home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Sending NTS Traffic via Packet Bulletin Board Systems
-
- Before placing any traffic on the linked BBS net, make sure a
- station has volunteered to handle traffic for its destination. You
- can find the packet NTS volunteers list on most BBS's. If the
- destination of your traffic isn't listed, don't send it via packet.
- If it is, make a note of the closest BBS to the station that
- volunteered to handle the traffic.
- Check into your closest BBS and send the "ST" command. The BBS
- will prompt you for the addressee. Send the callsign of the packet
- station you found above, a space, the "at" sign (@), the callsign of
- the BBS closest to the destination, and a carriage return (<CR>). For
- example, W9TFC @ N9BBS <CR>.
- The BBS will prompt you for a title. Send the NTS messsage
- number, precedence, originating station's callisgn, and destination,
- followed by a carriage return. For example, NR 1 R WA0XYZ To: Anytown
- <CR>.
- The BBS will prompt you for the message text. Now send an extra
- carriage return, and then the message, in standard ARRL NTS format.
- Include all necessary elements, because a voice or CW station may have
- to relay it. Use at least one carriage return <CR> after the
- preamble, each line of the address, each BT, after every ten words of
- text, and the signature. Tabbing over to the right for the signature
- is unecessary. Avoid unecessary punctuation that would not (or could
- not) be sent on CW. Use a check, even though it's redundant on
- packet. Remember, another op may have to send your traffic on voice
- or CW.
- Many ARRL publications explain NTS form...including the Operating
- Manual mentioned above, the pamphlet "Operating an Amateur Radio
- Station," and the ARRL "Net Directory."
-
- Here's an example:
-
- ST <CR>
- W9TFC @ N9BBS <CR>
- NR 345 R WA0XYZ To: Anytown <CR>
- <CR>
- NR 345 R WA0XYZ 15 SIOUX FALLS SD 1030Z JAN 3 <CR> (preamble)
- <CR>
- Mrs Sam Swartz <CR>
- 1234 Main St <CR> (address)
- Anytown IL 64578 <CR>
- 617 555 9683 <CR> (telephone)
- <CR>
- BT <CR> (start of text)
- <CR>
- HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME WISH YOU WERE HERE <CR> (text)
- SEE YOU AND THE KIDS SOON LOVE <CR>
- <CR>
- BT <CR> (end of text)
- <CR>
- Mary <CR> (signature)
- <CR>
- AR <CR> (end of message)
-