Winlink - Use a Different Account

[last updated: 2025-02-20]
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• For our local GEAR ham club, for our on-air Monday night net,
  members have been encouraged to check in by sending a Winlink email
  to our club Winlink account KE7EEM.

  The Net Control will then log in to the club account as the net starts
  to retrieve the Winlink check-in's.

  The procedure for the NC to log in to the club Winlink account,
  ie. a different account than their personal account, is as follows:

  Note this is the procedure if using linux and pat winlink client

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• The main thing is to log in to pat ($ pat http)
  when you have a different config.json active.

• Create a new config.json file with parameters for the alternate winlink account that you want to log in to.
  The config file is likely located at: /home/[userName]/.config/pat/config.json

  First save/rename your existing/primary/personal account config file to something like config.json.orig
  Then follow procedure previously listed to Edit config file (Install Winlink) to edit the file
  to use call sign, password, grid square, etc. relevant to the alternate account you want to log into.
  Save this file as config.json.alt

• Now the procedure to go back and forth between logging into your personal account vs. logging into the alternate account is:
  • At this point (we'll say) you have two config files, one named config.json.orig, the other named config.json.alt

  • To log into your primary account:
    $ cd /home/[username]/.config/pat
    $ cp config.json.orig config.json
    $ pat http
    close and re-open browser to local host address
    Action --> Connect

  • To log into your alternate account:
    $ cd /home/[username]/.config/pat
    $ cp config.json.alt config.json
    $ pat http
    close and re-open browser to local host address
    Action --> Connect

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