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Net Calendar
If you don't use Google Calendar, is a link to see the nets on Sunflower at a glance.
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Everything Net with WB9CSP
Starting Saturday, WB9CSP has requested a general purpose net on Sunflower at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Net is listed on the Calendar. All are welcome to check aboard.
It is a net about almost everything and anything (except religion and politics ... Questions about the net should be addressed to the net manager. 73 -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Central Kansas Repeater Group Net
SunflowerNet is connected to CKRG on DMR and Fusion.
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World Amateur Radio Day
SunflowerNet.us and Auxcommusa.org are connected to Allstar 2585 for World Amateur Radio Day.
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Ham.Live
Three things
1. Trying Ham.Live with the SunflowerNet.us effort. Much like NetLogger, there's a way to check into the net using the Almost Instant Messenger tool. Attend a net will show you SunflowerNet ... leave your comment in chat ... The tool is nice in that there is an email sent for the log. A growing number of nets are using this tool. Like Echolink and Dstar have text capability, this is a way other folks on Allstar or M17, for example, can text during a net. Try it out and let me know if you are interested in being a logger there. help: ? [ <command> ], whoami: w [<callsign>], check-in: i <callsign> [ <callsign> ], lurkers-check-in: li, check-out: o <callsign> [ <callsign> ], check-in-out: io <callsign>, undo-check-in: ui <callsign>, logger: l <callsign>, relay: r <callsign>, frequency: f <new MHz>, close-net: close <<< is the cheat sheet to give you a heads up about what Net Control stations see. If you are interested in being a logger, drop a message back to me. 2. is showing a number of weather products in KS. Wind and Fire Weather in a few of the Counties here are shown. The setup and effort is free. Anyone wish to use the tool to make announcements on Sunflower? Please let me know. After setup, clicking the settings in the upper right, one can change the State and the County in each State. Local Skywarn folks might not be interested in the entire State. I monitor Kansas and Oklahoma for SunflowerNet in the former and Oklahoma LINK in the latter. 3. On active weather days and beyond, it would be great to have stations monitoring. When I am deployed, a couple have stood up to keep an ear on the system, which is also linked to AuxcommUSA.org, with participants from the Nets mentioned in the calendar. Please? Thanks. 73 -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Winter Weather
As you can see at ... winter is not done with Kansas.
I am deployed. Thanks to Charles, KB0SQL extra monitoring for Sunflower is happening. Monitoring is what is needed. There are a few times that travelers and others swing by looking for contacts ... and even a call for help. Thanks for all who are engaged and active on the system. 73 -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Sunflowernet DMR
When Sunflowernet started and periodically since then, the question of why is Sunflower Net on TGIF?
This is why Re-Bridging any BrandMeister Talk groups to another network will result in your link being terminated. Personally, I see the popularity of Brandmeister. It¡¯s a nice well run network. The statewide talk groups make it easy to find the watering holes during disasters. The ten minute use rule makes sense too. No one system is going to keep the channel busy busy busy. However, Sunflower has no such rule. Except for the occasional nets, from AUXCOMMUSA, ALROTA, DEC, Skywarn, etc., the system bums along quietly. Hope you will find Droidstar to your liking. That¡¯s how I check into Brandmeister, FCS, and the other DMR talk groups on DMR. 73 -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Sunflowernet
The Telegram app has a channel for the system.
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Learning from other linked networks, please join
for the Sunflower Net. The system is normally quiet during the day, until something happens, ex. Wildfire outbreak in Oklahoma link where the same conditions happened in Oklahoma. You can use the app or the web. 73 Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 Arkansas City, KS www.sunflowernet.us -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Re: W4GTA
As an operational note, with a few exceptions, Sunflower does not link to large linked systems, ex. East Coast Reflector.
