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February 2026 NTS Letter
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Editor: Marcia Forde, KW1U - February 3, 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
When All Else Fails?
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One might divide amateur radio public service activities into two
categories, one of which is essential services, and the other of which might
be called value-added services. Understanding the nature of these two
categories has become increasingly important as commercial and government
telecommunications environments become more diverse and robust.
Essential Services:
While few would argue with the assertion that emergency service
communications networks are far more reliable today, the fact remains that
these systems do have vulnerabilities and limitations. Yet, fewer disaster
situations require amateur radio support to fill in gaps or overcome
inherent limitations in these systems. Therefore, some radio amateurs use
this reality to assume that we are no longer needed. So, let's examine that
assumption.
It is the job of emergency management and relief organizations to conduct a
thorough hazard and vulnerability analysis for their community or state. In
doing so, consideration must be given to potential disasters that, although
rare, can overwhelm or damage public safety communications systems. Like
their professional counterparts, radio amateurs should also prepare for
those rare situations in which "all else fails."
The emergency management process, if properly conducted, requires
coordination between numerous agencies and organizations, many of which do
not normally utilize public safety communications networks. Even in the case
of emergency situations that are less than catastrophic, organizations like
ARESｩ and NTS can play an important role by providing the flexible and
scalable communications resources needed to enhance coordination and
information flow within the broader emergency management environment,
thereby ensuring a cohesive response phase operation.
This brings us to an essential point: The bar for providing these essential
services is rather high. Amateur radio volunteers must be able to do more
than establish connectivity. They must be able to communicate efficiently
and accurately. Senior volunteers need to understand how to function both
within the emergency services environment and within the context of an
operational EOC or message center. This means real training and experience
conveying message traffic and managing important administrative tasks
involving radio logs, records, and accountability.
Value-Added Services:
There are many opportunities for radio amateurs to assist with, other than
significant disasters. A two-way radio network remains an excellent tool for
coordinating a distributed event such as a parade, a marathon, severe
weather events, or smaller emergency operation that falls outside the scope
of normal emergency services operations. There remains great value in
cohesive volunteer organizations that can provide not just real-time
information, but also a level of quality control that renders the
information of greater value than random inputs from public sources.
While it is important for Section leadership to not fall into the trap of
simply becoming "emergency management volunteers who bring their own
radios," there are many events and situations in which Amateur Radio Service
resources can greatly enhance safety and efficiency. These activities of
lesser scale also provide a perfect opportunity to practice the essential
skills needed to respond to those less common situations in which essential
services are required. Best of all, they can provide a sense of purpose for
ARESｩ and NTS volunteers.
Diminishing Relevance?
Fifty years ago, the ability to establish connectivity alone was valuable
simply because mobile or portable two-way radio capability was a rarity. It
so happens that many radio amateurs at that time also had experience with
traffic handling, commercial and maritime communications, or military
experience. When called upon to fill gaps in communications infrastructure,
radio amateurs often rose to the occasion with efficient and accurate
communications.
Today, the ability to establish connectivity is no longer a rare asset.
However, the ability to support a disaster operation with excellent
administrative skills, solid operating procedures, and efficient, accurate,
traffic handling remains a high-value element in either a disaster operation
or a community service event. However, one can't learn the needed skills "on
the job." Effective, peer-reviewed training and effective drills and
practice are needed to ensure that radio amateurs can do more than establish
connectivity; rather, it ensures they can communicate.
Quo Vadis?
Perhaps amateur radio finds itself on a modern Appian Way, confronting a
rapidly evolving telecommunications environment in which its destiny will be
determined. One choice leads to diminished relevance whereas the other leads
to a future in which amateur radio remains a valued community asset. If we
want to choose the latter path, our volunteers must develop the solid
communications, technical, and administrative skills needed to do so. This
means prioritizing real training and experience in the core competencies of
effective communications. Examples include:
Ensuring your ARESｩ organization has regular connectivity to NTS traffic
nets and other infrastructure-level systems.
