Florida Winlink Net  W4AKH Winlink Checkins All week Report on Tuesday's by Noon "A diversity of modes is essential to an effective EMCOMM system!" "When the disaster is at its worst, communications should be at its best."

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Weekly Reports cut off at 9AM EST Tuesday. If late, check-ins added in next week's report.
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  Winlink Net Report  Latest Detailed Report Uploaded: 5/13/2025 12:30:00 PM  
  Reports closed at Apx 9 am Tuesdays, any reports received after that will be in next weeks report.
  Note: Report summary only sent to current checkins. Reminder sent to everyone. You can opt out.

  Net Check-ins Mapped   Get Mapped! - Last 14 days of check-ins will be on Map
  Mouse over Markers to see you Call sign, and Click on Marker to see your info,. Red Markers are NCS for P2P stations.

  W4AKH Archived reports

  Pictures via winlink  Instructions below*.

ALL INVITED TO CHECK-IN - ANY DAY, ANY MODE - Note: Any good traffic handler follows directions.

Check-in format: We compile Stats using abbreviations for,  state, mode, power and P2P
TO: W4AKH 
SUBJECT LINE: FL WL NET, first name, city, State** abbreviation, Mode (VARA HF, VARA FM , ARDOP, PACKET , telnet (spell correctly)  etc,
Optional in Subject line ( 80 characters MAX):
Emergency Power types: BAT, GEN,SOL ) BAT (Battery) , GEN (generator charging, or use), GRID , SOL (Solar charging battery) 
How sent : P2P (if p2p)  RMS station and path -  RO (if Radio Only)  or spell out RADIO ONLY.
*ARRL Field Days:  add in  FD*   or  WFD*  include asterist.
**Countries can be spelled out - or we can use your call sign prefix (let us know if we miss your country)
***Note; Subject line only sends 80 characters (but lets you type more ...Duh)

EXAMPLE SUBJECT LINE:  FL WL NET, RUTH, FT PIERCE,FL,VARA HF,P2P, RMS KG4ORQ, RO ,FD* or WFD*,Power type: BAT,GEN,SOL 

Msg Body Optional: Winlink forms, weather, Pictures Feel free to use Winlink forms, send winlink weather images or POS reports.
* Please follow checkin format, we use a computer to read subject line for reports.
but anyway your can to check-in works...  Bottom line, have fun, and practice relaying too!!!
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READ ABOUT P2P Table:
All stations listed are P2P unless noted or VarAC CHAT (Regular VARA chat works with VarAC)
All P2P Stations should be 500 band width as sugggested and stay well within band edges.
P2P List also in Winlink Express Catalog in settings, [ARES_RACES]  [FL P2P Net]  [FL P2P Net Schedule using Winlink]
Note you can   Copy and Paste this list and send back to a friend without internet.
Keep a P2P list if you are going traveling without internet. May not need to show comments to keep small.
Inquire about becoming a P2P Station   Contact Us about P2P stations  

Schedule Time is in Local Eastern Time: 19:00     UTC: 23:00  Offset from UTC: -4

                     Show Comments:
 P2P SCHEDULE  *  Click top of columns to sort KD9VPJ;KF7HYO;KG7KIQ;N0WH;N1RDN;W3JFS;W5URZ;WJ0L
* If you would like to try and anchor a P2P station, please contact KK4SHF or K2JJK
** SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR P2P OPERATORS!
*** Check-in via JS8, VARA CHAT is simplex, no offset. Download VARA CHAT for fun... in Useful Links no VARA license needed.
**** VarAC CHAT is compatable with VARA CHAT but with more features, download in link list. We use CHAT here for ARES.

Your Location Changes:
If you moved, if you want: Please update QRZ and your Grid Square to get Lon/Lat. Then tell us after you updated.
But we do update locations periodically. For quicker results: tell us right after you update QRZ.
QRZ does update from FCC too, but you need to check GridSq/lon.lat... You don't need to tell FCC unless permanent change.

If you have a link or document about WInlink or your club events - send to us, We will send out in the reminders.
If you want to opt-out of reminders, send us "Remove me". Report summary always sent if you checked in.

Useful Links   "How to" for P2P and Winlink

Radio Documents   "How to" for P2P and Winlink

Pictures via winlink     * Requirements: Jpg files. Resize to less than 100 kb, and 1000px max wide, or may be rejected by Winlink CMS.
                                          use Windows "PAINT" or any on-line program: imageresizer.com

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