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The following is an attempt to define the information that should be placed in
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the "TO" and the "@" portions of a message. These help comprise the
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HIRARCHIAL ADDRESS of a message. The two types of messages that are discussed
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here are PERSONAL and BULLETINS.
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If it is a Personal Message, the first line that is sent may look like this:
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³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Send the Private message
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³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ TO K7AYC
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³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ distribute to the BBS N7FSP
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³ ³ ³ located in WAshington state
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³ ³ ³ in the USA
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³ ³ ³ in North America
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ÄÙ ÄÄÁÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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example 1: SP K7AYC @ N7FSP.WA.USA.NA
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Or, if it is a Bulletin, it may look something like this:
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³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Bulletin
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³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ addressed TO anyone interested in
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³ ³ AMSAT information
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³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ distribute to the geographic
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³ ³ ³ location Pacific NorthWest
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ÄÙ ÄÄÁÄÄ ÄÁÄ
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example 2: SB AMSAT @ PNW
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In example 1 the message being sent is Personal and needs a specific
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GEOGRAPHIC HIERARCHICAL address. The hierarchy of the address is parsed
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from right to left and identifies the location of the station to whom
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the message is addressed. The format of that address is as follows:
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ÚÄÄÄÄ Send Personal ÚÄ NA - N. America
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³ ÃÄ SA - S. America
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ÄÙ ÃÄ EU - Europe
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SP AAAAAA @ DDDDDD.SS.BBB.CC ÃÄ AS - Asia
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ÄÄÂÄÄÄ ÄÄÂÄÄÄ ÚÄ ÄÂÄ ÚÄ ÃÄ AF - Africa
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³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄ CONTINENT ÄÄ examples ÄÁÄ AU - Australia
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³ ³ ³ ³
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³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄ COUNTRY ÄÄÄÄ examples ÄÄÄÄÂÄ ARG - Argentina
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³ ³ ³ ÃÄ AUS - Australia
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³ ³ ÀÄÄ STATE or PROVINCE ÃÄ CAN - Canada
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³ ³ (see note below) ÃÄ FRA - France
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³ ³ ÃÄ GBR - Great Britan
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³ ³ ÃÄ JPN - Japan
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³ ÀÄÄ DESTINATION BBS CALLSIGN ÃÄ MEX - Mexico
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³ ÃÄ NZL - New Zeland
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ÀÄÄ ADDRESSEE CALLSIGN ÃÄ MEX - Mexico
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ÀÄ USA - United States
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NOTE - The state (or province) can be left out if it is not requ`red for
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the country to which the message is destined.
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In example 2 the message being sent is a Bulletin. In Bulletins the hierarchy
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of the address is expressed in both the TO (expressing an AREA OF INTEREST)
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and the @ (expressing the GEOGRAPHICAL ADDRESS) portions of the address.
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Send Bulletin ÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ TO portion of address identifies
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³ ³ the AREA OF INTEREST
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³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ @ portion of address identifies and
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ÄÙ ÄÄÄÁÄÄ ÄÄÄÁÄÄ limits GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
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SB TTTTTT @ DDDDDD
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The TO portion identifies the AREA OF INTEREST, which usually is a topic such
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as ARRL, EXAMS, SALE, SAT, etc. It helps identify the population of persons
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who have an interest in reading the Bulletin.
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The @ portion of the message narrows the distribution of the Bulletin to
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specific GEOGRAPHIC AREAS (e.g. ALLBBS, PNW, ORGB, etc.) and in a few cases
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to a broad topical area (e.g. SYSOP, AMSAT).
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Some examples:
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SB SALE @ PNW ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ advertise an ham gear for sale in Pacific NW
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SB DX @ USA ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ a DX bulletin for distribution in whole USA
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SB MSYS @ SYSOP ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ MSYS information (for SYSOPs only)
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SB USERS @ K7UKP ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Information for users of K7UKP BBS
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SB CLUB @ K7UKP ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ a club bulletin for persons on K7UKP BBS
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The following are examples of the information that should be placed in the TO
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position of a BULLETIN. They identify the AREA OF INTEREST.
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³ALL All packet sta.(see note below)³MODS re: equipment mods.
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³ARRL ARRL/CRRL bulletins ³MSYS MSYS BBS info(SYSOP only)
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³CALLS last calls issued FCC ³NETWRK packet network info.
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³CLASS re: ham license classes ³NTS Nat. Traffic System
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³CLUB Club events/meet/etc. ³PUBSVC Public service info.
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³DX DX reports and info ³REBBS AA4RE info (SYSOP only)
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ÚÄÄÄ´EVENT announcment ÚÄÄÄ´RLIBBS RLI BBS info (SYSOP only)
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³ ³EXAMS re: ham examinations ³ ³RTTYDX VK2SG RTTY news
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³ ³HAMFST Hamfest/flea mkt info. ³ ³SAT Satellite info
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³ ³HELP need help, questions ³ ³SALE Items for sale/trade
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³ ³INFO General information ³ ³SPACE SpaceNews-KB2BD
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³ ³KEPS Keplerian Elem.(satellite) ³ ³SWAP SWAP meet
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³ ³LIST Lists, BBSs, Nodes, Freqs ³ ³SYSOP For SYSOPS only!
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³ ³MBLBBS MBL BBS info (SYSOPs only) ³ ³TCPIP TCPIP information
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³ ³MAPKEY Index or lists of maps ³ ³USERS All users of a single BBS
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³WANTED Ham gear wanted
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ÄÄÁÄÄ
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MSG # TR SIZE TO FROM @BBS DATE TITLE
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18414 PN 2166 SYSOP K7UKP PNW 910527 MESSAGE ROUTINGS
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NOTE (ALL) - Use the ALL designation sparingly. Instead, use the @ ALLBBS
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or @ALLUSA GEOGRAPHIC ADDRESS along with an AREA OF INTEREST.
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The following are examples of the information that should be placed in the
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@ (BBS) position of a BULLETIN. They identify the GEOGRAPHIC ADDRESS. ³
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³
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³ALLBBS National distribution ³
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³ALLUSA National distribution ³
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³ALLUSW West Coast only ³
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³AMSAT National AMSAT info. ³
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³EWGB East WA only ³
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³IDAHO Idaho only ³
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³LAN80 Limited Distribution ³
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ÚÄÄ´LAN40 Limited Distribution ³
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³ ³MTGB Montana only ³
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³ ³NWS WX report (very limited) ³
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³ ³ORGB OR only ³
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³ ³PNW Entire Pacific NW (NWGB obsolete) ³
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³ ³PUGET Limited dist. for Puget Sound ³
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³ ³SYSOP SYSOPS only! ³
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³ ³WAGB Washington State only ³
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³ ³WWGB West WA incl. some OR & BC BBS ³
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³ ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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³
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ÄÄÁÄÄ
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MSG # TR SIZE TO FROM @BBS DATE TITLE
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18414 PN 2166 SYSOP K7UKP PNW 910527 MESSAGE ROUTINGS
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Send any suggestions to Jay K7UKP @ K7UKP.OR
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