NTS Letter for March 3, 2026 undefined

National Traffic System®

 

 

 

Editor: - March 3, 2026

 

 

 

Traffic Performance Testing

Last month, in the February issue of The NTS Letter (see ), we reported on NTS 2.0 Traffic Performance Testing which began late in January. Test messages were limited to Ohio, Michigan, and New York. Preliminary results showed moderate success, although gaps were revealed. Since that time, test messages were expanded to Washington State and will ultimately expand to include the entire country. Last week, I received two of these test messages which were relayed on both CW and SSB sessions of Eastern Area Net. I noted some confusion on the part of net participants on the SSB net and, as I was NCS, I took the opportunity to explain what these messages were all about. Here are the basics:

 

Note the handling instruction, HXT, which informs you this message is part of a special test. The number immediately after the HXT identifies that test. This number is not to be confused with the check count which comes later in the preamble.

 

In the text, a URL is given for the test website. After relaying or delivering this message, go to that website and you will be asked for information such as your call sign and the traffic test ID which was included in the handling instruction.

 

Click on “Look Up” and you will see a listing of test traffic IDs. Look for the one to which you are responding and follow the instructions for adding further information. The information requested will include from whom, date and time you received the message, and to whom you relayed or delivered the message. Sound familiar? It is the same information requested in the HXD handling instructions.

 

I handled two different test ID messages and followed the instructions on the website. It was quite easy and rather fun. In the process, you will be helping the NTS committee to determine where problems may exist so that we can go to work on solutions. Thanks to all for your support in this effort.

 

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Meets with NTS2 Team

NTS Performance & Standards team volunteers were privileged to meet with Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM, on February 20, 2026, via Zoom. Boyd described NTS activities in Canada and addressed familiar issues facing the RAC field organization, such as gaps in net coverage and a decrease in volunteers due to an aging population.

 

Marcia Forde, KW1U, briefed Boyd on advances made under the NTS 2.0 project, including the Virtual NTS Training Net. Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD, described the Radiogram Portal. The group promised to invite Canadian SMs and STMs to future Section Traffic Manager Teams coordination calls.

 

Like the ARRL Field Organization, RAC’s Field Organization consists of sections overseen by Section Managers, and appointed Section Traffic Managers who oversee NTS and net activities. --Phil Temples, K9HI

 

 

Print and Mail a Radiogram Postcard

The final step in the journey of a Radiogram is delivery – letting the addressee know that he or she has received a radio message from a friend, relative, or colleague many miles away. Especially if the recipient isn't a ham, it's important to make a good impression at this step, on behalf of the entire Amateur Radio Service.

 

A Radiogram normally carries the addressee's telephone number or e-mail address, and sometimes both. You'll make every effort to contact the addressee through one means or another, but sometimes it's necessary to either hand-deliver or mail the message using the postal address. Many traffic people also like to mail a confirmation copy of a message, even after delivering it by telephone, just to make a strong and lasting impression.

 

Now, "there's an app for that!" We've recently launched a feature on the NTS website which lets you type in the contents of a Radiogram you've received for delivery, and have it automatically be printed and mailed to the final recipient. Behind the scenes, it formats the message as a handsome Radiogram postcard and transmits it to a print-and-mail service which takes care of the rest. The front of the postcard is the familiar yellow ARRL Radiogram form; the back of the postcard includes a few sentences about amateur radio and message handling.

 

Any traffic handler is welcome to use the postcard service at . After registering for the site, you cover the cost of postage, printing, and mailing (about $1 US per postcard) by pre-loading a personal "wallet" with Postcard Credits, one for each card you expect to be sending. When you order a postcard, one credit is deducted from your wallet and the card is typically printed and mailed the next business day. – Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD

 

Treasure Hunt Update

Hello, NTS Treasure Hunters!