Conducting training drills in message handling (radiogram and
radiogram-ICS213) during weekly two-meter nets (see an example at:
radiorelay.org/files/training/RRI-TR-005-Phonetic-Alphabet-Training-Rev-A.pdf)
Using community service events to set up a simulated message center which
incorporates the administrative tasks that might be needed in a major
disaster.
Prioritizing training that emphasizes the core skills of communications
methods and technical tasks.
Using our amateur radio networks for routine reports and basic
administrative functions within your section, rather than relying upon
commercial common carrier methods.
Lastly, don't forget that volunteers need a sense of purpose. Get involved
in an NTS traffic net, if only one or two days a week. Use NTS and ARES nets
to report routine weather data to the National Weather Service. During the
warmer weather months, host events in which volunteers set up in the field
and originate one or two pieces of message traffic. Exercise your creativity.
Use your volunteer resources wisely. Find that balance where they have a
sense of belonging and purpose while gaining the skills needed to remain a
valuable community asset. Our future depends on it. - James Wades, WB8SIW
Alerting and Mobilizing Amateur Radio Operators in Times of an Emergency
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Many major incidents (hurricanes and snowstorms, for example) are proceeded
by warnings before they impact an area. Others (perhaps earthquakes) can hit
without warning. Incidents can affect areas varying from very localized to
large-scale regional and potentially country-wide impact.
A challenge for mobilizing amateur radio operators is how to alert them that
there is a communications support need when a major incident occurs, often
in the absence of traditional communications. To explore these issues, a
team drawn from the transcontinental NBEMS net held an alerting exercise on
Jan 17, 2026.
The exercise consisted of two parts:
- Alerting via text over cell phone to obtain a baseline for fastest
reasonable time for alerting a team of amateur radio operators
- An exercise using alerting via HF radio, only to understand the additional
latency which is introduced when relaying a radio-only alert across the
country
The radio-only alerting used a modified version of the FSQ mode in FLDIGI.
This alerting approach developed by Jon Chappell, W1UVX
This is similar conceptually to the SHARES alerting system as described by
Stephen Hansen, KB1TCE
Twelve individuals participated in the cell phone alerting exercise and 14
operators from across the continental US participated in the radio alerting
exercise.
The findings from this exercise were:
1. Text-based alerting had about a 60% alerting rate in 15 minutes, 91%
alerting in 30 minutes and 100% in one and one half hours
2. Radio-only alerting is possible and can, in principle, span the country
in five minutes or less
In addition, during the testing
3. several stations tested SDR systems using compact antennas, demonstrating
the ability to configure low-cost radio-only alerting systems (similar to
weather alerting systems but operating on HF) which functioned successfully
during the radio-only exercise.
These tested the minimum expected time one can achieve with alerting and
demonstrated that a radio-only alerting approach would introduce perhaps an
additional five minutes of latency. Further, in principle, radio-only
alerting can be implemented using relatively inexpensive hardware and
without requiring the dedication of a full HF amateur radio installation to
support the alerting process. - Don Rolph, AB1PH
NTS 2.0 Traffic Performance Testing
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On January 23, the NTS 2.0 Performance and Standards Team initiated its
first round of NTS traffic performance testing using the new HXT handling
instruction with a set of radiograms sent between Ohio, Michigan, and New
York. If you were to look up the description for this handling instruction,
you would see that it means "Special traffic test message, ID_______". So,
what is this all about? What are we hoping to achieve? And what should you
do if you end up with a radiogram that has this handling instruction?
The overall goal is to improve the performance of the National Traffic
System. The desire is to quantify system coverage and identify gaps, and to
understand the system's performance in terms of delivery time, reliability,
and errors. The results will be analyzed and used to make improvements, and
to address issues which were identified. How will this be accomplished?
Enter the NTS 2.0 Test Traffic Reporting Application, developed by Jonathan
Taylor, K1RFD, creator of the NTS 2.0 Radiogram Portal. This tool contains a
user-friendly website into which traffic handlers can enter information
about any radiogram containing the HXT handling instruction that they happen
to handle (originate, relay, receive as addressee, or deliver). The
information is collected into a database which can then be used for
reporting and analysis.
