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Jack, here is the information I said I would send you about the World
Wide Packet Radio Listing. First is a listing of the data fields in the
Database file. Second is a brief description of each Data Field. Lastly,
is the Activity Codes used in the IDENT field.
Structure for database: C:WWPACKET.dbf
Number of data records: 5225
Date of last update : 02/25/90
Field Field Name Type Width Dec
1 INDEX Character 9
2 CALL_SIGN Character 9
3 ALIASES Character 6
4 TYPE Character 7
5 CITY Character 20
6 STATE Character 2
7 COUNTRY Character 8
8 ZIP Character 6
9 GRID Character 6
10 FREQUENCY Numeric 9 4
11 IDENT Character 2
12 LAST_UPDAT Date 8
13 SOURCE Character 6
14 FULL_CNTRY Character 40
15 STATION Character 9
16 X12_CNTRY Character 3
17 X12_CONT Character 2
18 FIRST_BBS Character 1
19 HIEARCH Character 25
20 CCITT_DCC Numberic 3
21 BLANK Character 1
* Total ** 180
Detail Descriptions
1. INDEX - Special index used by database only for sorting purposes.
2. CALL_Sign - Call Sign of the station to include the SSID (e.g.,
( K4NGC-1)
3. ALIASES - AX.25 Aliases used by Digipeaters and NODES. Some PBBS's
have assigned Aliases because they are using BPQ Code.
4. TYPE - DIGI for Digipeater and PBBS for Packet BBS
5. CITY - Name of the City where PBBS or Digipeater is located.
6. STATE - State or Provence where the Digipeater or PBBS is located
7. COUNTRY - Eight position field indicating country.
8. ZIP - US Zip or Foreign Postal Code where activity located.
9. GRID - Map Grid where transmitter is located. Mostly used for
HF Activity.
10. FREQUENCY - Frequency that transmitter/Receiver is on.
11. IDENT - Activity Ident code. see ACT CODE Listing.
12. LAST_UPDAT - Date that this item was last updated.
13. SOURCE - Source of the update (e.g., K4NGC, LU3AGJ, etc)
14. FULL_CNTRY - Full spelling of country (e.g., United States, etc)
15. STATION - Interface with PARSE Program. Call Sign without SSID.
16. X12_CNTRY - Three position X.12 protocol country code.
17. X12_CONT - Two position X.12 protocol Continent Code
18. FIRST_BBS - Used by database to select certain call signs so that the
BBS only appears once in a listing. Used with HIEARCH
Listing.
19. HIEARCH - HIEARCH Call Sign of the PBBS (e.g., K4NGC.VA.USA.NA,
WA4ONG.VA.USA.NA, etc.). Used for Hiearch routing of
PBBS Mail.
20. CCITT_DCC - Three digit code indicating the country where activity
is located. CCITT Protocol.
21. BLANK_FLD - Used by database only on certain ASCII listings.
Act Code - A - DIGI - TNC-1 or Clone (Dumb Digipeater)
B - DIGI - TNC-2 or Clone (Dumb Digipeater)
C - DIGI - Layer 3/4 Node (Network Node)
D - DIGI - ROSE Switch
E - DIGI - TEXNET
F - DIGI - TCP Switch
G - DIGI - TCP Gateway
H - DIGI - KANODE (Without Gateway)
I - DIGI - KANODE (With Gateway)
J - DIGI - 9600 Baud TNC (Backbone Frequency)
K - DIGI - 56 KB TNC (Backbone Frequency)
L - DIGI - Packet Radio Repeater
M - DIGI - 2400 Baud TNC
N - DIGI - 1200/2400 Baud TNC
O - DIGI - Converse Mode
P - DIGI - G8BPQ NetWork BIOS
# - DIGI - This is a Backbone Frequency and users
are requested not to use it.
1 - PBBS - BBS, Local User access with Mail Forwarding
2 - PBBS - BBS, Forwarding ONLY (No Users)
3 - PBBS - BBS, Local User access with NO Mail Forwding
4 - PBBS - BBS, DX Cluster
73's Don Bennett -- K4NGC
15016 Carlsbad Road
Woodbridge, Va 22193 USA
(Home) 703-670-4773
(OPUS BBS) 703-680-5970 {File Request available}
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