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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 Private 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 AAAAAA @ DDDDDD.SS.BBB.CC ?? 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 requ`red for
the country to which the message is destined.
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.
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. ALLBBS, PNW, ORGB, etc.) and in a few cases
to a broad topical area (e.g. SYSOP, AMSAT).
Some examples:
SB SALE @ PNW ???????? advertise an ham gear for sale in Pacific NW
SB DX @ USA ???????? a DX bulletin for distribution in whole USA
SB MSYS @ SYSOP ???????? MSYS information (for SYSOPs only)
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(SYSOP only)
?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 info (SYSOP only)
?????EVENT announcment ?????RLIBBS RLI BBS info (SYSOP only)
? ?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 (SYSOPs only) ? ?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 @ ALLBBS
or @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. ?
?
?ALLBBS National distribution ?
?ALLUSA National distribution ?
?ALLUSW West Coast only ?
?AMSAT National AMSAT info. ?
?EWGB East WA only ?
?IDAHO Idaho only ?
?LAN80 Limited Distribution ?
????LAN40 Limited Distribution ?
? ?MTGB Montana only ?
? ?NWS WX report (very limited) ?
? ?ORGB OR only ?
? ?PNW Entire Pacific NW (NWGB obsolete) ?
? ?PUGET Limited dist. for Puget Sound ?
? ?SYSOP SYSOPS only! ?
? ?WAGB Washington State only ?
? ?WWGB West WA incl. some OR & BC BBS ?
? ?
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MSG # TR SIZE TO FROM @BBS DATE TITLE
18414 PN 2166 SYSOP K7UKP PNW 910527 MESSAGE ROUTINGS
Send any suggestions to Jay K7UKP @ K7UKP.OR