Digital ERIN Net Changes For 2023

[JohnyMac]

I receive a lot of constructive criticism on a whole host of topics. Even W3OOF my Dutchie, offers enhancements for treats I give her. 

I have received a lot of enhancements to the Tuesday Digital & Phone net over the last year or so and decided to change one item. The most overwhelming suggestion revolves around structure of the Digital ERIN net. It was set up to be rather "free flow" and lack structure. Well the number one item was to add structure especially for those folks that would like to NCS the net.

I have spent the past two or so months listening to and some nights participating in, the AmRRON Digital nets. Bottom-line, I have adopted much of their Digital nets structure. This coming Tuesday will be the first test, kind-a a beta test for future Digital ERIN net structure. By the way, I still do not like what I have come up with however, it is a start. I will need input from you folks who check in regularly to offer enhancements.

The biggest changes are,

1) Check-in's with traffic using Flmsg will go first.
2) Check-in's with traffic passing traffic with C-4/250 will go second.

There is no group better or worse than the other. Just trying to make it easier to facilitate the net by the NCS.

If you are using FLmsg to pass traffic, I recommend using ICS-213, or AmRRON's SITREP form. The ICS-213 form lives on FLmsg. Just go to FORMS > ICS> ICS-213. The AmRRON SITREP form can be downloaded from AmRRON here. Over time we will be developing the ERIN traffic form.

Again, no form needed if you are passing traffic with C-4/250 HOWEVER, I would recommend typing up traffic to pass before your turn to pass traffic, on what ever word type OS you are using. Then you can just copy & past it to your blue field on FLdidgi and hit Transmit.

So there you go. Change is always part of our lives. Help me to make the ERIN net, both digital & phone, rise to the next level in 2023.

73 & God Bless
JohnyMac

[Jackalope]

   So, extrapolating... the voice net will require reports in the SALUTE format?   

[JohnyMac]

Nope Jackalope, in SALUTE format. 

I know Jackalope you do not do digital so no worries for you or others in phone mode.

MrsMac and I was at breakfast yesterday with a good friend and a ham. The conversation worked its way around to digital vs. phone. He is a big proponent for phone over digital. Bottom-line, his dislike of digital was emotional. I pointed out to him that many states with ARES/RACES programs are using digital more times than not anymore.

It's the old argument; is 9mm or .45 ACP a better round? Only this debate is about modes on a radio. LOL.

Anyway, I am hoping that with the help of digital participants every Tuesday night, we will be able to develop a serviceable Digital ERIN net format that works and keeps things rolling along.     

[Nemo]

It's the old argument; is 9mm or .45 ACP a better round?

Yeah, maybe the wrong place but JM started it.   JM?  HHMMM, any relation to Saint JMB?  Notice the similarity!

There is no debate.  There are those who know, and those who do not know.

If you are in the latter category click below.

Read and Know the Gospel According to John.

Also read, for Feasting Day (Jan 23, JMB's Birthday) approaches.

Nemo

http://frfrogspad.com/jmb.htm

The Gospel According To John (Moses Browning)

John Moses Browning was perhaps the finest firearms designer, ever.  His designs continue to work and to serve almost 100 years after they were created.  There is an ongoing controversy about the reliability and safety of current 1911s vs. other "modern" pistols and I think this about sums the situation up.


 1 In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good.  And behold the Lord said, "Thou shalt not muck with my disciple John's design for it is good and it workith.  For John made the 1911, and lo all of his weapons, from the designs which I, the Lord, gave him upon the mountain."

 2 "And shouldst thou muck with it, and hang all manner of foul implements upon it, and profane its internal parts, thou shalt surely have malfunctions, and in the midst of battle thou shalt surely come to harm."

 3 And as the ages passed men in their ignorance and arrogance didst forget the word of the Lord and began to profane the 1911.  The tribe of the gamesman did place recoil spring guides and extended slide releases upon the 1911 and their metal smiths didst tighten the tolerances and alter parts to their liking, their clearness of mind being clouded by lust.

