DE NNN0AYU 432 R 260116Z AUG 2011 FM NNN0ASI FOUR PA TO NNN0ALL NORTHEAST AREA INFO NNN0ASA VA BT UNCLAS SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 07/11 A. CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 05-10 B. CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 04-08 1. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO CHECK YOUR EEI TEMPLATE, YOUR SENDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR EEI MESSAGES, AND YOUR FREQUENCY MATRIX. 2. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A HARDCOPY EEI MESSAGE TEMPLATE NEAR YOUR OPERATING POSITION OR IN YOUR QUOTE GO KIT UNQUOTE. THE SCHEMATIC OF THE STANDARD 16 LINE MESSAGE AS FOUND IN NTP8 CHAPTER SIX PARAGRAPH 602 IS ALSO A GOOD THING TO KEEP HANDY ALONG WITH A GENERIC ICS-213 FORM. 3. ALL SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW REF A. YOUR EEI IS NOT MUCH GOOD IF IT NEVER LEAVES YOUR LOCATION OR GETS BOUNCED BACK BY WL2K. 4. TREPS - MAKE SURE YOU CAN FIND YOUR COPY OF REF B. 5. SAFETY FIRST - FOLLOW WARNINGS, ADVISORIES, AND EVACUATION ORDERS FROM LOCAL AND STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POTIENTIAL OF HURRICANE IRENE. 6. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY, BE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN OUR PRIMARY MISSION OF ECOM SUPPORT. THIS MEANS PARTICIPATING IN ECOM NETS AND WRITING EEI MESSAGES AND UPDATES. 7. IF YOUR IN A LOCATION FAR FROM THE ECOM SITUATION, YOU STILL MAY BE VERY USEFUL TO A ECOM NET. OFTEN HF PROPAGATION MAY KEEP STATIONS THAT ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER FROM HEARING EACH OTHER, BUT A STA A FEW HUNDRED MILES AWAY CAN HEAR IT ALL AND ACT AS AN EXCELLENT RELAY. 8. FINALLY, PLEASE TEST YOUR MT-63 TRANSMITTING CAPABILITIES ASAP. MANY TIMES MANY STAS GET IN THE HABIT OF ONLY RECEIVING TRAFFIC FOR WEEKS ON END. WHEN THEY DO GET TO TRANSMIT SOMETHING, THEY DISCOVER THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG AND THEN REMEMBER MAYBE SOMETHING WAS CHANGED AROUND OR GOT MESSED UP FROM LAST TIME THEY CLEANED THE SHACK OR ADDED A NEW PEICE OF EQUIPMENT. 9. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING, MORE THAN REQUIRED BT NNNN
DE NNN0AYU 092 R 301246Z MAY 2011 FM NNN0ASI FOUR PA TO NNN0ALL NORTHEAST AREA INFO NNN0ASA VA BT UNCLAS SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING 06/11 1. THERE WILL BE NO NA1C NET THIS THURSDAY EVENING DUE TO THISTA OBLIGATIONS TO A HAPPY FAMILY EVENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS CELEBRATING GRADUATIONS AND SCHOLASTIC AWARD CEREMONIES. 2. THE NA1C NET WILL CONTINUE ON 09 JUNE. THE NET WILL OPEN ON ITS SECONDARY FREQ OF NCN AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN THERE FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER. 3. IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, THE NA1C NET WILL FOCUS ON TRAFFIC TRAINING AND MESSAGE FORMAT. THE NET WILL TAKE A MORE HANDS ON APPROACH TO THIS VITAL TRAINING TOPIC. 4. IF CONDITIONS POOR, THE NET WILL CARRY ON AS A DIGITAL NET AS OFTEN COMS CAN BE COMPLETED WITH THESE MODES WHEN SSB FAILS. 