Winlink Nets

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

    URL: https://hambooks.org/hamword/

  • 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, DN44fi

    Day(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