44net November 2024

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44Net Update, November 22, 2024

by john＠ardc.net

Hello 44Net, Rebecca KO4KVG has artfully passed the weekly update to me to handle from now on. Thanks to Rebecca for all her work and help on this for the past several months! We would like to officially introduce Adam Lewis KC7GDY, who recently joined as our IT and Development Manager and has quickly become a fixture in the community. Read more about Adam in our latest blog post: https://www.ardc.net/ardc-introduces-it-development-manager-adam-lewis-kc7g… Volunteers and staff have been busy helping keep tickets under control since our ticket party in October. Many thanks to everyone for their help and patience as we clear the backlog. Here are the current ticket stats at time of writing: Total new and waiting tickets: 411 - New: 0 - Waiting (“open”): 407 - - Waiting on user: 380 - - Waiting on admin: 30 - Total closed since April 3: 4,150 As we approach the end of the year, I’ve been looking back at our progress getting through verification and network request tickets, and I have teased out some more fun facts: 1. Since tracking began in July, the number of tickets awaiting response from an administrator has been between 13 and 62, for a fairly steady average of 42. 2. In that same period, the number of tickets awaiting response from a user has increased from as few as 46 to as many as 414. That suggests to me that our volunteers and staff have moved through an enormous number of tickets, which I think is amazing. It also suggests that ticket handlers might be waiting on users more than users are waiting on handlers, at least as far as the portal is concerned. There are likely many explanations for this, but two things occur to me to mention: - If you are a user with an open ticket and you haven’t heard anything in a while, take a moment to check your ticket’s status in the portal. It is likely that more information is required, and it is possible that email notifications have not made it to your inbox. So, please follow up if you haven’t lately. The sooner we can help get your ticket closed, the sooner you can get more involved in 44Net! - If your ticket is stuck for any reason — and this goes for users and ticket handlers alike — don’t spin your wheels more than you have to. Ask for escalation if needed. Reach out to me personally if you like, at john(at)ardc.net. We are all ready to do what we can to help us all get the most out of 44Net. Let us know. Now that ticket handling has reached a steady state, we can get back to looking ahead. A sincere thanks to everyone for all the patience and support as we work together to get where we want to go. Finally, a note on programming: this will be the last weekly update for November, as we here in the United States are preparing for Thanksgiving, and ARDC will be closed next Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29. Nevertheless, don’t hesitate to reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Until December, thanks for everything, have a great weekend, and 73! John KI5QKX

10 months, 2 weeks

Trying to reach VA7MAS

by Chris

If VA7MAS is reading this please can you email me chris(a)ardc.net If anyone knows VA7MAS please could you ask them to drop me an email. Thank you, Chris - G1FEF — ARDC Administrator Web: https://www.ardc.net

10 months, 3 weeks

44Net Update, November 15, 2024

by Rebecca Key

** *Hey Everyone,* * Last week, we welcomed our 44Net Program Manager John Burwell KI5QKX to ARDC! If you'd like to learn more about John, check out our recent blog post published earlier this week: https://www.ardc.net/ardc-welcomes-44net-program-manager-john-burwell-ki5qk… <https://www.ardc.net/ardc-welcomes-44net-program-manager-john-burwell-ki5qk…>. As John is the point of contact for 44Net-related communications, he will be distributing these weekly updates starting next week. That said, I won’t be too far away, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions for me! Regarding ticket stats, as of today, * About 0 new tickets are in the queue. * About 409 tickets are open and awaiting response. o 387 are awaiting a response from the user o 22 are awaiting a response from an admin Since April 3, we have closed about 4,092 tickets. If you were unable to attend the Portal Training Workshops and are interested in becoming a Ticket Handler, please sign our confidentiality agreement, send me an email (rebecca(a)ardc.net), and I will send you the link to the video, along with the password. Our confidentiality agreement can be found on our website, specifically the Volunteer Services and Confidentiality Agreement (for 44Net Portal) link under ‘44Net’: https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-resources/ <https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-resources/>. If there’s anything within the documentation that is not clear or intuitive, please let us know at newportal(a)ardc.net. Portal documentation can be found below: * Intro to the Portal: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_intro <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_intro> * Organizations in the Portal: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Organizations_in_the_Portal <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Organizations_in_the_Portal> * [Ticket Handlers] Call Sign Verification How-To: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_Call_Sign_Verification <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_Call_Sign_Verification> Please note that wiki updates can be made directly if you have an account on wiki.ampr.org. If you don’t have a wiki account and would like one, you can request an account setup by emailing wiki(a)ampr.org. As always, let us know if you have any questions! 73, and have a great weekend, Rebecca KO4KVG * -- Rebecca Key - KO4KVG Communicaions Manager Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) ardc.net

