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- The following are suggested categories to use in the "TO:" field when
- sending bulletins:
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- SALE Items for sale or trade
- WANTED Things wanted
- HELP Requests for info, help, or questions
- MODS Request or info concerning equipment mods
- CLASS Ham license class announcements
- EXAMS Ham license exam announcements
- CLUB Club events, meetings, announcements
- HAMFST Hamfest or flea market announcements
- MAP Maps
- MAPKEY Index or lists of maps
- NETWRK Announcements about packet network
- LIST Other lists, or BBSs, Nodes, Frequencies
- SAT All satellite info
- DX DX reports and info
- ARRL ARRL/CRRL bulletins
- PUBSVC Announcements of public service events
- INFO Other things
- NTS National Traffic System information
- SPACE SpaceNews originated by KB2BD relating to Space items.
- RTTYDX VK2SG originated RTTY news.
- HUMOR Funny quips, amusing stories, ect.
- ALL Used ONLY in last resort if you can't cover it with
- one of the above topics.
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- Careful use of these category designators when sending bulletins will
- allow users to list bulletins in a category using the "L> xxxx"
- command, where xxxx is the category designator.
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- Titles; what should I say?
- The title is probably the most important part of the message, it will
- tell someone listing messages whether or not they wish to download and
- read your message. An improperly titled message will only bring you
- complaints, and it is better to let the readers know what it is your
- wishing to convey in just a few words. Let try these for a few
- suggestions; "AEA PK-87 for sale" "Tower for sale" "2M Isopole 4SALE"
- "Swapmeet 9/21 in Seattle" "C-64 Computer for sale"....and the list
- could go on with your imagination, but describe in a few words what your
- wanting to tell everyone in just a few words for the title.
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- BIDs; what are they?
- A BID stands for "Bulletin Identification for Distribution". It is very
- much like a serial number for your bulletin. You can address a bulletin
- and customize a personal serial number, or BID with your message. At the
- top of this bulletin you will notice as part of the header information
- there is a statement showing "Message Id", or "Bulletin Id" depending
- upon the BBS software that the SYSOP, or the person that you connected
- to and read this Bulletin from, showing that it is "BULL_1".
- This message was addressed using the following command;
- "SB INFO @ NWGB $BULL_1" By using the "...$BULL_1" I generated this
- bulletin with a customized BID. This is also the method for resending
- bulletins generated by others, such as the ARRL, AMSAT, or even another
- callsign.
- Hopefully when they originated the bulletin they indicate the authors
- intended serial number for the bulletin, either within the bulletin,
- or at the top of the bulletin within the header information.
- There are multiple files here, and the same "BULL_1" scheme was followed.
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- The following is a description of the BID format used by the ARRL when
- they originate bulletins for national distribution;
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- ARLx### where ### is the bulletin number (padded with leading zeros)
- x represents the bulletin type from the following list:
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- 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)
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- IRUx### where ### is the bulletin number (padded with leading zeros)
- x represents the language from the following list:
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- E .... English
- H .... Hispanic
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- Continues in part 3 of "How to send a bulletin".
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