Amethyst DEC, Warren Paulson VE3FYN
EOC Stations:
VA3ETB
Thunder Bay
VA3EOA
Atikokan
VA3EFF
Fort Frances
VA3EMC
Sioux Narrows
VA3EMN
Nestor Falls
VA3EOD
Dryden
VA3EMK
Kenora
VA3EOE
Ear Falls
Winlink RMS
VA3EOA
Amethyst District ARES
Providing emergency communications for Northwestern Ontario
Winlink Online Training
Updated 26 April 2020
This training took place online in April 2020, and covered:
- The overall architecture of Winlink,
- Winlink setup
- Winlink operation
- Use of the IMS213-
R form
Lesson One Notes
- Lesson One PowerPoint presentation (pdf)
- Lesson One Zoom recording (YouTube)
- Maidenhead Gridsquare locator
- Winlink Express download Click on “Winlink Express Install…zip”)
- Winlink Whitelist instructions
- Prolific USB-
Serial Driver fix for Windoze 10
Lesson Two Notes
- Completing the IMS213-
R Form (radio-operator) - Completing the IMS213-
R Form (originator) - Lesson Two Zoom recording (part one)
- Lesson Two Zoom recording (part two)
Lesson Three Notes
Follow-Up Tasks
- Ensure you are running the most current version of Winlink Express
- Program version 1.5.27.0 as of 24 April 2020
- Templates version 1.0.119.0 as of 24 April 2020
- Setup message notification (Settings / Message notification and forwarding)
- Setup your contacts and groups (Settings / Contacts; Settings / Groups)
- Practice generating an ICS-
309 log (Message / Generate ICS- 309 log) - Setup Amethyst mode
- Setup the following forms as shortcuts (Message / Set favourite templates)
- Standard / CANADIAN / IMS Form 213.txt
- Standard / RADIOGRAM / Radiogram.txt
- Standard / GENERAL / Quick Message.txt
- Standard / ICS USA / ICS213.txt
- Practice forms, and forward your comments to VE3FYN
- Consider the question: “When do we need to use a form in the first place” and send your comments to VE3FYN.