The purpose of Sunflower has been a platform for a Statewide network and emergency communication. I mention this network because one of our partners is AuxcommUSA.org and VOIPWX.net. Members of both navigate away for sunflower to monitor. Sometimes the others are so popular, it seems you can¡¯t get a word in edgewise. When someone needs help, they can¡¯t wait three minutes for the repeater to time out. Sunflower helps overcome that with a full duplex connection on hamshack hotline and, local system users should be able to be heard over the network, at the minimum of HH. That proof of concept has been proven during a number of nets. Nothing against other linked system; our mission is focused differently. 73 -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Re: W4GTA
I was a member of TSARC in Ft. Oglethorpe, GA for about a year - outstanding club with very active, engaged members. Highly recommend following/communicating with them.
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On Oct 17, 2024, at 5:46 PM, Lloyd Colston <kc5fm@...> wrote:
Listening to W4GTA on HH THERE is a broadcastify link to their system. It might be good to bookmark for hurricane season. They have a lot of listeners. Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 Arkansas City, KS www.sunflowernet.us -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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W4GTA
Listening to W4GTA on HH
THERE is a broadcastify link to their system. It might be good to bookmark for hurricane season. They have a lot of listeners. Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 Arkansas City, KS www.sunflowernet.us -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Telegram
That is the link to Sunflower Net on Telegram. The platform is useful for Skywarn users, ex. Colorado SkyHub, VOIPWX.net, etc. The price for using Sunflower Net remains the bargain basement price of FREE. Please listen after connecting to avoid disruption of any communication currently occurring. The calendar shows the various nets gathered there. 73 Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 Arkansas City, KS www.sunflowernet.us -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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Misinformation and Red Cross hurricane response efforts
As a reminder, official information is the rule to help survivors in FEMA
Region 4. To that end, the Echolink DEC ¡ Disaster Emergency Communication ¡ conference is connected to AuxcommUSA.org and the SunflowerNet.us system for calls for help. 911 is the number to call for rescue. 211 is the number to call for information. 800621FEMA is the number to call for assistance, including registration. 800REDCross 73 Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 Arkansas City, KS www.sunflowernet.us ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Matt Trotter <matthew.trotter@...> Date: Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 13:29 Subject: Misinformation and Red Cross hurricane response efforts To: <colstonl@...> [image: 133904-GivingDay-New-Header1] *We recognize that the negativity around false narratives is likely weighing heavily on our own mission-dedicated team members.* The American Red Cross is made for moments like this, and as we support communities impacted by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, our people are showing the care, compassion and support the country needs right now and for the foreseeable future. The work you are doing is making a difference and while it is being recognized by community leaders, the media and ¨C most importantly ¨C embraced in the communities where we serve, you have no doubt seen some of the misinformation that is being spread about the work of organizations on the ground managing response efforts. Unfortunately, this has included the Red Cross. The spread of mischaracterizations around our work is problematic for a variety of reasons as they distract attention from the most important work of reaching and supporting people in need. However, we also recognize that the negativity around some of the false narratives is likely weighing heavily on our own team members doing their best to serve the mission. *Please know that the Red Cross reputation continues to be strong, and the Communications team is working hard to focus external attention on the important stories of our teams in action.* In addition, we are pushing back to correct inaccuracies that are circulating and setting the record straight when appropriate. Importantly, the Red Cross teams on the ground are being received with overwhelming gratitude and are delivering the hope and resources that are desperately needed. Driving the mission remains our focus, and we are making sure we are communicating that clearly and consistently. If you have questions about how the Red Cross is responding to misinformation, please visit our online fact check <> . And if you do become aware of false information about the Red Cross coming from news or online sources, please don't hesitate to send it to me. Matt Trotter Regional Communications Director matthew.trotter@... ?? 2008, 2022 American Red Cross, All Rights Reserved. -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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FEMA DEC
Echolink DEC conference added to Sunflower in support of FEMA region 4
recovery. DEC is Disaster Emergency Communications. We will maintain speaker watch along with the weather talk conference Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 Arkansas City, KS www.sunflowernet.us -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Arkansas City, KS SUNFLOWERNET.us |
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