J.C. KC8JC đťPart of what got me to crawl out of bed this morning was somehow getting to the shack so I could check in to #FediFridayWinlinkNet
If you're Winlink enabled, come join us! Follow #FFWN for details!
Bud TalbotIt is time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet Friday the 13th edition!
Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday February 13.
Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week.
To: FFWN
Subject: check-in
Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc]
Message body line2: Do you have any superstitions? If so, give an example (like Friday the 13th is bad luck)? [Y/N, open response]
Message body line3: Do you agree to have your callsign shared in the check-in list? [Y or N/opt-out]
Follow #FFWN on mastodon for details and conversation, and be sure to check the net webpage at https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ for a list of weekly check-ins and responses to the question of the week.
Do yourself a favor and get pat for doing your Winlink stuff. Run it from the command line. Bask in the awesomeness that is old school communication!
#FediFridayWinlinkNet check-in complete! If your station can do Winlink, you should too!
Follow #FFWN for details.
It is almost time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet!
Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday February 6.
Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week.
To: FFWN
Subject: check-in
Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc]
Message body line2: Do you use any non-amateur band mesh networking, such as meshtastic or meshcore? If so, what do you use? [Y/N, open response]
Message body line3: Do you agree to have your callsign shared in the check-in list? [Y or N/opt-out]
Follow #FFWN for details and conversation, and be sure to check the net webpage at https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ for a list of weekly check-ins and responses to the question of the week.
Please boost for reach!
We had 25 stations from 4 countries check into this week's #FediFridayWinlinkNet ! Please welcome some of our new stations: KF0MLS , KF0VXO, and KO6HDG.
The question of the week and responses: Have you used a 3D printer? 15 (N), 10 (Y)
The net webpage has been updated at https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ and confirmation messages are being sent via #Winlink
See you all next week!
It is time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet! Sorry for the delay in posting this week's announcement. It was sent out via Winlink on Wednesday
Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday January 30.
Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week.
To: FFWN
Subject: check-in
Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc]
Message body line2: Have you used a 3D printer? [Y/N]
Message body line3: Do you agree to have your call sign shared in the net roster? [Y or N/opt-out]
Follow #FFWN for details and conversation, and be sure to check the net webpage at https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ for a list of weekly check-ins and responses to the question of the week.
It is almost time to check in to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet!
Send your #Winlink message between 0000-2359 UTC Friday January 23.
Try to use a different band or mode to check in each week.
To: FFWN
Subject: check-in
Message body line1: [callsign], [firstname], [city], [state/province/locale], [country], [mastodon username], [VHF/HF/APRS/Telnet, etc]
Message body line2: Do you use DMR on V/UHF and if so, what networks and talkgroups do you frequent? [Y/N, open response]
Message body line3: Do you agree to have your callsign shared in the check-in list? [Y or N/opt-out]
Follow #FFWN for details and conversation, and be sure to check the net webpage at https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ for a list of weekly check-ins and responses to the question of the week.
Alex KR1ST/PA1STSomeone on the IC-9100 groups.io list asked about using packet with this radio which prompted me to see if that's still working for me. I fired up Winlink Express to retrieve the #FFWN reply over the WA3WLH-10 node using the CMLBK digi, but got no response. I then tried W3AVP-10 node using two digis (CMLBK, PINEGV) and that worked and got my reply (đ @bud_t !). It's good to have options in case the local internet infrastructure goes kerflooey. đ
We had 26 check-ins from 4 countries for this week's #FediFridayWinlinkNet
The net webpage has been updated at https://w0rmt.net/ffwn/ and confirmation messages have been sent via #Winlink
This week's question and responses: Besides Mastodon, what other online platforms, apps, or social media do you use for ham radio discussions?
-Signal
-Ham club meeting
-Ham club discord
-Discord, irc, groups.io
-Bluesky
-groups.io, slack
-groups.io, Signal
-Matrix, Signal, DeltaChat
-Bluesky, discord, telegram, matrix
-groups.io
-gmail groups, groups.io
-groups.io
-YouTube, Facebook, Instagram
-Bluesky, Facebook, old forums, discord
-Reddit
-X, discord
-Discord
-none
-YouTube, Telegram
-Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Discord, Swarm, YouTube
-groups.io
-Facebook, Slack, discord
-none
-Bluesky, groups.io, email lists
-Discord, slack
-QRZ
Be sure to follow #FFWN
See you next week!