So, let's say you receive a radiogram, and the handling instruction says
"HXT 10." Apart from the usual routine of delivering the message to the
addressee (if not yourself) or moving it along to the next leg of its
journey through the National Traffic System, what additional action does
this radiogram require? Well, you will note that the text of the radiogram
will direct everyone handling it to a website, nts2.arrl.org/test. From
there you will be prompted to enter your call sign and the Test Set ID. Use
the numbers after the "HXT" in the handling instruction as the Test Set ID.
So, in our example, you would enter "10." Note that this is not the message
number. A test set consists of multiple individual radiograms. You will next
encounter a drop-down list of message numbers (here's where that comes into
play) along with the call sign of the originating operator. If there have
been no errors in transmission, you should see your radiogram show up in
this list. Select the appropriate radiogram and enter the requested
information. It only takes a couple of minutes, and you will then become a
much-appreciated participant in the traffic test. - Michelle Roeten, KM2I
(formerly K2MJR), NTS Official Relay Station, Eastern NY Section
Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR)
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The Public Service Honor Roll, or PSHR, an award offered by ARRL, recognizes
the efforts of amateur radio operators who are active in many aspects of
public service. This includes net operations, traffic handling, emergency
operations and public service communication support. While the Station
Activity Report (SAR) recognizes message handling activities, the PSHR
encompasses a variety of activities including but not restricted to message
handling. One needn't be a traffic handler to submit a PSHR report but must
have accumulated a minimum of 70 points for activity in various forms of
public service. The six awarded categories for public service are explained
below.
1) Participation in a public service net -- 1 point each net, maximum 40.
One example of a public service net is one that is regularly scheduled and
handles radiogram or radiogram ICS-213 formatted messages. There are many
such public-service nets: local and section nets that are affiliated with
the National Traffic System (NTS), as well as NTS region, NTS area, and
independent nets that handle messages. ARES, RACES, SKYWARN nets that meet
on a regular basis would also qualify.
Another example is when an NTS Digital Relay Station manually logs onto an
automated digital system. This action also qualifies under the intent of
PSHR Category 1.
Public service or emergency nets that are activated to support an actual
emergency or potential emergency or public-service event would be part of
this first category. A net that has been established for training radio
amateurs in public service and emergency communications would also be
included.
2) Handling formal messages (radiograms) via any mode -- 1 point for each
message handled; maximum 40
This category was covered in the April 2025 issue of The NTS Letter
describing the Station Activity Report which can be found at
nts2.arrl.org/ntsletter. The message total from the SAR report up to a
maximum of 40 points may be reported in this category.
3) Serving in an ARRL-sponsored volunteer position
This includes Section Traffic Manager, Assistant Section Traffic Manager,
NTS Net Manager, Official Relay Station, NTS officials above section level
including Area Staff Chair, Area Net Manager, Region Net Manager, TCC
Director, Area Digital Manager, TCC member.
Other Field Appointments are also included in this category: Section
Manager, Assistant Section Manager, Section Emergency Coordinator, Assistant
Section Emergency Coordinator, District Emergency Coordinator, Emergency
Coordinator, Local Government Liaison, Public Information Coordinator,
Public Information Officer, Technical Coordinator, and Technical Specialist.
-- 10 points for each position; maximum 30.
4) Participation in scheduled, short-term public service events such as
walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons, parades, simulated emergency tests and related
practice events. This includes off-the-air meetings and coordination efforts
with related emergency groups and served agencies. -- 5 points per hour (or
any portion thereof) of time spent in either coordinating and/or operating
in the public service event - no limit.
5) Participation in an unplanned emergency response when the amateur radio
operator is on the scene. This also includes unplanned incident requests by
public or served agencies for amateur radio participation. -- 5 points per
hour (or any portion thereof) of time spent directly involved in the
emergency operation - no limit.
