RR NOALL DE NNN0ASA 804 R 021400Z JAN 98 FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAVMARCORMARS BE UNCLAS SUBJ. CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 04-98 1. THIS IS NUMBER THREE IN A SERIES OF FOUR BROADCASTS PROVIDING BASIC DIRECTION FOR PROCESSING SCD TRAFFIC. . THIS MESSAGE ADDRESSES SENDING AND RECEIVING TRAFFIC. TO SEND A MESSAGE TO AN AMTOR, PACTOR OR PACKET BBS OPERATING WITH THE AA4RE MULTIMODE BBS PROGRAM, FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE A. TUNE TO THE FREQUENCY (TUNE YOUR ANTENNA OFF THE AIR) B. IF SENDING TO A PACTOR OR AMTOR BBS, CHECK FOR A CLEAR CHANNEL (ONLY ONE STATION CAN SEND TO A PACTOR OR AMTOR BBS AT A TIME). C. ISSUE THE CONNECT COMMAND TO CONNECT TO THE BBS. D. ONCE CONNECTED THE BBS WILL PRINT A SIGN-ON MESSAGE AND THEN THE COMMAND PROMPT (A LINE ENDING WITH THE 'GREATER THAN' SYMBOL IN PACKET OR PACTOR OR A GA (PLUS)? IN AMTOR.) E. SEND THE SEND COMMAND: (1) FOR A 3RD PARTY MESSAGE TO AN AREA WITHIN YOUR REGION, ST NOGBS AT NOASC. FOR A 3RD PARTY MESSAGE TO AN AREA OUTSIDE OF YOUR REGION, ST MULTI @ NOASE (THE 'AT-SIGN' MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE 'AT' FOR PACKET AND PACTOR). (2) FOR A 3RD PARTY MESSAGE TO A SHIP, ST NN0CRZ F. AMTOR DIFFERS FROM PACKET AND PACTOR ON THE NEXT PROMPT. (1) IN AMTOR, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE SUBJECT (ON ONE LINE) AND THEN THE MESSAGE. WHEN THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT, SEND 'ZZZZ' AND 'CR' TO TELL THE BBS THAT THE MESSAGE IS COMPLETE. (2) IN PACKET OR PACTOR, THE BBS WILL PROMPT YOU FOR A SUBJECT. ENTER '1R NOGBS' OR '1R NNN0CRZ' AS APPROPRIATE. THE BBS WILL NEXT PROMPT YOU TO SEND THE MESSAGE TEXT. SEND THE MESSAGE STARTING WITH THE ROUTING LINE. WHEN THE MESSAGE TEXT HAS BEEN SENT, TYPE 'CTRL-Z', 'ZZZZ' OR '/EX' (PACTOR/PACKET) ON A LINE BY ITSELF FOLLOWED BY A 'CR'. G. THE BBS WILL RESPOND WITH A LINE TELLING YOU THAT YOUR MESSAGE HAS BEEN FILED. THIS IS THE BBS 'ROGER' FOR THE MESSAGE. H. YOU MAY NOW ENTER ANY OTHER COMMAND OR LOGOFF BY TYPING 'B' AND HITTING ENTER. 3. READING AND ROGERING FOR TRAFFIC IN AMTOR, PACTOR OR PACKET: A. FOLLOW STEPS A THROUGH D OF PARAGRAPH TWO ABOVE. B. IF YOU ARE AN AREA TRAFFIC REP, THE FASTEST WAY TO PICK UP TRAFFIC FOR YOUR AREA IS TO USE THE RTO NOGBS COMMAND. (THE 'RTO' SIGNIFIES 'R' FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A 'GREATER THAN' SYMBOL.) ON RECEIPT OF THIS COMMAND, THE BBS WILL SEND YOU ALL TRAFFIC ADDRESSED TO NOGBS IN A CONTINUOUS STRING. YOU SHOULD, OF COURSE BE SAVING ALL THIS TO DISK SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RE-READ IT. C. TO READ TRAFFIC ADDRESSED TO YOUR STATION, USE THE RM COMMAND. D. TO READ INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES, FIRST LIST THE MESSAGES USING ONE OF THE 'L' COMMANDS LISTED BELOW LTO NOGBS -- LISTS ALL TRAFFIC TO NOGBS LM -- LISTS TRAFFIC ADDRESSED TO YOU LAT NOASC -- LISTS ALL TRAFFIC WITH AN AT FIELD OF NOASC THEN READ INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES BY SENDING R 1234 WHERE 1234 IS THE MESSAGE NUMBER FROM THE LISTING. E. ONCE YOU HAVE READ THE TRAFFIC, YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT FOR THE TRAFFIC. THIS IS DONE USING THE K COMMAND. ISSUE THIS COMMAND IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: K 1234 -- KILLS MSG NR 1234 K 1234 TO 1236 -- KILLS MSGS NRS1234 THRU 1236 K 1234 1236 1238 -- KILLS MSG NRS 1234 1236 1238 KTO NOGBS -- KILLS ALL TRAFFIC TO NOGBS TRAFFIC REPS - BE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD COPY BEFORE YOU USE THE LAST COMMAND. F. WHEN DONE LOGOFF BY SENDING THE 'B' COMMAND. BT NNNN