 

Well, the first NTS Treasure Hunt of 2026 is complete! Sixteen stations completed all five rounds in the January 2026 NTS Treasure Hunt:

  • AA2QL Freddie Cruz
  • KC1TLF Dave Marcucci
  • KD2QAR Mark Vincett
  • KE8HKA Matthew Foltz
  • KFØPZP Juanita Moore
  • KN6HXP Warren Halstead III
  • N1CVO Shawn Dodds
  • N7YD Mark Galbraith
  • W1LEM Lem Skidmore
  • W7AAF Matthew Rau
  • W8ROY Roy Watts
  • WA5EWN Emmett Ward
  • WB1F Gil Arevalo
  • WB2JNQ Bob Jordan
  • WX2DX Bill Smith
  • K5ANP Alan Prager

Mug Award Winner for January 2026 is Matthew Rau, W7AAF.

 

January Questions:

 

THR1 WHICH CITY CONTAINS THE

FORMER SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE

ORIGINATOR OF MORSE CODE QUERY

REPLY TO MICHELLE KM2I POUGHKEEPSIE

NY 12603

 

Answer: POUGHKEEPSIE NY

 

THR2 ON WHAT DAY AND

TIME DOES THE VIRTUAL NTS

TRAINING NET MEET QUERY ANSWER

TO JON N1ILZ EASTHAM MA

02642

 

Answer: WEDNESDAYS AT 1900 ET

Answer reference:

 

THR3 IN WHAT YEAR DID

THE HIT AND BOUNCE TRAFFIC

NET BEGIN OPERATIONS QUERY SEND

TO GLENN VE1AQF METEGHAN NS

B0W 2J0

 

Answer: 1938

 

THR4 WHO WAS THE FIRST

HAM TO TRANSMIT FROM SPACE

QUERY REPLY TO RAY WEBB

KB8GUN LAURELVILLE OHIO 43135

 

Answer:

 

THR5 WHEN WAS THE FIRST

AMATEUR RADIO CONTEST QUERY REPLY

TO DAN RINAMAN AC8NP TIFFIN

OHIO 44883

 

Answer: 1927

I also accepted 1910

 

On to the March 2026 NTS Treasure Hunt

 

This hunt will have 4 or 5 rounds. Can you get through all the rounds by April 25?

For those of you who have trouble finding a net into the NTS, you are free to use the or Winlink RRI Radiogram (not Winlink email). In the message templates, you will find the RRI Radiogram by navigating to these selections in the following menus: Select Template --> Standard Forms --> Radiogram & RRI Forms --> Radiogram.txt. It will open in your web browser. Follow the instructions and your message will be sent to a liaison station for input to the Digital Traffic Network side of NTS and work its way through the system. Feel free to send it via radio or telnet at this point.

 

Here is the first-round question:

 

NR 1 R HXG AC8NP 19 TIFFIN OH MAR 3

NTS TREASURE HUNTERS

BT

THR1 WHAT NEW CONTEST WAS

ANNOUNCED IN THE JAN 1938

QST QUERY REPLY TO DAN

AC8NP TIFFIN OH 44883

BT

DAN AC8NP

 

Please remember to start your message with the THR1-5 answer, which means Treasure Hunt Round Number. The judges will respond with a radiogram back to you within 24 hours of receipt of your message most of the time. They may miss a day here and there due to family obligations or illness and sometimes we sneak off on vacation. Our judges are on traffic nets almost daily. The in-transit time will vary. So, if it has been 5 or 6 days and you do not receive a reply radiogram, try sending an email message to the judge.

 

If you have any comments or suggestions, please email Dan Rinaman, AC8NP, at . --Dan Rinaman, AC8NP

 

Request for Information Strips

Some time ago, the Radio Relay International EmComm Committee began investigating possible methods for collecting weather data, situational awareness reports, and operational readiness reports during major disaster events. The result has been the implementation of “Request for Information Strips.”

 

The process consists of two strips, one of which is the request for information strip and the other of which is the reply strip. Using a simple HTML software program, one can parse the RI strip to create a simple query table, which is essentially a list of questions or data fields to be completed. Once the data is entered, a click of the mouse parses the data and creates the response strip. The response strip can then be transmitted to one or more target stations. The target stations collect the response strips and use them to populate a spreadsheet for delivery to one or more served agencies.

