Month: August 2024

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First Region NCS Demonstration at New England Division Convention

- by admin

Northeast HamXposition bannerNTS traffic net operation will be prominently on display at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition and New England Division Convention, on Saturday, August 24 at 2:45 PM. John Gotthardt, K1UAF, will operate remotely as net control station at the Nashua Area Radio Society exhibit for a session of the First Region Net. All are welcome to visit the booth and observe how formal message traffic is passed on the air.

Additionally, two separate talks and forums dealing with NTS and traffic handling will be held Saturday and Sunday at the convention.

Publicity and Outreach

The Year in Review: NTS 2.0 Accomplishments

- by Phil Temples

It’s been an exciting past 12 months for participants in the NTS 2.0 project. NTS 2.0 is a subcommittee of the League’s Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee comprised of numerous working groups. We are proud to report the following accomplishments:

  • Creation and publication of The NTS Letter
  • Creation and implementation of an APRS->NTS gateway
  • Creation and implementation of the Radiogram Portal
  • The NTS “Treasure Hunt”
  • An updated awards program (rollout  imminent)
  • Several NTS training videos
  • New Traffic Analysis test tool specification completed
  • Next generation Digital Traffic System specification
  • Numerous updates to the nts2.arrl.org website

Want to get involved in these or future efforts?  Email ARRL Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, at ab1oc@arrl.org.