The Ohio ARES District 3 VHF Digital Training Net meets every Sunday Evening at approximately 9:15pm (after a Miami County voice Net is secured) on The 145.23- W8FW/R Repeater (no pl) located in Troy Ohio. This Repeater has good coverage and is centrality located in Ohio ARES District 3.
The Purpose of this Net is to provide Ohio ARES District 3 participants with information and a Training ground where the use of Digital Communications can be discussed and practiced on a regular basis. All Amateurs are welcome and encouraged to participate in this Net.
52 Digital Training Nets have been conducted from November of 2012 to November of 2013 on the W8FW/R 145.23- Repeater. This includes 29 different participants from Miami, Shelby, Darke, Clark, Greene, and Montgomery counties in Ohio ARES District 3. Net participants have successfully tested and used their Digital Equipment TX/RX capabilities on VHF. Training has included sending and receiving traffic using Blank, Plain Text, NTS, CSV, and ICS Forms with FLDigi, FLMsg, and FLAmp Software. Training has included the use and practice of MT63, Olivia, PSK31, PSK500, PSK125R10, and some Easy Pal MFSK Viedo Picture Modes. Thanks to Tom WB8LDW for spearheading this Net, Gary WB8ROL for assistance and Technical expertise, and all of the operators listed below who have participated.
PART STN NETS TRF SENT/RCV
WB8PMG 47 55/66
WB8LDW 46 24/71
WB8ROL 46 22/77
WA8APB 30 8/71
KD8RLB 23 7/37
KC8WHK 23 7/58
N2OJD 19 3/33
KF8MZ 18 0/24
AE8I 17 1/34
N8NQH 16 4/22
KA8OCG 15 3/39
NB8D 14 1/23
AC8JZ 12 1/17
KB8EMD 12 1/17
N8NSD 10 1/20
KG6NFJ 10 0/18
N8YD 06 1/14
N8DCP 06 2/8
KD8GKJ 05 0/8
KE8RG 03 0/1
KA8RVI 03 0/10
KD3SQ 01 0/0
WA4RQG/8 01 0/0
AC8KX 01 0/1
W8DGN 01 0/4
KD8VLN 01 0/0
KB8TVN 01 0/3
WD8OQX 01 0/1
KD8ADH 01 0/0
David E. Robinson
ARRL Emergency Coordinator
Miami County ARES Ohio District 3