This page will give instructions for some area Winlink Nets to try. Let me know (KC9UNZ@arrl.net or KC9UNZ on winlink) if you discover any additional Winlink nets worth trying. Most nets will acknowledge your check-in each week and once you’ve checked-in once you will receive a reminder each week.
- Hamword
This one is just for fun. If you are committee to Wordle you will love this. Each week a new word is chosen. Once you submit your guess on the quarter-hour you will receive your result and you can guess again. See the URL for instructions and scoreboard.
To: HAMWORD
Subject: Anything you want
Body: A 5 letter word
- Florida Winlink Net
Name: Florida Winlink Net
To: All information at: W4AKH.NET
URL for more information: W4AKH.NET
Day(s)/Time of Week to check in: Runs 24/7, but Tuesday 0900 ET is the break-point for the ‘next week’
Additional Notes: All information at: W4AKH.NET
Runs 24/7, but Tuesday 0900 ET is the break-point for the ‘next week’
They encourage battery or solar power sources.
Checkin by regular RMS, or by P2P sessions.
They have a daily schedule of P2P stations around the US, with varying times on several frequencies, including the upper midwest (WI and MN) - AMLEGNELCO Post 42 Winlink Net
Name: AMLEGNELCO Post 42 Winlink Net
To: AMLEGNELCO
Subject: AMLEG Post 42 Winlink Check-In (or the subject line generated by the Form)
Body: Call Sign, Name, City, County, State or Country (2 Letter abbrev), Band and Mode (See the instructions in the URL)
URL for more information: https://tinyurl.com/AMLEGNELCO-WINLINK-NET
Day(s)/Time of Week to check in: 0001 ET Tuesday and 2359 ET Sunday
Additional Notes: Please check the URL above for additional instructions as the task changes on a weekly basis.
- Winlink Wednesday
Name: Winlink Wednesday
To: KN4LQN
Subject: Winlink Wednesday Check-In
Body: call sign, first name, city or town, county, state (HF or VHF, etc.)
URL for more information: https://winlinkwednesday.net
Day(s)/Time of Week to check in: Wednesdays 0000 to 2359ET
Additional Notes: Be sure to check the above URL or the reminder notice you will get each week as the assignment may change.
They have both P2P and regular check-ins; P2P stations around the US
They vary the information; sometimes a simple message, sometimes Weather form, sometimes ICS-213
Please do not use a “Telnet Winlink” connection (which defeats the purpose of Winlink). The goal is to have the message leave your station via RF. - OH Winlink Net
Name: OH Winlink Net Reminder
To: K8EAF
Subject: OH Winlink Net Check-in
Body: callsign, first name, city, county, state and via what mode/band (VHF, UHF, HF, SHF, TELNET, APRS, AREDN, ARDOP, VARA, VARA FM)
Day(s)/Time of Week to check in: You can check-in anytime day or night between Monday and Thursday of each week
Additional Notes: This is a good time to test drive the Winlink forms. Many operators like to use the Winlink Check-In form located in the General Forms tab (Templates Tab > Standard Templates > Mapping GIS Forms > Winlink Check In). Include your current GPS Lat and Long on the form.
- WI ARES/RACES Digital Net Check-in
Name: WI ARES/RACES Digital Net Check-in
To: KD9USW
Subject: //WL2K WI ARES/RACES Digital Net Check-in
Body: callsign, first name, city, county, state (if outside WI).
Day(s)/Time of Week to check in: 00:00 UTC until 24:00 UTC Tuesday. (6:00 pm CST Monday to 6:00 pm CST Tuesday)
Additional Notes: I often miss this one since it is only open for 24 hours. This is the state ARES/RACES Winlink Net
- Great Lakes Area Winlink Net
Name: Great Lakes Area Winlink Net
To: GLAWN
Subject: GLAWN Checkin <today’s_date>
Body: Callsign, Firstname, City, County, State (abbr), Country (3 letter abbr), band, mode, grid (You can put anything you want after the first line, but don’t put anything else in the first line.)
Examples:
xxNxxx, Jennifer, Hamer, Madison, ID, USA, TELNET, SMTP, DN43vw
xxNxxx, John, none, Fremont, ID, USA, 40m, ARDOP, DN44fiDay(s)/Time of Week to check in: Check in between Monday at 0001 UTC to Saturday at 2359 UTC
Additional Notes: Usually there is a second optional activity for each week. The instructions for each week can be found at: GoogleDoc invite: https://tinyurl.com/GLAWN-Current-Invitation