 

The beauty of this process is that it enforces a systematic data transmission and collection process. On the data collection and net operations side, this eliminates the confusion that occurs with informal methods. On the delivery side, it provides a served agency with data that appears in a predictable, searchable sequence.

 

The RI process can be implemented at multiple levels. For example, a specialized strip has been developed for local SKYWARN use, and another, more comprehensive, strip has been developed for large-scale tropical events or for use when collecting data for dissemination to multiple organizations or agencies.

 

The radiogram or radiogram-ICS213 message format is an ideal transport mechanism for the RI transmission process. The RI strip provides the needed data while the network management information in the radiogram header can be used to define network topology for message routing or for reply or service messages seeking clarification or confirmation.

 

The initial RI strip rollout has focused on WXOBS (weather observation) messages. This process has already been adopted by several EmComm organizations, with the process being put to good use for collecting weather data for transmission to NWS during the recent winter storm that impacted the Northeast.

 

NTS nets and their volunteer resources are often underutilized in time of emergency. Some EmComm groups go so far as to create parallel structures that bypass NTS networks rather than investing in collaboration to leverage these resources to advantage. The RI process can serve as a framework through which NTS volunteers can provide valuable weather data and situational awareness information in time of emergency. The combination of RI strips, the standardized radiogram format, and effective net structures are simply waiting to be used in an effective manner.

 

RRI will be conducting training programs on this process in the coming months. More information, including the RRI training schedule, can be found under the “Publications” heading on the Radio Relay International website at .

 

On a final note, much credit goes to Steve Hansen, KB1TCE, of the RRI Emergency Communications Committee for his efforts as program leader for this project. --James Wades, WB8SIW

 

Methods and Practices Guidelines (MPG)

Most traffic handlers are aware of the MPG, originally posted on the ARRL website in 2002 (see the February 2003 issue of QST) with an update on digital messaging in 2014. Authored by Al Nollmeyer, W3YVQ, it was created with input from a group of highly experienced amateur radio traffic handlers for the purpose of providing guidelines for best practices in message handling. It has generally been referred to as the “Bible” for traffic handling. In other words, if everyone who relays traffic through the National Traffic System were to follow these guidelines, we could expect the best possible results for a national amateur radio messaging system in times of need.

 

The ARRL Section Managers Workbook describes the MPG in this way:

 

NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines (NTS MPG), is attached to the ARRL Public Service Communications Manual (PSCM) as Appendix B and is the working reference manual on Traffic Net and Message Handling Procedures in the NTS. It shall be the uniform reference standard for STMs, Section/Local NMs and Area Staff members.

 

Note that this was not meant as a training guide. There are many good training programs available, but rather, as questions arise concerning the various aspects of traffic handling, answers can generally be found in the MPG and those guidelines should be followed.

 

Over the years since the publication of the MPG, however, and especially since the beginning of the NTS 2.0 revitalization program and the Memorandum of Understanding with Radio Relay International, there have been changes in some NTS procedures, notably in Handling Instructions (HX) and ARRL Numbered Radiograms (see ). Unfortunately, the difference between these two resources has caused confusion, especially to newer traffic handlers as well as those who train them. Which version do they follow? There has been discussion concerning an update to the information on the ARRL website. Meanwhile, the NTS revitalization process was authorized by the ARRL Board’s Emergency Communication and Field Services Committee and information on the NTS2 website should be considered most current and should be followed.

 

Ready to Copy

In my pursuit of becoming a more efficient message handler, I’m always looking for ways to leverage technology. About a year ago, I discovered Ready To Copy (RTC), and it has since become an essential part of my traffic net operations.

 

RTC isn’t related to the common “real-time clock” computing term. Instead, it is a Windows® desktop application designed specifically for amateur radio operators who handle traffic on the ARRL National Traffic System (NTS). The software is built to streamline the management of radiograms and traffic reports, and it has quickly become a daily-use tool in my workflow.

 

This software was developed by amateur radio operator D. Lane Kendall, WK4WC. Although it hasn’t been updated in quite some time, after using it regularly, I honestly struggle to think of anything that truly needs updating—it simply works.

