[Oremem] PACTOR BBS USAGE TIPS

[Phil Barker]

DE AAROME NR 005
R 090352Z MAY 05
FM BARKER/AAR0ME OR
TO ALL OREGON MARS MEMBERS
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SUBJ: PACTOR BBS USAGE TIPS
1. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO OFFER SOME GUIDELINES
   TO REFER TO WHEN WORKING WITH THE AT0TOR STATE GATEWAY.
   I HOPE THESE GUIDELINES WILL SPUR MORE OF YOU TO PRACTICE
   WORKING WITH THE GATEWAY. CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY 4
   MEMBERS WHO REGULARLY CHECK IN TO THE BBS.
2. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE USED BBS'S DURING THE 80'S ON
   PACKET RADIO, THINGS ARE GOING TO SEEM PRETTY FAMILIAR.
3. LISTEN ON FREQUENCY TO BE SURE SOMEONE ISN'T ALREADY
   CONNECTED. IF THE FREQUENCY IS CLEAR, ISSUE THE CONNECT
   COMMAND WITH YOUR TERMINAL PROGRAM AND CONNECT TO CALLSIGN
   AT0TOR. IF YOU DON'T CONNECT, DON'T GIVE UP! TRY USING A
   SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FREQUENCY OFFSET OR TRY TUNING AROUND
   WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS USING THE BBS TO GET YOUR RADIO
   TUNED ON FREQUENCY.
3-A.AS AN EXAMPLE, TRY TUNING TO DIAL FREQUENCY 13.962.79/USB
   OR 13.962.900/USB (DEPENDING UPON YOUR MARK/SPACE FREQUENCY
   PAIR) AND SIT THERE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS TO SEE IF YOU CAN
   COPY OTHER STATE GATEWAYS PASSING TRAFFIC WITH AA9USA. THIS
   IS GOOD PRACTICE.
4. ONCE YOU'RE CONNECTED, YOU WILL SEE THE GREETING TO THE
   BBS AND NEXT YOU'LL SEE A COMMAND-PROMPT FROM THE BBS
   THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS: "[Winlink-2.9-FHIMR2T$].
5. TO LIST ALL TRAFFIC ON THE BBS, ISSUE THE COMMAND "LT".
   TO LIST ALL BULLETINS, ISSUE THE COMMAND "LB".
   TO LIST JUST YOUR MESSAGES, ISSUE THE COMMAND "LM".
7. IF THERE ARE MESSAGES WAITING FOR YOU, YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING
   SIMILAR TO: "AAR0XX de AT0TOR QTC 3 Msgs 2048 bytes.
   TO READ THOSE MESSAGES YOU WOULD ISSUE THE COMMAND "R"
   FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE SPACE AND THEN THE MESSAGE NUMBER, THEN
   PRESS THE RETURN-KEY.
8. THE BBS WILL THEN SEND YOU THE MESSAGE. REPEAT FOR EACH MSG.
9. TO SEND A MESSAGE, ISSUE THE COMMAND "ST" AT THE COMMAND-PROMPT.
10.AS AN EXAMPLE: TO SEND A PERSONAL MESSAGE VIA THE BBS TO MARS
   MEMBER AAV6XX, YOU WOULD ISSUE THE COMMAND "SP AAV6XX @ AT6TFC".
11.TO SEND A MARSGRAM, THE COMMAND SEQUENCE WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
    "ST AA9USA @ AA9USA"
    Subj: MARSGRAM
    Msg: DE AAR0XX NR 124
         R 101200Z AUG 01
         FM SAM COOPER AAR0XX OR
         TO ANY SOLDIER SERVING IN IRAQ
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         WE ARE VERY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS
         TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY. GOD SPEED AND GOD BLESS.
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12. THE BBS WILL THEN QUEUE THE MSG TO BE FORWARDED TO AA9USA
    AND THEN OUT TO IRAQ.
13. WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH THE BBS, ISSUE THE COMMAND "B"
    TO LOG OUT. PLEASE WAIT FOR THE BBS TO RECOGNIZE THAT
    YOUR CONNECTION HAS BEEN CLOSED BEFORE YOU SECURE YOUR STATION.
14. IF I'VE FORGOTTEN ANYTHING, OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
    PLEASE ASK AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO OFFER ANY HELP I CAN!
15. DURING THE DAY PLEASE TRY CONNECTING TO THE BBS ON DIAL FREQUENCY
    4.932.200/LSB AND GET SOME PRACTICE SENDING MESSAGES TO OTHER
    OREGON MEMBERS!
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