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Hello All,

The next FEMA Region 5 AUXCOMM Winlink Net is tomorrow (Sunday, April 24^th).? I hope you’ll all participate.? Although the net is sponsored by the FEMA Region 5 AUXCOMM group, all licensed amateur radio operators and SHARES stations, regardless of location, are welcome to participate.

Although I’ve had poor luck with it so far, I’m still trying to work out how to create maps. So, for this week’s net, I’d like you send me a ‘Local Current Weather Report’ form.? Here’s how you find it:

1.???? Open Winlink Express.

2.???? Start a new message.

3.???? In the ‘To’ field, enter my callsign W9REL.? If you wish, you can send your message to others. Enter a semi-colon between each callsign or email address.

4.???? On the top line, click ‘Select Template’.

5.???? Click the ‘+’ sign next to Standard Templates.

6.???? Click the ‘+’ sign next to Mapping-GIS Forms’.

7.???? Double click ‘Local Weather Report’.? A fresh weather report form will appear in a web browser window.

The fields in the form are self-explanatory so I’ll not walk through each one.? There are, however, a few I’d like to comment on:

1.???? For the latitude and longitude fields, I recommend, as a security measure, you not use the coordinates for your home.? Rather, use the coordinates for a nearby public place.

2.???? For Measurements Used, select ‘Imperial’.

3.???? If there are any fields you don’t have information for, just leave them blank.

4.???? At the bottom left corner of the form, I recommend you click ‘Save Local WX Data’.? This will save your information to your downloads folder should you want to recall your message later.

5.???? When you’re ready, click ‘Submit’.? This will magically transfer all your information over to your message form and erase the form from the web browser.? You’ll notice that the Subject line is filled in and on the Attach line, ‘RMS_Express_Form_Local Weather Report Viewer.xml;FormData.txt;’ has appeared.

6.???? On the top line of the message form, click ‘Post to Outbox’.

7.???? Tomorrow, Sunday April 24^th, go back to Winlink Express and send your message.? As you probably know, Telnet sends the message via the internet.? Feel free to use it if you need to, but I prefer you use HF, VHF, or UHF if you are able.

If you don’t have a Winlink account, you can still participate via email:

1.???? Open your email client and start a new email.

2.???? In the To line enter ‘W9REL@...’.

3.???? Begin the subject line with ‘//WL2K’.? Without this, Winlink will reject your email.

4.???? Include in the text of your email:

a.???? Your amateur or SHARES callsign and first name.

b.???? Enter the latitude and longitude of a public place near your home.? Use decimal degrees (example: 43.038940, -88.241740).

c.????? Include your temperature, humidity, dewpoint, barometric pressure, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, and precipitation (if any).

5.???? Tomorrow (April 24^th), send your email.

I hope the weather is great where you are.? Have a great, and safe, weekend.

Skip W9REL Net Manager

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Did you know:? You can send email using Winlink.

1.???? Start Winlink Express and start a new message.

2.???? In the ‘To’ field, enter a valid email address

3.???? Begin the ‘Subject’ field with ‘//Wl2K’.

4.???? Complete your email as usual.

5.???? On the top line of the message form, click ‘Post to Outbox’.

6.???? Select any Winlink transmission method, click ‘Open Session’ and send your email.