4 Their artisans did hang all manner of foul implements upon the 1911 and did so alter it that it became impractical to purchase.  For lo, the artisans didst charge a great tax upon the purchasers of the 1911 so that the lowly field worker could not afford one. And the profaning of the internal parts didst render it unworkable when the dust of the land fell upon it,  and these profaners didst try and fit more rounds of ammunition into the magazines than the holy number of seven, appointed for the .45.

5 And lo, they didst install adjustable sights, which are an abomination unto the Lord.  For they doth break and lose their zero when thou dost need true aim.  And those who have done so will be slain in great numbers by their enemies in the great battle. a

6 And it came to pass that the Lord didst see the abomination wrought by man and didst cause, as he had warned, fearful malfunctions to come upon the abominations and upon the artisans who thought they could do no wrong.

7 Seeing the malfunctions and the confusion of men, the lord of the underworld did see an opportunity to further ensnare man and didst bring forth pistols made of plastic, whose form was such that they looked and felt like a brick, yet the eyes of man being clouded, they were consumed by the plastic pistol and did buy vast quantities of them.

 8 And being a deceitful spirit, the lord of the underworld did make these plastic pistols, filled with tiny springs and parts that were easily lostc, and they were unmenable to the artisans of earth so they were unable to muck much with the design, and lo these pistols did appear to function.

 9 And the evil one also brought forth pistols in which the trigger didst both cock and fire them and which require a "dingus" to make them appear safe.

10 But man being stupid did not understand these new pistols and didst proceed to shoot themselves with the plastic pistol and with the trigger cocking pistols for lo their manual of arms required great intelligence which man had long since forsaken.  Yet man continue to gloat over these new pistols blaming evil forces for the negligent discharges which they themselves had committed.

11 And when man had been totally ensnared with the plastic pistol, the lord of the underworld didst cause a plague of the terrible Ka-Boom to descend upon man and the plastic pistols delivered their retribution upon men.  And there was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the land.

12 Then seeing that the eyes of man were slowly being opened and that man was truly sorrowful for his sinful misdeeds, the Lord did send his messengers in the form of artisans who did hear and obey the teachings of the prophet and who didst restore the profaned 1911s to their proper configuration, and lo, to the amazement of men they didst begin to work as the Lord had intended.

13 And the men of the land didst drive out the charlatans and profaners from the land, and there was joy and peace in the land, except for the evil sprits which tried occasionally to prey on the men and women of the land and who were sent to the place of eternal damnation b by the followers of John.

a  Several old manuscripts add the following text. "And they [also rendered as "these men"] didst chamber it for cartridges who's calibers startith with numbers less than the Holy Number 4.  And lo the Lord did cause great grief amongst these men when their enemies who were struck in battle with these lesser numbers didst not fall but did continue to cause great harm."

b or Hell

c recent addition based on a recently discovered manuscript

? copyright 2002 - 2018 by John C. Schaefer

For the faithful, the "feast day" of St. John Moses Browning is January 23.

And if you need to ask Whats so special about JMB, see below.

https://weaponsman.com/whats-so-special-about-john-moses-browning/

[JohnyMac]

   Nemo

[Obh]

I would like to think by now all are typing up their reports and then copy/pasting. Can keep the net mode in mfsk32 instead of returning to contestia to cut down on tx time.

If copy/pasting to the rx pane, or even into FLMsg's blank form, its highly advised to use a simple text editor (like notepad++ or plain old notepad). Otherwise, "funny" characters show up and the FLMsg checksum fails. It might be fully readable, but it might not be.

The following is solely my opinion:
I would recommend against creating a custom ERIN form. Between AmRRON and AHRN, thats 6 forms. If someone doesn't have the form and its received, it won't "open". I would stay stick with the AmRRON form. Don't reinvent the wheel.

[Obh]

Is this still the plan going forward? Otherwise, I won't bother with FLmsg and the sitrep form.