 

Some of the standout features include:

  • Message Editing & Formatting: RTC provides a dedicated editor for composing, formatting, and validating radiograms. It automatically calculates word count and verifies the message “check,” helping ensure accuracy before transmission.
  • Database Management: All messages are stored in a built-in database, allowing you to maintain a complete history of incoming, outgoing, delivered, and handled traffic.
  • Station Activity Tracking: The software automatically tracks message-handling activity, making it easy to generate reports for section traffic managers or public-service recognition.
  • Lookup Tools: RTC integrates with online services for callsign and location lookup, helping verify and enrich message details.
  • NTSD/DTN Digital Support: It interfaces with digital traffic systems such as AirMail and Winlink Express, allowing easy import and export of traffic between systems.
  • Utility Tools: Built-in templates (“canned messages”), address books, message numbering, and bulk message creation tools further streamline operations.

When creating a radiogram from your station, you can set up a macro that automatically writes your preamble for you. It tracks and inserts the next message number, calculates the “check,” and automatically populates the date—saving time while improving accuracy. It will also accommodate and assign ARL message numbers for you.

 

The HELP section currently resides online, so if you’re interested in giving this software a try, be sure to bookmark .

 

I give this application a big thumbs up and thank Lane for his time and effort in what I consider an essential partner in my message handling endeavors. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, it’s FREE! --Roy Watts, W8ROY

 

From the Field

It is often heard that a limitation for NTS is that Technicians cannot participate in NTS traffic nets on the lower bands. Actually, they can, in that Techs have operating privileges in the CW portions of 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters where CW nets are an active mainstay of the traffic system.

 

So where is a Technician to learn Morse code? Here is a source: . -Fred Silveira, K6RAU, San Joaquin Valley (California) STM ()

 

First is a reminder that service messages should be sent to the station of origin and not to the person in the signature. Many of the portal messages I submit are serviced directly back to me. While I am happy to receive the messages, it does not let the station of origin know whether their messages have been delivered. I will usually send a radiogram back to the delivering station thanking them for delivering my traffic and asking them to send another service message to the station of origin.

 

I went to a VE session the other week, hoping to introduce radiograms to the new hams. We used one of the laptops to log into the portal and showed how easy it was to send a message. One ham sent a message to his mother saying he had just passed his license exam.

 

Lastly, we just had the Greater Houston Hamfest and I challenged members on our local traffic net to send a radiogram to some of the people they met at the show. I met so many great hams that I may have a book of 15 for our next traffic net. --Bill Novaks, KA9IKK, South Texas ASTM

 

The Kentucky CW Traffic Net (KYN) traces its roots back nearly 90 years, to at least 1937. (see the January 1937 issue of QST). As was the case with all amateur radio stations, it was off the air during World War II but resumed operation around July 1946 with J.B. Wathen, III (SK), ex-9BAZ, ex-W9BAZ, W4BAZ, as Net Manager (see the July 1946 issue of QST).

 

KYN is a statewide net. It meets nightly on 3537 kHz at 9 PM eastern time, and on Saturday mornings at 9 AM. Member stations regularly liaison to 9RN and other local nets. While KYN’s net control stations typically operate at around 15 wpm, they encourage and welcome all interested operators to QNI regardless of their speed. In addition to Kentucky stations, KYN attracts traffic handlers from other states as far away as Michigan, Iowa, and Texas.

 

Several KYN members continue to QNI KYN after more than 40 years of being on the net, including Steve, W4NHO (50+ years); Glenn, KO4OL (40+ years); Woody, WD9F (40+ years); Greg, KY4A (50+ years), and Ray, WB4ZDU (45+ years).

 

For more information about KYN, please contact KYN Net Manager Ray Smith, WB4ZDU, at . --Ray Smith, WB4ZDU, KYN Net Manager

 

With the ARRL Year of the Club upon us, we should look for ways that the National Traffic System can benefit. Does your local club support NTS, perhaps by promoting the local VHF/UHF traffic net? Does your county’s ARES team have a close working relationship with the NTS at the local level that could be facilitated by the club?

