ARRL HQ replied today regarding my inquiry about further details on the 2014 ARRL Field Day "NTS-style message Bonus".
It is the message format which is of interest and not the message carrier, i.e. as long as it is in proper NTS radiogram format & via RF. Quote:
"Yes, messages sent via NBEMS or Winlink will count for Field Day bonus points as long as the messages are in the proper NTS radiogram format and the messages leave or enter the Field Day site via amateur radio RF."
That will be most exiting! I can think of: voice (ok, that's nothing new), CW (this neither), FLMSG (within
NBEMS suite of free software programs),
WinLink,
HFLink ALE AMD and
APRS as being possible carriers of the radiogram, with the last two likely the least common choices for most HAMs. Maybe I can think of a few more by Field Day… Why don't you too bring something new into YOUR Field Day activation, with some new modes of message relay?
Thus, the Arkansas HF Digital NVIS NBEMS Net (AHDNN) will be operational and have extended operational hours during Field Day, schedule to be announced on the
AHDNN newsgroup, NCS:
N5AT.
Additionally, the
Arkansas Radio Emergency Services Club will send NTS radiograms via all above mentioned digital modes of communication.
73 de Marcus NX5MK
