Questions About Promoting NTS
May 9th 2022, 18:17 | |
kc1pytJoined: Oct 15th 2021, 15:02Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I listen in to a nearby NTS net on a regular basis. I'm struck by how few messages get passed some days. I readily see the value of NTS. In a disaster Joe Six Pack is not going to know how to setup Winlink at the drop of a hat with no access to the Internet. I feel like there is more we can do as hams to promote the service. Some thoughts that occur to me: * Why not establish a new tradition of having regular intervals where hams send NTS messages to each other? * If that's not enough, chess by mail[1] has a long history in this country. It seems like it should be relatively trivial to adapt that to NTS and get several games going. * I got one friend interested in ham radio just by sending him a holiday message via NTS. So, it seems like it might be a good "recruiting tool" for some. * Promoting NTS to hams in countries where it is not an established practice. I am still very much the new guy here but I just wanted to share my thoughts. Does anyone else here have any ideas for promoting NTS radiograms to the wider ham community or the general public? [^1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess |