[Oremem] DIGITAL STUFF

[Joe & Jeanne Johnston]

DE AAR0PY NR 58-06
R 301530Z AUG 2006
FM OREGON DIGITAL COORDINATOR/AAR0PY OR
TO OREGON MARS MEMBERS
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SUBJ:  DIGITAL STUFF
1.  GOOD TURN OUT ON DIGITAL NETS, SIX TO SEVEN ON BOTH
THE MT63 AND AMTOR NETS.  ONLY A COUPLE ON PACTOR TODAY.

2.  BE SURE TO LOOK OVER MESSAGE NR 27-06 FROM AAM0TOR
ESPECIALLY THE ATTACHMENTS.  THE ATTACHMENTS ARE THE 
AIRMAIL2000 TRAINING GUIDE WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD SET
OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING AIRMAIL2000.  YOU WILL
FIND AIRMAIL2000 A PRETTY FRIENDLY PIECE OF SOFTWARE TO
INSTALL AND WORK WITH.

3. WE NEED TO BEGIN PASSING TRAFFIC DIGITALLY ON ALL
OREGON NETS AND THAT INCLUDES THE USE OF ALL MODES.  MT63
WORKS WELL IN THAT THERE ARE NO OFFSET DIFFERENCES TO
CONTEND WITH.     REMEMBER COMMAND AND CONTROL IS ALL
BY VOICE AND TRAFFIC SHOULD BE PASSED ON FREQUENCY.  
AND MEMBERS WITH DIGITAL CAPABILITY SHOULD HAVE THEIR
EQUIPMENT READY FOR USE ON ANY VOICE NET.

4.  GOOD COMMENTS FROM NETS, HERE'S A FEW:
 1.  WE SHOULD NOT FORGET VOICE FOR PASSING
TRAFFIC.  
 2.  WE SHOULD TRAIN ON ALL DIGITAL MODES WHEN
PASSING DIGITAL TRAFFIC ON VOICE NETS.
 3.  THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR STATION WILL WORK
DURING A POWER FAILURE.

5.  ALL MEMBERS SHOULD REVIEW THE PROPER PROCEDURES FOR NET
CONTROL IN DIRECTING THE FLOW OF DIGITAL TRAFFIC ON VOICE NETS. 
DIGITAL REFERENCE MATERIEL IS LIMITED.  SOME IS ON PAGE 11 
OF THE NCS TRAINING GUIDE DTD 7 OCT 2001 AND MORE IN THE
DIGITAL OPNS AND TRNG GUIDE DTD SEPT 2005.  THERE IS 
SOME ADDITIONAL INFO BEGINNING ON PAGE 35 OF THE BTC.

6.  THERE WILL BE SOME ROUGH EDGES ON PROCEDURE AS WE RETURN TO
MOVING TRAFFIC DIGITALLY.  WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE TRAINING GUIDES
AS BEST WE CAN.  HOWEVER, IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO 
OPERATE AS A TRI-SERVICE REGIONAL GROUP AS WELL.
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