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It’s easy for ARRL members to sign up to receive the NTS Letter via email. Just follow these steps:
- Got to arrl.org and click the Login button to sign in
After you log in, you’ll see your name above the Login button. Click on your name to configure your preferences. On the COMMUNICATION menu on the left side of the page, click on the E-Newsleters & Notifications choice.

- You’ll see a page that shows the current newsletters and lists you are subscribed to. Important – Click on the EDIT link to add the NTS Letter to your subscriptions.

- Check the NTS Letter (National Traffic System monthly news) box and click the Save button at the bottom of the page.

That’s all there is to it! You’ll receive the Monthly NTS letter via email. We are looking for stories and information from Traffic Handlers that we can include in the NTS Letter. If you’d like to contribute a story, please contact us at ntsletter@arrl.org.
NTS Letter Archives
[Full texts of NTS Letters can be found on the ARRL Hq. website.]
2026
September 01, 2026
- Obsidian Wave 1 Reminder, September 19, 2026
- AMERICA250 W1AW Radiogram Traffic
- Ongoing NTS Traffic Test
- Net Directory Updates and CRO Implementation
- A Contest Concept for NTS to Also Promote Training
- NTS: A Mystery Hiding in Plain Sight
- You should try CW traffic handling!
- Accepting our Fate or Making Our Own Luck on HF
- 10-Year-Old New Technician Passes First Radiogram
- NTS Represented at Northeast HamXposition
- From the South Carolina Section
- Spotlight: Bill Mann, W1KX
August 04, 2026
- KY2D Named NTS National Digital Coordinator
- ARRL-RRI Coordination Monthly Meetings
- No Man Is an Island
- Treasure Hunt Update
- 2026 Radiogram Portal Challenge Results
- Virtual NTS Training Net (VNTN) Update
- Elevating NTS Visibility in Virginia
- Georgia Sideband Association Awards Certificates
- A Monthly Radiogram Challenge in North Florida
- Spotlight: Mark Shaw, K8ED
July 07, 2026
- Section Traffic Manager Meeting
- Performance Testing
- Obsidian Wave 1 – A National Exercise – September 19, 2026
- The “Know-It-All”
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Virtual NTS Training Net Report
- Radiogram Portal Challenge
- What is an Official Relay Station?
- Handling Instructions, Continued
- Spotlight: Jerry Fray, N9TU
June 02, 2026
- Virtual NTS Training Net Wednesday June 3
- Section Traffic Managers Meeting June 9
- NTS Treasure Hunt
- ARRL Field Day June 27-28
- Radiogram Portal Challenge in July
- POTA, SOTA, and EmComm
- Initiating Radiograms via the Winlink System
- Ham Radio at Girl Scout STEM Fest
- On Recruiting New Traffic Handlers
- Work to Be Done, Part II
- Spotlight: Dave Bogner, W7EES
May 05, 2026
- Digital Presentation at Dayton Hamvention® May 17
- Traffic Performance Test Set for May 11
- NTS Treasure Hunt Update
- Introducing the QTC App
- Amateur Radio in an Academic Environment
- National Traffic System Update
- NTS Table at Raleigh Amateur Radio Society (RARS) Hamfest
- Section Traffic Managers to Meet in June
- NTS Letter Archive
- Certified Precedence Explanation on NTS2 Website
- Spotlight: Michelle Roeten, KM2I
April 07, 2026
- The NTS Letter Archive Now Updated on ARRL Website
- Standardized Handling of a Radiogram ICS-213 Announced
- NTS Treasure Hunt Update
- Expanding Digital Capabilities in Puerto Rico
- The Impact of Recognizing Accomplishments with Radiograms
- On Being a Good Net Control Station
- Stepping up as ANCS
- Concerning Traffic Originations
- From the Field
- Spotlight: Mark Galbraith, N7YD
March 03, 2026
- Traffic Performance Testing
- Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Meets with NTS2 Team
- Print and Mail a Radiogram Postcard
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Request for Information Strips
- Methods and Practices Guidelines (MPG)
- Ready to Copy
- From the Field
- Spotlight – Sheree Horton, WM5N
- Article Series on Handling Instructions
- Work To Be Done, Part I
February 03, 2026
- When All Else Fails?
