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SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS INFO BCST 38-08
1. SHARES PROGRAM OFFICE: AS OF 04 OCT 2008, THE CONTRACT FOR ARTEL,
INC. TO MANAGE THE SHARES PROGRAM OFFICE WILL EXPIRE. THE NEW
CONTRACT IS OUT FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN AWARDED.
THE NCS-SHARES OFFICE WILL HANDLE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS IN THE
INTERIM BUT THEY ARE NOT MANNED TO DO SO. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS NORMAL
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS WILL, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, TAKE LONGER THAN
NORMAL TO COMPLETE. CONTINUE TO SUBMIT SHARES FORMS 1 TO NNN0ASA AND
I WILL FORWARD FOR PROCESSING, AS USUAL.
2. PACLINK MP: THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WL2K USERS CAN UTILIZE TO
ACCESS A RADIO MESSAGE SERVER (RMS). AIRMAIL IS DESIGNED FOR A SINGLE
USER TO CHECK FOR TRAFFIC ADDRESSED TO HIS/HER CALL SIGN. PACLINK MP,
ON THE OTHER HAND, IS DESIGNED TO PICK UP TRAFFIC FOR MULTIPLE CALL
SIGNS. E.G., I USE PACLINK MP TO CONNECT TO THE RMS AND AUTOMATICALLY
DOWNLOAD TRAFFIC ADDRESSED TO NNN0ASA, NNN0ZLS AND NNA3VA. IF YOU
HAVE MULTIPLE CALL SIGNS THAT YOU MUST CHECK FOR TRAFFIC, I STRONGLY
RECOMMEND THAT YOU DOWNLOAD AND SET UP PACLINK MP. IT IS AVAILABLE
FOR DOWNLOAD AT THE MARS-WL2K YAHOO GROUP WEB SITE AND UNDER THE WL2K
TAB AT THE NAVYMARS.ORG WEBSITE. THE MARS-WL2K YAHOO GROUP WEBSITE
ALSO HAS AN EXCELLENT PACLINK MP PRIMER WRITTEN BY NNN0AAG TO HELP
YOU GET SET UP AND ON THE AIR VERY QUICKLY. PLEASE TRY IT.
3. BRAVO ZULU TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS FOR THE LISTED ACHIEVEMENT:
NNN0KUL GARY ---------------------- WA   NMO CHIEF
NNN0QWL HERBERT ------------------- WA   NMO 3RD CLASS
NNN0YQB KENNETH ------------------- ETX  SHARES MEMBERSHIP
4. FAMOUS NAVAL QUOTE BY ROBERT A. HEINLEN, USNA CLASS OF 1929:
QUOTE
ALWAYS LISTEN TO EXPERTS. THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT CAN'T BE DONE, AND
WHY. THEN DO IT.
UNQUOTE
5. MARS: TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
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