WinLink Thursday exercises have begun again.
Go here for information and download the exercise PDF:
https://www.emcomm-training.org/Winlink_Thursdays.html
I participated last year and found each exercise to be not only informative but a lot of fun. Every weekly exercise added a layer of complexity and a new challenge. As a result, quite a bit was learned regarding the capabilities and previously unknown inner workings of using WinLink.
If you are already using WinLink, then you are set. If your equipment is set up for digital modes, like FT8, then you are very close and you may only need to add the software. There is a local VHF FM WinLink node on 145.07 WAØSDO-10. You can use Packet Radio for access. Or, WinLink using VARA-HF modem software works very well on HF. Once you have WinLink working, the PDF, mentioned above, pretty much leads you click by click on what you need to complete the exercise.
The exercise runs 0000Z to 2359Z on Thursday. Usually on the weekend following the Thursday exercise, they publish a map showing all the check-ins. It would be cool to see lots of spots show up here in central Missouri.
Harry, KØTV