- Alerting and Mobilizing Amateur Radio Operators in Times of an Emergency
- NTS 2.0 Traffic Performance Testing
- Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR)
- NTS Treasure Hunt – January 2026 Hunt and the Year 2025 in Review
- Tennessee Section Annual Traffic Seminar
- Spotlight – Dennis Bombardiere, W8YS, EAN Cycle 2 Net Manager
January 06, 2026
2025
December 02, 2025
November 04, 2025
October 07, 2025
- ARRL Bulletin – A Call for Help
- Upcoming RRI/NTS Emergency Communications Exercise
- Area Chairs Follow-up
- Upcoming Section Traffic Managers Virtual Meeting
- NTS Discussed at Quarterly SEC Meeting
- Promotion of Virtual NTS Training Net (VNTN) at SEC Meeting
- The 7290 Traffic Net – Independent Nets in Support of NTS
- Radiogram CQ – An Informational Website for Traffic Handlers
- NTS Treasure Hunt – A Fun Activity for Those With Radio Restrictions
- From the Field: KA9IKK and N5ATR – Promoting Message-Handling
- Traffic Tips: Email Addresses and URLs in Radiograms
- Spotlight: Steve Ewald, WV1X
September 02, 2025
August 05, 2025
- ARRL – RRI Memorandum of Understanding
- Radiogram Portal Challenge Results
- ***Virtual NTS Training Net (VNTN) – new Zoom link***
- NTS Treasure Hunt
- NTS Committee Member Jay Fox, NK2Y, at ARRL Teachers Institute.
- NTS Operations Integrated in Eastern Massachusetts ARES “Summer Strike” Exercise
- NTSTIN Sessions Postponed
- Message Delivery: You Never Know What’s Going to Happen
- Burning River Traffic Net: A Half-Century of Amateur Radio Service and Tradition
- What NOT to Infer from a Radiogram Signature
- Spotlight – Dave Rockwell, W4PXE
July 01, 2025
- NTS Website Update
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Two Articles on NTS and Emergency Communications
- Virtual NTS Training Net Update
- NTS Training and Information (NTSTIN) Digital Voice Net Update
- Traffic Tips: Handling Instructions
- Thoughts on Error Mitigation
- Finding Ways to Create Traffic
- Spotlight – Bill Novak, KA9IKK
June 03, 2025
May 06, 2025
- ARRL and RRI – Toward One National Traffic System
- Why Participate in NTS?
- Field Day 2025 and the NTS Traffic Handler
- From the Field
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Training Opportunities
- On Book Traffic – What, Why, How
- Spotlight – Jim Kutsch, KY2D
April 01, 2025
March 04, 2025
- NTS Callout Meeting, February 2025: Recap
- Radiogram Portal Update
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Clarification on Radiogram Portal Users and “Radiogrammers”
- New NTS Digital Working Group Facilitator: AB1PH
- From the Field: Boston Cape Cod Traffic Jam, HVN Book Traffic Night
- HVN Book Traffic Night
- Official Relay Station (ORS) – an ARRL Field Appointment
- Spotlight: Don Rolph, AB1PH
February 04, 2025
- ***Reminder: NTS2 Callout Meeting, February 4, 9 PM ET***
- Why Are We Here?
- QMN Celebrates 90 Years
- Clarification on Users and “Radiogrammers”
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Notes on Message Delivery
- Spotlight: Don Rand, WV5Q
January 07, 2025
- NTS 2.0 Year-end Review
- NTS 2.0 Callout Meeting, February 4, 2025
- Virtual Traffic Nets for Training
- “Who Are We Now?”
