For the Month of July 2026

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I want to send out a Congratulations to Robert Black N7AKQ and  Larry Stanley VE6HN for reaching the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net Century Club by checking in 100 times. We now have 39 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 

It is time for a little fun with July's Winlink net like we did for the last four last years. Lets answer some Trivia Questions. 

The next week's questions will be sent out with your Winlink confirmation email.  Answer the questions with a standard Winlink email

DONE. July 1 questions

A. What do Amateur radio stations NA1SS and RS0ISS have in common? …Both are amateur radio stations permanently located aboard the International Space Station.

B. What country has the most islands in the world?.... Sweden – over 267,000 islands

DONE.  July 8 questions

A. Besides talking on his ham radio, this famous newscaster spent most of his life talking into a microphone for a living. Who is it? …. Walter Cronkite

B. What was the first toy to be advertised on television?..... Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on television. The commercial aired on April 30, 1952

    

DONE.  July 15 questions

A. What is Dr. Owen Garriott W5LFL famous for? ... The first person to operate an amateur (ham) radio station from space.

B. What is the universal solvent? .... Water

DONE.  July 22 questions

A. Winlink was originally known by what name when the project was first developed in the late 1980s by hams like Vic Poor (W5SSM) and Steve Waterman (K4CJX) ... Aplink (short for AMTOR-Packet Link)

B. What was the first video game ever made?... Tennis for Two. Created in 1958 by physicist William Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York

DONE. July 29 questions

A. Which of the following musicians- Ronnie Milsap, Joe Walsh , Alice Cooper, and Jim Croce  - is NOT or was NOT an Amateur Radio (HAM) Operator?    Alice Cooper was not an Amateur Radio (HAM) Operator 

Ronnie Milsap holds the callsign WB4KCG, Joe Walsh holds the callsign WB6ACU, and Jim Croce was WN3OQW.

B. What’s the longest border between two countries?    Canada and the United States, stretching approximately 5,525 miles.

  

Thanks for being a part of the Idaho Winlink Wednesday Net.

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

Don

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