For the Month of March 2026

  First 

I want to send out a Congratulations to Fred Dalzell KI7BCL and Lee Lukehart K7AVR for reaching the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net Century Club by checking in 100 times. We now have 32 who have reached this level. We have others who will soon be able to join this club. Keep checking in and you too can reach 100 

Thanks to everyone for sending pictures during the month of February.

For the month of March I would like to dissect Winlink and looking for your help to do this.

The way we will do this is each week please use the form ICS 213 to answer the questions I will be asking.  You will find this form in the Select Template tab. Go to Standard Forms menu. Look under the ICS USA Forms and choose the ICS213 form.

 Each week will be a new question.

Week 1 March 4… If you sent a picture in the February Winlink net What problems did you have and what did work for you?

I will respond to your check-in with the next weeks question.  

Thanks for being a part of the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net

All Ham's from around the world are welcomed to join in.

Remember if you include your daily email with your Winlink check-in and you will receive a copy of your Check-in status faster.

Don

Net control

February 2026 Check-ins Grouped by County

 

Join Us

 The ARRL Section is inviting you to a scheduled 

All Idaho Hams Zoom meeting. 

Monday Feb 16, 2026 7:00 PM Mountain Time ---6:00 PM Pacific Time

To Join The Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82685433661?pwd=ZGmu2G3dtnLF3t2Wea5aXlLXyfQ1JU.1  

Meeting ID: 826 8543 3661

Passcode: IDARRL

Everyone is Welcomed 

For the Month of February 2026

 First 

I want to send out a Congratulations to Bob Kesson K7CGA and David Enos KF6QAG for reaching the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net Century Club by checking in 100 times. We now have 30 who have reached this level. We have others who will soon be able to join this club. Keep checking in and you too can reach 100 

For the month of February we are going have a little bit of a challenge based on your experience and radio connection type.

Each week send a current weather picture and a Weather report with your picture. This will be a great way to polish your skills. 

For instructions on how to attach a photo to a Winlink email go to the tab "To send a photo" 

Thanks for being a part of the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net

All Ham's from around the world are welcomed to join in.

Remember if you include your daily email with your Winlink check-in and you will receive a copy of your Check-in status faster.

Don

Net control

January 2026 Check-ins Grouped by County

 

 To send a picture

Start a new message

Go to Attachments and the attachment tool will pop up then Select Add

Pick a picture from your computer and click Open     The Item will be added to the list. 

If the size is too large to send it will show the size in Red. The maximum size for Winlink is 120kb

You can resize the photo in Winlink. First click on Edit/Resize. The edit tool will open. In this tool you can Crop... Resize.... and rotate the photo.

To Crop first you will need to click on the photo and select the area to keep and then click Crop

To Resize click on the Resize button and it will show you the current size and a box to put in a new size. Then click Change Size and then click Save 

Now click Save Changes

This will take you back to the Attachment tool. 

If the size color is yellow it means it can be sent but will be large.

If there is no color that means the picture is a good size.  

Click Finished and it will add the photo to your email.

120kb and above will be Red and cannot be sent via Winlink
80kb to 119kb will be Yellow 
79kb and lower will have no color

For the Month of January 2026

 First 

I want to send out a Congratulations to Jerald Jensen WC7F and Warren Thompson KF7FY for reaching the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net Century Club by checking in 100 times. We now have 28 who have reached this level. We have others who will soon be able to join this club. Keep checking in and you too can reach 100

For the Year 2025 we had 2601 check-ins ... Great job everyone

For January 2026 we are going have a different form used each week. This helps us to learn what forms are available. All will be under the Standard Templates dropdown

January 7 …… ICS 213 General Message. Found in the ICS USA forms

January 14….. Bulletin form. Found under the General forms

January 21….. Local Weather Report.  Found in the Weather forms

January 28….. Customizable Form - found under General forms. Have fun with this one and create something you might use in your area.  

You don’t have to fill out the form completely if you don’t want to. This is an opportunity to develop your skills.

Thanks for being a part of the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net

All Ham's from around the world are welcomed to join in.

Remember if you include your daily email you will receive a copy of your Check in status faster.

Don

Net control