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Originations and the Radiogram Portal
- HX Handling Instructions, Message Deliveries, Non-deliveries and Service Messages
- Spotlight: KW1U
2024
December 03, 2024
- NTS Letter Promotion Radiograms
- Section Emergency Test (SET) in Eastern Massachusetts
- MARIDN and SET
- A Transcontinental NBEMS Net – Preparing for Emergencies
- Editorial – Creating or Filling a Need
- Radiogram Portal Update
- Treasure Hunt Update
- NTS 75th Anniversary, Part 4
- From the Field
- Spotlight – Dave Sheppard, W2PAX
November 05, 2024
October 01, 2024
- From the Editor
- “Happy 75th, NTS” (Part 2)
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Training via Zoom – October 14
- Coordination between NTS and ARES: Reports from Alabama, Eastern Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia
- Spotlight: Gerry Jurrens, N2GJ
- Re-energizing NTS Activity in New Mexico
September 03, 2024
August 06, 2024
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Update: Handling Instructions and ARRL Numbered Texts
- Recognition Certificates
- New England HamXposition: August 22 – 25, 2024
- Traffic Handling in Alaska AL7N
- Recruiting New Traffic Handlers
- On Confirming POTA Contacts
- Who Calls First?
- Spotlight: K9GLU
July 02, 2024
- Field Day 2024
- Treasure Hunt Update
- Traffic Analysis Tool
- Experiences from the Field – KN4QJ, Georgia Section Traffic Manager
- Spotlight: Peter Dintelmann, DL4FN
- Training in CW Traffic Handling
- From the Editor
June 04, 2024
May 07, 2024
- From the Editor
- NTS and ARES: A Symbiotic and Historic Relationship Needed Again
- NTS 2.0 Upcoming — Traffic Measurement Tool and Test Traffic
- Do Your “PART” in NTS!
- Treasure Hunt Update
- ARRL Field Day and NTS
- Spotlight: Missouri Section Traffic Manager Bill Schrock, N0ET
- NTS Resources
- Sign up to Receive The NTS Letter
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April 02, 2024
- New Features on the NTS 2.0 Website
- Treasure Hunt News
- Radiogram Portal Update
- History of NTS by Bud Hippisley, W2RU
- Best Practices: Traffic Deliveries and Numbered Radiograms
- From the E-Mailbox
- The Hit and Bounce CW Nets
- Spotlight: Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD
- NTS Resources
- Sign up to Receive The NTS Letter
- Support NTS: Join ARRL
March 05, 2024
February 06, 2024
January 03, 2024
- NTS 2.0 Update: A Radiogram Portal
- Treasure Hunt Coming in February 2024
- New VE Package Proposed
- Radiogram Deliveries: A Vital Part of Message Handling
- CW Traffic Nets
- Spotlight: K6HTN
- NTS Resources
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- Support NTS: Join ARRL
2023
December 05, 2023
- Opt-In Page Confusion
- NTS 2.0: Update
- NTS-ARES Collaboration — One Section’s Recent Experience
- Training Can Be Fun!
- Arr, Matey! Ready for a Treasure Hunt?
- Traffic Trivia
- Winter Field Day is Coming
- Symbol Rate Change
- Spotlight — Jerry Burns, Jr., K1GUP, and Maine Seagull Net
- NTS Resources
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- Support NTS: Join ARRL
November 01, 2023
- From the Editor
- NTS 2.0 Update
- ICS-213 Compatibility: Using Radiograms to Pass Served Agency Forms
- Massachusetts Rhode Island Digital Net
- Liven Up Your Routine Traffic
- ME Traffic Handler Generates Radiograms from Local Library
- GTE: An APRS-NTS Gateway
- NTS Update from Atlantic Provinces of Canada
- Spotlight: Aaron Hulett, K8AMH
- NTS Resources
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October 03, 2023