Note: If you are an active participant in an unplanned incident - or in
other words, an emergency operation - you may take credit for this
participation even though you may not be physically at the emergency scene.
As an example, if the National Weather Service activates SKYWARN, amateur
radio operators serve as weather spotters from their homes (or car, or work,
or other locations) during the weather event. Then, a tornado strikes and
the American Red Cross calls out ARES members to serve in shelters and to
provide support for damage assessment communications. These operators would
qualify for Category 5 points.
6.) Providing and maintaining: a) an automated digital system that handles
ARRL radiogram-formatted messages; or b) a web page or email list server
oriented toward amateur radio public service -- 10 points per item.
Category 6 (a) recognizes the effort it takes to provide and maintain an
automated digital system (like a packet bulletin board or a PACTOR system)
that handles ARRL radiogram-formatted messages.
Category 6 (b) recognizes that web pages and email list servers have become
popular and effective ways to communicate news and information to the
community of radio amateurs that are involved in emergency and public
service communication operations and preparedness.
PSHR reports are sent to Steve Ewald, WV1X, Field Services Support at ARRL,
and generally follow the format: 1/xx 2/xx 3/xx 4/xx 5/xx 6/xx Total/xx,
where xx is the total points for each of the six categories. Those reporting
a minimum of 70 points will have their call signs listed in the Field
Services column in QST.
More information about the Public Service Honor Roll can be found at
www.arrl.org/public-service-honor-roll.
NTS Treasure Hunt - January 2026 Hunt and the Year 2025 in Review
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What a great year we have had for the NTS Treasure Hunt. Besides the change
in the mug award, we also changed the certificate. I was the one who was to
make the changes, but I kept pushing the project to the back burner until
suddenly it was the end of the year. I have updated the certificates and
sent them out to all. If you did not receive one you earned, please contact
me.
On to the mugs. I also had not sent updates to Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB, who
has been making the mugs. They are being made now and should be in the mail
by the time you read this. I will email the tracking information to the mug
recipients. I promise to do better this coming year.
So far, during the January 2026 Hunt, we have had 20+ people submit the
first question to Michelle. There is still time to enter as the January Hunt
ends February 22, 2026. Results will be published in the March issue of The
NTS Letter. So, here is the question:
NR1 R HXG AC8NP 22 TIFFIN OH JAN 2
TREASURE HUNTERS
BT
THR1 WHICH CITY CONTAINS THE
FORMER SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE
ORIGINATOR OF MORSE CODE QUERY
REPLY TO MICHELLE KM2I POUGHKEEPSIE
NY 12603
BT
DAN AC8NP
Now, here is the year in review.
NTS Treasure Hunt Mug Winners 2025
January: Walt, KC3WHU
March: Jerry, N3KRX
May: Bill, KA9IKK
July: Gary, W9EEU
September: Bill, W4EDN
November: Mark, N7YD
NTS Treasure Hunt stations completing the Hunt each month:
January
W1LEM, Lem, Brewster MA; KN6HXP, Warren, Baltimore MD; K2MJR, Michelle,
Poughkeepsie NY; KE8HKA, Matthew, Ypsilanti MI; N7DMB, David, Green Valley
AZ; N1CVO, Shawn, Lowell MA; KC3WHU, Walt, Metuchen NJ; W4BZM, Michael,
Niceville FL; KA9IKK, Bill, Katy TX
March
WD8SDH, Dick, Cambridge OH; K2MJR, Michelle, Poughkeepsie NY; KE8HKA,