 

The Southwest Florida Traffic Net (SWFTN) has been the VHF training net in the region since the late 1970s. During my tenure as Net Manager, the net has handled an average of about 2500 messages per year for a roughly five-county area.

 

For the last seven years or so, SWFTN has leveraged its relationship with the Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club (FMARC) and Lee County ARES to promote the NTS and grow net participation. FMARC has been instrumental in providing opportunities to showcase NTS operations at local events. In turn, FMARC members have taken advantage of NTS training classes, and joined the net to pass traffic. “The FMARC and SWFTN have a close, collaborative, and long-standing relationship,” said FMARC President Carmine Vetrano, K1CJV. “Developing a relationship with the local traffic net has been extremely beneficial to our club. It has provided a unique method of outreach and participation for new and existing members, especially Technician-class licensees.”

 

Likewise, Lee County ARES (LeeARES) strongly promotes formal traffic handling and encourages all of its members to participate in the SWFTN. With a significant number of FMARC members also being ARES members, it’s only natural the same club membership finds their way onto the SWFTN. “The SWFTN provides a great training ground to develop traffic handlers and net control stations,” said Lee County Emergency Coordinator Rich Schniediers, KR4PI. “These stations are qualified to provide auxiliary communications during LeeARES activations. The training and experience gained in handling routine traffic translates into skilled and efficient communications during emergencies.”

 

The SWFTN also maintains a relationship with the VE testing team within FMARC. The list of successful candidates is emailed each month, and a congratulatory radiogram is sent to each candidate. Does your local net generate local traffic? Remember, radiograms don’t have to travel long distances to be of benefit.

 

Please consider finding a club to work with your local traffic net. It can be a benefit to both your net and the club. --Dave Sheppard, W2PAX, South Florida STM

 

Spotlight – Sheree Horton, WM5N

Sheree Horton, WM5N, Section Traffic Manager for the South Texas Section, is one very busy woman. She was introduced to amateur radio in 2011 by her late husband, Ronald A. Horton II, KF5LMJ (SK). By 2012, she had upgraded to Extra class. During the next seven years, she took on leadership roles in several amateur radio clubs, including serving as an ARRL Volunteer Examiner.

 

In 2019, during the advent of Covid-19, she joined ARES and took FEMA courses online to gain knowledge and experience in radio and emergency communications. In 2020, when ARRL added home stations to the Field Day rules as well as extra points for radiograms, Sheree took a Zoom class given by W5LDK where she learned how to send radiograms for Field Day, allowing her to participate that year in the midst of the Covid epidemic.

 

Around this time, the Houston Local Traffic Net (HLTN) was set up as a traffic net, meeting once a week on Monday evenings with a purpose of teaching and educating hams to be traffic handlers. Sheree participated in this net and in 2021 was instrumental in extending the net to an additional session on Thursday evenings. She became Interim Traffic Manager for HLTN in 2022 and in 2023, was appointed South Texas Section Traffic Manager. She is also active on HF nets including the Daytime Texas Traffic Nets morning and evening sessions and the 7290 Traffic Net.

 

Sheree has also been an active participant in ARES nets where recognition of NTS liaisons and relaying of radiograms takes place during or after their sessions. She has completed CERT training classes and has been Texas state-certified as AUXC for AUXCOM.

 

In addition, Sheree has participated in the Red Cross and the Girl Scouts. She says she is an avid reader and a pretty good quilter, and is a member of the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society, which she says meets monthly to cook and eat.

 

 

Sheree Horton, WM5N

 

Article Series on Handling Instructions

Conversations have abounded regarding observance of handling instructions or, rather, lack thereof. One commentor asked if there was a policy regarding appropriateness of their use, particularly in bulk traffic. The answer to the issue of policy is that none has yet been found, but this is a good topic for discussion and there will likely be more on this question in a future issue.

 

As for the lack of attention to handling instructions, Mike Lecumsky, W8MAL, who has sent many “welcome to amateur radio” and “congratulations on your upgrade” messages, has begun a series of articles on his experiences with handling instructions. Whether or not you agree with his use of such traffic, Mike presents some discouraging results in the first article in his series, presented below.

