Net Schedule
- Phone: Mondays, 19:00, Hamaker: 146.85 – 118.8
- Winlink: Monday – Friday, anytime
Phone Net
Klamath ARES has it’s primary voice net every Monday evening at 19:00 on the Hamaker repeater 146.850 MHz, negative offset, CTCSS tone 118.8 Hz. The Net Script for our weekly nets is available on our training page under Net Operations.
Digital Nets
Klamath ARES began conducting digital nets in 2018 with a VHF KB2KB (keyboard-to keyboard) packet net. In 2019 we began conducting a weekly Winlink net using the built in Check-In Form. In 2020 Klamath ARES added an APRS Message Net and a JS8CALL Net.
Today we have two regular nets, phone and Winlink. All appropriately licensed hams are welcome to check in to the weekly digital nets. Digital Net times and procedures are listed below.
Winlink
Winlink is the easiest digital net to check in to. You may check-in via any mode, including telnet, at any time during the week Monday through Friday.
- Use the ICS-213 to check in
- Select Template -> Standard Templates -> ICS USA Forms -> ICS213.txt
- Address the check-in to KK6GXG
- Request a return receipt to make sure your check-in was received
- Intermediate and Advanced users are encouraged to use radio modes
- Let’s mix it up and use a variety of transport modes
Winlink is the de facto tool for emergency communications with federal, state, and local government agencies. This net is provided to keep your Winlink software and skills up to date. All check-ins will be added up over the weekend and the counts will be posted below.
Check the Training Page for more detailed information on classroom and web-based training. Also see https://winlink.org/
2021 Net Record
Ph/ Pkt/ WL2K/ NTS CkIns CkIns CkIns MSGS JAN 62 4 14 2 FEB 129 4 14 2 MAR 100 4 19 2 APR 67 4 13 0 MAY 84 4 15 3 JUN 82 4 12 3 JUL 77 4 16 3 AUG 121 4 27 0 SEP 104 8 24 5 OCT 86 8 13 4 NOV 118 10 17 3 DEC x x x x
2020 Net Record
Ph/ Pkt/ WL2K/ APRS/ JS8/ NTS CkIns CkIns CkIns CkIns CkIns MSGS JAN 35 4 8 1 3 4 FEB - - - - - - MAR 23 4 7 1 1 3 APR 44 4 11 1 1 6 MAY 46 x 2 x x 1 JUN 52 x 2 x x 0 JUL 35 x 13 x x 0 AUG 55 4 18 4 x 0 SEP 55 4 12 4 x 0 OCT 62 5 13 4 x 1 NOV 79 5 16 5 x 1 DEC 144 4 12 x x 2
2019 Net Record
Nets & Check Ins Ph/ Pkt/ WL2K/ NTS CkIns CkIns CkIns MSGS JAN 4/26 - - - FEB 4/22 - - - MAR 8/54 4/8 - - APR 10/62 5/12 - - MAY 8/48 4/8 - 3 JUN 8/46 4/8 - 5 JUL 6/41 - - - AUG 10/109 - - 12 SEP 13/102 1/2 3/11 6 OCT 9/52 - 1/4 - NOV 12/69 - 4/12 3 DEC 15/92 - 5/15 2 [net type]/[# check ins] All nets have NTS representation.