Matthew, Ypsilanti MI; N7YD, Mark, Redmond WA; N1CVO, Shawn, Lowell MA;
KN6HXP, Warren, Baltimore MD; N3KRX, Jerry, Houston DE; W4BZM, Michael,
Niceville FL; KC3WHU, Walt, Metuchen NJ; AE5MI, Yvette, Gulfport MS; W1OTW,
Doggone Dave, Warrensburg MO; KA9IKK, Bill, Katy TX
May
VE1AQF, Glenn, Meteghan NS; KJ7JJ, John, Taylorsville UT; N1CVO, Shawn,
Lowell MA; N7YD, Mark, Redmond WA; KE8HKA, Matt, Ypsilanti MI; K2MJR,
Michelle, Poughkeepsie NY; N3KRX, Jerry, Houston DE; KN6HXP, Warren,
Baltimore MD; KA9IKK, Bill, Katy TX; W4EDN, William, Charlotte NC
Stations half-correct THR4
W1OTW, Dave, Warrensburg MO; N8VCL Scott, Plattsmouth NE
July
AA2QL Fred, Holbrook NY; KA9IKK, Bill, Katy TX; KC1RMD, Dan, Hudson MA;
KE8HKA, Matthew, Ypsilanti MI; N1CVO, Shawn, Lowell MA; N3KRX, Jerry,
Houston DE; N7YD, Mark, Redmond WA; NB5E, Brandon, Lawrenceville GA; W4EDN,
Bill, Mint Hill NC; W9EEU, Gary, Cory IN
September
W1LEM, Lem, Brewster MA; N1CVO, Shawn, Lowell MA; WX2DX, Bill, Port Matilda
PA; W9EEU, Gary, Cory IN; W4EDN, Bill, Mint Hill NC; N7YD, Mark, Redmond WA;
KC1RMD, Dan, Hudson MA; KC1TLF, David, Tyngsboro MA; W4BZM, Mike, Niceville
FL; W3STN, Stan, Gwynn Oak MD; N4RJB, Richard, Punta Gorda FL; K戡CP, Art,
Sanford MI; W1OTW Doggone Dave, Warrensburg MO; KN6HXP Warren, Baltimore MD
November
AB1XW, Alan, Longmeadow MA; KC1TLF, Dave, Tyngsboro MA; N1CVO, Shawn, Lowell
MA; WB2JNQ, Bob, Brooklyn NY; WX2DX, Bill, Port Matilda PA; N7YD, Mark,
Redmond WA; KD2QAR, Mark, Swanton MD; WA5EWN, Emmett, Casselberry FL; N4RJB,
Richard, Punta Gorda FL; KN6HXP, Warren, Baltimore MD; W4EDN, Bill, Mint
Hill NC; W8ROY, Roy, Livonia MI; KC1RMD, Dan, Rabinowitz; KJ7JJ, John,
Taylorsville UT; W9EEU, Gary, Cory IN
- Dan Rinaman, AC8NP
Tennessee Section Annual Traffic Seminar
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Tennessee is having its annual Traffic Seminar on four consecutive Tuesday
nights in February at 6:15 PM Central Time on 3980 kHz. Those dates are
February 3,10,17, and 24. Each session will last 45 minutes. Those enrolled
should have a copy of the material although it has been revised and updated
some little bit. All can monitor through this SDR:
kb5ag.asuscomm.com:8073/?f=3980/lsb, although only our enrollees will be
able to ask questions during the classes. I have about 30 enrolled at this
moment. The SDR referred to is in Tennessee and is very good.
For more information, contact WD4LAR@xxxxx.xxx. - Harrel Davidson, WD4LAR,
Tennessee Section Traffic Manager
Spotlight - Dennis Bombardiere, W8YS, EAN Cycle 2 Net Manager
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I got my first explanation of ham radio from a ham who worked in the high
school where I taught. He explained about licenses, tests and equipment. My
wife's uncle was an amateur operator, so I arranged a visit with him, during
which I heard him talk with a ham in California on 20 meters. I became very
interested and went from no license to Extra class in 5 months.
As soon as I got my General ticket, I checked in to the West Virginia Fone
Net. The net control station said I had a weak signal and asked me what
antenna I was using. He said to get rid of my vertical antenna and put up a
dipole. I did and he became my Elmer -- Tom Holton, W8YP, the Fone Net
Manager. I checked in to the Fone Net almost every evening. I enjoyed
listening to stations checking in from various locations in the state as
well as other states. On one net, there was a radiogram for Fairmont. I live
a few miles from there and Tom asked me to deliver it. When I said I didn't
know what to do, he said to get a piece of paper and he would help me, right
in the middle of the net. And so it began!
