ingalls<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> that's a very diplomatic way of telling people to not to send nudes over <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Hmm. Winlink Express sends *every* message to their server via the Internet. 🤔 <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p>‼️ Let's have a <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FediFridayWinlinkNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediFridayWinlinkNet</span></a> this week ! 📟</p><p>Send your <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winlink</span></a> message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday July 26. Try to use different modes each week!</p><p>To: FFWN<br>Subject: check-in</p><p>Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc]</p><p>Message body line2: Have you ever had any issues traveling with a <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> on an airline? [Y/N]</p><p>Message body line3: Do you agree to have your callsign shared in the check-in list? [Y or N/opt-out]</p><p>*Please boost* and share! </p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FFWN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFWN</span></a><br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Interesting, there are some folks using Winlink/HF to get message out of Houston... Curious if these are routine or someone is sending emails to their family to let them know they are okay while Internet/Power is down. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/winlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winlink</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Beryl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beryl</span></a></p>
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