Greetings Ham Radio Operators,
Field Day 2026 is just around the corner on June 27-28. All stations operating in Field Day, regardless of operating class, are eligible to earn up to 200 bonus points for sending radiograms. Sending just one radiogram to your section manager earns 100 points. You may earn 10 points for each additional message sent up to a maximum of 10 messages or 100 points. The 200 bonus points is the equivalent of making 200 SSB QSOs, a great way to boost your score.
Radiograms may be sent any time during the Field Day operational period. Messages may be sent using any mode but must be sent using RF. The use of repeaters to send radiograms is allowed.
Several traffic nets will be available during Field Day to assist stations wishing to send radiograms
HF Traffic Nets
Saturday June 27th
7290 Traffic Net 1300 local time 7290 Khz
Texas Traffic Net 1830 local time 7285 Khz
The Houton Local Traffic Net will hold two simultaneous nets Saturday evening and Sunday morning as follows.
Saturday June 27th 1830 local time
146.940 repeater pl 167.9
147.000 repeater pl 103.5
Sunday June 28th 1100 local time
146.940 repeater pl 167.9
147.000 repeater pl 103.5
Winlink
Radiograms may be sent using Winlink but the connections must be via RF. Telnet connections are not allowed
If you are not familiar with Radiograms, I encourage you to take advantage of the Virtual NTS Traffic Net (VNTN) which meets each Wednesday at 6 pm Central Time via Zoom. The link to the Zoom call can be found on the Houston Local Traffic Net website at www.hltn.org.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions on radiograms.
73
Bill KA9IKK
STX Assistant Traffic Manager
ka9ikk@hotmail.com