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Progress on NTS 2.0 Priorities

- by Fred Kemmerer

The NTS 2.0 Team has been working on several priority items including:

  • An expanded set of standards and procedures for encapsulating and handling ICS-213 and other ICS and agency message formats
  • An enhanced standard for traffic handling instructions
  • An updated list of numbered message

Our work has included on-air testing in various modes to refine the work associated with the first item above. We are in the process of developing documentation and we expect to deploy these elements on the NTS 2.0 program in the near future.

Steering Committee

NTS 2.0 Implementation Plans

- by admin

Plans are well underway for the implementation launch of NTS 2.0.

Throughout 2022, briefings were given to League members in all 15 ARRL divisions. The briefings resulted in valuable feedback on the program as well as the recruitment of additional volunteers to staff the implementation groups.

A kickoff meeting was held for implementation team volunteers. Biographies and team preferences were solicited. The top priorities for the NTS 2.0 teams were also discussed. As a result of those discussions, initial priorities, processes, and operational expectations were determined.

A total of five implementation teams are conducting regular, weekly working meetings. In addition, the team facilitators who constitute a Steering Committee meet each week to help coordinate the work and tackle issues that require coordination between the different teams.