 

Work To Be Done, Part I

As I sit here writing the first part of a multi-part series, I am thinking of all of the work that needs to be done in order for the National Traffic System to remain a viable resource for EmComm and, more importantly, to remain a viable resource in order to show that we are using our spectrum for a purpose that aligns with FCC Part 97.

 

For those who are not familiar with me, I am Michael Lacumsky, W8MAL, from Oak Harbor, Ohio, where I own and operate a vegetable produce farm. I am one of the NTS operators who sends radiograms to new hams as well as congratulatory radiograms to those who recently upgraded. I primarily cover the Pacific Northwest, Arizona, the northern Rocky Mountain and northern Plains states with the welcome radiograms. I send congratulatory radiograms to most call areas.

 

The data I keep shows trends that need to be addressed, including training and adherence to the Methods and Practices Guidelines, as well as a need for greater commitment.

 

In the first 15 days of 2026, I sent out 269 welcome and upgrade messages. Of those 269 messages, I have a record of 43 deliveries, 34 undeliverable and 192 that are missing any sort of response, whether it be a service message or otherwise. Each message I sent during that time carried one of three handling instructions, or a combination of the three. The messages carried HXC, HXD and HXE, along with HXCE and HXDE. The purpose for which my messages carry these certain handling instructions is threefold: it provides exercise to the network, it provides the potential for a new participant, and finally, it gives the new ham a local contact that they may otherwise not have had. However, it is absolutely astonishing that of 269 messages, 71.38% of them have disappeared, never to be heard from again. I would like to highlight exactly what I am talking about. Out of 31 states to which I sent messages, 15 states had a 100% failure rate in honoring the handling instructions. I would like to recognize Delaware and North Dakota operators for achieving 100% compliance. Nine states achieved between 50% and 100%, three states achieved between 25% and 50%, and 13 states had less than 25%. I want to reiterate; this data is based solely on those areas to which I have sent radiograms and only during the aforementioned time period.

 

While I do concede that not everyone cares about the bulk traffic, the responsibilities to follow the handling instructions do not disappear just because the operator doesn’t care to handle bulk traffic. There is a portion in the MPGs that clearly states in that the amateur has an ethical obligation to honor requests for service as specified in the handling instructions included on the radiogram. That chapter further states that there are only three dispositions that an amateur may take regarding a piece of traffic. Those are: relay it, deliver it, or service it back to the originator. It is further discussed in the NTS 2.0 Traffic Delivery Standard, . It is incumbent upon each member of the National Traffic System to train and retrain experienced traffic handlers and newcomers alike in how to service, deliver, and relay messages. VHF nets, primarily, are the proving grounds for the higher echelon nets (Section and above), but we should not, nor can we, limit training only to the VHF nets. While the HF nets have a general expectation that participants know the basics, I am finding that isn’t always the case. I have found that dissecting the MPG, chapter by chapter, and conducting weekly on-air training, has not only brought more participation onto my local net, but it has also honed skills, and brought an increase of messages that could very well carry the “Certified” designation.

 

We have our work cut out for us to ensure a viable resource. It has been said before that amateur radio is a hobby, but traffic handling is a commitment. I wholeheartedly agree. My challenge to fellow handlers: do your absolute best to follow the ethics as outlined a few paragraphs earlier. The notion that is “Oh, it’s just another spam-gram” has no place in NTS and we must overcome that attitude. This isn’t only for the ARRL supporters; this is for the RRI supporters, too. With that type of mentality, we can guarantee only one thing; this service will falter and die off. We can do great things, but only if there is commitment from every player on the field. --Mike Lacumsky, W8MAL

 

Mike Lacumsky, W8MAL

 

 

NTS® Resources

The National Traffic System® (NTS®) 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® to help test the system and to help amateur radio operators build traffic handling skills. While the NTS® is primarily set up to serve the United States and Canada, it is possible to move traffic internationally through the NTS® via various local, regional, area, and international network connections.

 

 

 

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