10 months, 3 weeks

44Net Update, November 8, 2024

by Rebecca Key

** *Hey Everyone,* * As of today, * About 6 new tickets are in the queue. * About 433 tickets are open and awaiting response. Please note that 433 includes both new and open tickets. o 414 are awaiting a response from the user o 13 are awaiting a response from an admin Since April 3, we have closed about 4,013 tickets. If you were unable to attend the Portal Training Workshops and are interested in becoming a Ticket Handler, please sign our confidentiality agreement, send me an email (rebecca(a)ardc.net), and I will send you the link to the video, along with the password. Our confidentiality agreement can be found on our website, specifically the Volunteer Services and Confidentiality Agreement (for 44Net Portal) link under ‘44Net’: https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-resources/ <https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-resources/>. If there’s anything within the documentation that is not clear or intuitive, please let us know at newportal(a)ardc.net. Portal documentation can be found below: * Intro to the Portal: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_intro <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_intro> * Organizations in the Portal: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Organizations_in_the_Portal <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Organizations_in_the_Portal> * [Ticket Handlers] Call Sign Verification How-To: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_Call_Sign_Verification <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_Call_Sign_Verification> Please note that wiki updates can be made directly if you have an account on wiki.ampr.org. If you don’t have a wiki account and would like one, you can request an account setup by emailing wiki(a)ampr.org. Finally, please note that ARDC will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veteran’s Day in the US. As always, let us know if you have any questions! 73, and have a great weekend, Rebecca KO4KVG * -- Rebecca Key - KO4KVG Communicaions Manager Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) ardc.net

11 months

Verifying callsigns under ACMA's class license system

by Stuart Longland VK4MSL

Hi all, I noticed this morning there was a notification that my callsign verification was due to expire in a few months time. The ACMA stopped sending paper licenses back in 2016, going digital-only with a PDF you download from the website (with no authentication). In 2024 they moved the Amateur Radio service from being an apparatus-licensed service for which we pay an annual fee and receive (as a PDF) a soft-copy of the license; to a class-licensed system wherein there is no license fee, and no license issued of any kind. Glorified CB essentially. Force-Majeure… these are circumstances beyond my control. What verification evidence does the ARDC accept? Or should we prepare for 44net to disappear from Australia's packet radio networks forever? Regards, -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.

11 months, 1 week

44Net Update, November 1, 2024

by Rebecca Key

** *Hey Everyone,* * As of today, * About 174 new tickets are in the queue. * About 459 tickets are open and awaiting response. Please note that 459 includes both new and open tickets. o 257 are awaiting a response from the user o 28 are awaiting a response from an admin Since April 3, we have closed about 3,730 tickets. A correction on closed tickets: on 10/25, the 3,828 tickets reported in the update actually corresponds to the total number of tickets in the system, not the number of closed tickets. Revisiting the stats, the actual number closed on 10/25 would’ve been closer to about 3,600. If you were unable to attend the Portal Training Workshops and are interested in becoming a Ticket Handler, please sign our confidentiality agreement, send me an email (rebecca(a)ardc.net), and I will send you the link to the video, along with the password. Our confidentiality agreement can be found on our website, specifically the Volunteer Services and Confidentiality Agreement (for 44Net Portal) link under ‘44Net’: https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-resources/ <https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-resources/>. If there’s anything within the documentation that is not clear or intuitive, please let us know at newportal(a)ardc.net. Portal documentation can be found below: * Intro to the Portal: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_intro <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_intro> * Organizations in the Portal: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Organizations_in_the_Portal <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Organizations_in_the_Portal> * [Ticket Handlers] Call Sign Verification How-To: https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_Call_Sign_Verification <https://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Portal_Call_Sign_Verification> Please note that wiki updates can be made directly if you have an account on wiki.ampr.org. If you don’t have a wiki account and would like one, you can request an account setup by emailing wiki(a)ampr.org. Finally, if you haven’t already, please be sure to check out our October Newsletter for other recent news and updates: https://www.ardc.net/?na=view&id=82 <https://www.ardc.net/?na=view&id=82>. If you’d like to subscribe to the newsletter, you can fill out the form and click ‘Subscribe’ here: https://www.ardc.net/about/newsletter/ <https://www.ardc.net/about/newsletter/>. As always, let us know if you have any questions! 73, and have a great weekend, Rebecca KO4KVG * -- Rebecca Key - KO4KVG Communicaions Manager Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) ardc.net

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