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Sending NTS Traffic via Packet Bulletin Board Systems
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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)
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