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- The following is an attempt to define the information that should be placed in
- the "TO" and the "@" portions of a message. These help comprise the
- HIRARCHIAL ADDRESS of a message. The two types of messages that are discussed
- here are PERSONAL and BULLETINS.
-
- If it is a Personal message, the first line that is sent may look like this:
- │
- └─────────┬───────────────────── Send the Personal message
- │ ┌───────────────── TO K7AYC
- │ │ ┌────── distribute to the BBS N7FSP
- │ │ │ located in WAshington state
- │ │ │ in the USA
- │ │ │ in North America
- ─┘ ──┴── ─────┴─────────
- example 1: SP K7AYC @ N7FSP.WA.USA.NA
-
-
- Or, if it is a Bulletin, it may look something like this:
- │
- └─────┬───────────────────── Bulletin
- │ ┌───────────────── addressed TO anyone interested in
- │ │ AMSAT information
- │ │ ┌────────── distribute to the geographic
- │ │ │ location Pacific NorthWest
- ─┘ ──┴── ─┴─
- example 2: SB AMSAT @ PNW
-
-
- In example 1 the message being sent is Personal and needs a specific GEOGRAPHIC
- HIERARCHICAL address. The hierarchy of the address is parsed from right
- to left and identifies the location of the station to whom the message is
- addressed. The format of that address is as follows:
-
- ┌──── Send Personal ┌─ NA - N. America
- │ ├─ SA - S. America
- ─┘ ├─ EU - Europe
- SP K7AYC @ N7FSP.WA.USA.NA ├─ AS - Asia
- ──┬── ─┬─── ┌─ ─┬─ ┌─ ├─ AF - Africa
- │ │ │ │ └── CONTINENT ── examples ─┴─ AU - Australia
- │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ └── COUNTRY ──── examples ────┬─ ARG - Argentina
- │ │ │ ├─ AUS - Australia
- │ │ └── STATE or PROVINCE ├─ CAN - Canada
- │ │ (see note below) ├─ FRA - France
- │ │ ├─ GBR - Great Britan
- │ │ ├─ JPN - Japan
- │ └── DESTINATION BBS CALLSIGN ├─ MEX - Mexico
- │ ├─ NZL - New Zeland
- └── ADDRESSEE CALLSIGN ├─ MEX - Mexico
- └─ USA - United States
-
- NOTE - The state (or province) can be left out if it is not required for
- the country to which the message is destined.
- NOTE - The State, Country and Continental H designators are ignored when
- the message is in its particular domain.
-
- In example 2 the message being sent is a Bulletin. In Bulletins the hierarchy
- of the address is expressed in both the TO (expressing an AREA OF INTEREST)
- and the @ (expressing the GEOGRAPHICAL ADDRESS) portions of the address. It
- can also contain Geographical Router if the bulletin is to leave the local
- area. For example SB ALL @ IA.IA will forward using the Hierarchial Address
- found after the @ BBS Address.
-
- Send Bulletin ────┐ ┌─────────────── TO portion of address identifies
- │ │ the AREA OF INTEREST
- │ │ ┌────── @ portion of address identifies and
- ─┘ ───┴── ───┴── limits GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
- SB TTTTTT @ DDDDDD
-
- The TO portion identifies the AREA OF INTEREST, which usually is a topic such
- as ARRL, EXAMS, SALE, SAT, etc. It helps identify the population of persons
- who have an interest in reading the Bulletin.
-
- The @ portion of the message narrows the distribution of the Bulletin to
- specific GEOGRAPHIC AREAS (e.g. USA, OR, etc.) and in a few cases
- to a broad topical area (e.g. SYSOP, AMSAT).
-
- Some examples:
- SB SALE @ PNW ──────── advertise ham gear for sale in Pacific NW
- SB DX @ USA ──────── a DX bulletin for distribution in whole USA
- SB USERS @ K7UKP ──────── Information for users of K7UKP BBS
- SB CLUB @ K7UKP ──────── a club bulletin for persons on K7UKP BBS
-
-
- The following are examples of the information that should be placed in the TO
- position of a BULLETIN. They identify the AREA OF INTEREST.
-
- │ALL All packet sta.(see note below)│MODS re: equipment mods.
- │ARRL ARRL/CRRL bulletins │MSYS MSYS BBS info
- │CALLS last calls issued FCC │NETWRK packet network info.
- │CLASS re: ham license classes │NTS Nat. Traffic System
- │CLUB Club events/meet/etc. │PUBSVC Public service info.
- │DX DX reports and info │REBBS AA4RE BBS info
- ┌───┤EVENT announcment ┌───┤RLIBBS RLI BBS info
- │ │EXAMS re: ham examinations │ │RTTYDX VK2SG RTTY news
- │ │HAMFST Hamfest/flea mkt info. │ │SAT Satellite info
- │ │HELP need help, questions │ │SALE Items for sale/trade
- │ │INFO General information │ │SPACE SpaceNews-KB2BD
- │ │KEPS Keplerian Elem.(satellite) │ │SWAP SWAP meet
- │ │LIST Lists, BBSs, Nodes, Freqs │ │SYSOP For SYSOPS only!
- │ │MBLBBS MBL BBS info │ │TCPIP TCPIP information
- │ │MAPKEY Index or lists of maps │ │USERS All users of a single BBS
- └────────────────┬──────────────────────┘ │WANTED Ham gear wanted
- ──┴──
- MSG # TR SIZE TO FROM @BBS DATE TITLE
- 18414 PN 2166 SYSOP K7UKP PNW 910527 MESSAGE ROUTINGS
-
- NOTE (ALL) - Use the ALL designation sparingly. Instead, use the @ ALLUSA
- GEOGRAPHIC ADDRESS along with an AREA OF INTEREST.
-
-
- The following are examples of the information that should be placed in the @
- (BBS) position of a BULLETIN. They identify the GEOGRAPHIC ADDRESS. │
- │
- │USA National distribution │
- │ALLUSW West Coast only │
- │AMSAT National AMSAT info. │
- │ID Idaho only │
- │LAN80 Limited Distribution │
- ┌──┤LAN40 Limited Distribution │
- │ │MT Montana only │
- │ │OR Oregon │
- │ │PDX Portland, Oregon area │
- │ │PNW Entire Pacific NW │
- │ │PUGET Seattle, Washington area │
- │ │WAGB Washington State only │
- │ │WWGB West WA incl. some OR & BC BBS │
- │ │
- └─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┘
- │
- ──┴──
- MSG # TR SIZE TO FROM @BBS DATE TITLE
- 18414 PN 2166 SYSOP K7UKP PNW 910527 MESSAGE ROUTINGS
-
-
- *** Bulletin Identifiers ***
-
- The following is a description of the BID format used by the ARRL when
- bulletins are originated for national distribution;
-
- ARLx### where ### is the bulletin number (padded with leading zeros)
- x represents the bulletin type from the following list:
-
- B .... General Bulletin
- C .... CRRL Bulletin (from W1AW)
- D .... DX Bulletin
- J .... JARL Bulletin
- K .... Keplerian Bulletin
- P .... Propagation Forecast Bulletin
- S .... Satellite Bulletin
- X .... Miscellaneous (none of the above)
-
- IRUx### where ### is the bulletin number (padded with leading zeros)
- x represents the language from the following list:
-
- E .... English
- H .... Hispanic
-
-
- If you have any questions about bulletins, please contact the SYSOP
- of the BBS where you found this information.
-
-