Tom was NCS 4 or 5 days a week. He needed help, and asked me to try being
NCS. After a few days of practice copying what the NCS does and all the call
signs, I gave it a try. I had 98 check-ins and 3 radiograms passed in 61
minutes. I was mentally and physically drained, but I was hooked. I was NCS
at least once and sometimes 2 or 3 days a week. When I made a mistake, Tom
would quickly correct me, and I continued to learn.
I asked where the radiograms came from. He pointed me to the NTS Manual,
where I also found out about region and area nets. Listening to those nets
was confusing. Operators were all doing it differently. I heard a lot of
confusion and errors. I asked Tom why so many were passing traffic in
different ways, and if there was a book or manual that explained how to do
it correctly He said to go to EAN at 2:30 and ask Marcia, KW1U: "She is in
charge of everything!" (He said not to check in to EAN until I had listened
for 2 or 3 weeks, so that I would not interfere -- they have a lot of
traffic to pass.) When I asked Marcia, she said work was proceeding on that
issue, and when it was finished it would be published. The ARRL NTS Methods
and Practices Guidelines, also known as the MPG, came out about 2 years
later. My prayers were answered.
After that, I became 8RN Manager. I had to give that up after 4 years
because of an unexpected medical condition. Work was taking my remaining
stamina and I eventually retired. Then I was able to check in to EAN Cycle
2. At that time, a lot of traffic was being passed between first and fourth
region, basically between Boston and Hiddenite, North Carolina. In the
summer, propagation was very difficult for that pairing. I was sitting about
halfway between the two, and spent many hours relaying between those two and
others. I would like to thank then-Net Manager Gary Ferdinand, W2CS, for
having faith in me, helping and guiding me to learn and handle NCS on EAN
Cycle 2.
In February 2013, I accepted the position as EAN Cycle 2 Manager. At first,
it was a little trying, as some did not want to accept the MPG or me, but
when I accept a job, I will do it to the best of my abilities, not "just for
the title." Because MPG stands for the ARRL NTS Methods and Practices
Guidelines, that means NTS operators are expected to follow it. Some got
upset. A few quit. But now I have EAN reps who ask me to critique their
sending, which I do via email. I also find that I am no longer adding as
many procedures and reminders on monthly reports, which means we are getting
better as a team. Just as I did when I was teaching, I get a great deal of
pride and satisfaction from seeing net participants learning and doing a
better job of passing traffic. My hope is that net reps will learn the
proper procedures and take those back to their region and local nets, making
the entire NTS better.
I do not mind any amateurs checking in to the EAN Cycle 2. They may get
interested. They may become reps -- some have. They may become a net control
station or a net manager someday. In this age of cell phones and push-button
instant gratification, it is not easy to find new people to join in. We need
to keep EAN Cycle 2 and the NTS going -- and strong.
I receive emails from traffic handlers asking permission to use some of the
procedures and reminders that I often include in my monthly reports, for
training on their nets. My answer is yes; it helps to make traffic handling
and the NTS better. I have had requests from traffic handlers who are not
participants in EAN Cycle 2, to put them on my email list just for the
traffic procedures and reminders.
I have been a Little League baseball coach, a social studies teacher, a
middle-school basketball coach for boys' and girls' teams, and a high-school
girls basketball coach. Public service is a perfect fit for me.
Dennis, W8YS [Photo]
NTSｩ Resources
The National Traffic Systemｩ (NTSｩ) is a network of amateur radio operators
who move information during disasters and other emergencies. General
messages offering well-wishes also move through the NTSｩ to help test the
system and to help amateur radio operators build traffic handling skills.
While the NTSｩ is primarily set up to serve the United States and Canada, it
is possible to move traffic internationally through the NTSｩ via various
local, regional, area, and international network connections.
NTS 2.0
NTS Manual
NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines
Handling Instructions
Numbered Texts
Encoding Rules for Agency Forms
Virtual NTS Training Net
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