5. SPEAKING OF DIGITAL MODES, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH THE LATEST SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIOS, NNN0PBO HAS CREATED A VIDEO ON HOW TO CONFIGURE FLEXRADIOS FOR MT-63 AND OTHER DIGITAL MODES. HE CAN BE CONTACTED FOR MORE INFO AT NNN0PBO(AT)NAVYMARS.ORG (ALL LOWERCASE) 6. THE 3X1Y NET HAPPENS EVERY SATURDAY AT NOON ON FREQ NDA PRIMARY AND NSC SECONDARY. THIS NET IS PERFECT FOR GETTING YOUR SOUNDCARD MODES UP AND RUNING WITH SOME OF THE SHARPEST OPS IN THE AREA. 7. ANOTHER THING WORTH MENTIONING, ALE IS AN UNDERUTILIZED MODE WITH ENORMOUS POTENTIAL. THISTA HAS BEEN ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THIS MODE FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING THIS MODE TO YOUR STATIONS CAPABILITIES, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THIS MODE. 8. FINALLY, THE FOLLOWING INFO IS ON REGION ONES UPCOMING ECOM EXERCISE. THIS SHOULD BE A EXCELLENT NET AND ALL HANDS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. A. NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS REGION ONE IS PLANNING AN ECOM EXERCISE COMMENCING AT 1600Z 10 JUNE 2011 AND RUNNING THROUGH 1600Z 12 JUNE 2011. THIS EXERCISE WILL RUN CONCURRENT WITH THE ARMY MARS REGION ONE EXERCISE WITH THE SAME NAME. B. FREQUENCY REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO NNN0ASI THREE. PRIMARY HF FREQUENCY IS NCH. SECONDARY FREQUENCY IS NBI. OTHER FREQUENCIES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FOR ALT AND TRAFFIC FOR THE FULL EXERCISE PERIOD. C. A OBJECTIVE OF IMPORTANCE IS TO PASS AGENCY TRAFFIC CONVERTING TO/FROM ICS TO 16-LINE FORMAT. D. THE SCENARIO WILL BE BASED ON THE FEMA NATIONAL LEVEL EXERCISE 2011. SEE HTTP://WWW.FEMA.GOV/MEDIA/FACT_SHEETS/NLE2011_FS.SHTM (ALL LOWER CASE). 9. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING - MORE THAN REQUIRED. BT NNNN
DE NNN0AYU 087 R 050115Z MAY 2011 FM NNN0ASI FOUR PA TO NNN0ALL NORTHEAST AREA INFO NNN0ASA VA BT UNCLAS SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BROADCAST 05/11 A. NNN0AS3 TWO WV 211355Z APR 2011 1. REGION THREE IS HAVING A ECOM EXERCISE THIS SATURDAY FROM 1400Z TO 1800Z ON FREQS NDA, NDN, NDK. 2. ONE OF THE DAYS THE NA2C CW NET OPERATES IS EVERY SATURDAY AT 1000 LOCAL. THIS SATURDAY, THE NET WILL YEILD ITS FREQUENCY AND TIME ALLOCATION TO THE ECOM NET. MORE INFORMATION ON THE NA1C, NA2C AND NA3C CW NETS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NORTHEAST AREA WEB PAGE. 3. FOR THE AREAS INFO, HERE IS MORE ON THE EXERCISE. A. THE ECOM IDENTIFIER OF THIS EXERCISE IS HIDDEN SHADOW. B. THE SCENARIO WILL BE, A GROUP OF INSURGENTS HAS DISABLED THE POWER DISTRIBUTION GRID FOR REGION THREE. WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE BEING EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT REGION THREE. CELLULAR AND LAND-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM BATTERY BACKUPS ARE FAILING. OTHER COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE EXPERIENCING WIDE SPREAD FAILURE. COMMS ASSISTANCE IS BEING REQUESTED BY STATE AND LOCAL EOC OFFICES WITHIN REGION THREE. 4. IN THISTAS OPINION ECOM EXERCISES ARE THE BEST TRAINING TOOL THAT THERE IS. IT IS HOPED ALLSTAS IN THE AREA THAT CAN WILL TAKE THE TIME TO HELP OUT REGION THREES ECOM EXERCISE. LIKEWISE, IF REGION TWO OR ONE HAS A EXERCISE, WE ALL MUST BE AWARE OF IT AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 5. BE ADVISED THAT THERE WILL BE A NORTHEAST AREA ECOM EXERCISE THIS NOVEMBER, IT IS ALL READY BEING PLANNED. 6. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING - MORE THAN REQUIRED. BT NNNN
DE NNN0AYU 070 R 160124Z APR 2011 FM NNN0ASI FOUR PA TO NNN0ALL NORTHEAST AREA INFO NNN0ASA VA BT UNCLAS SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 04/11 A. NTP8(D) CHAPTER 8 PARA 830C 1. A COMMON ERROR OBSERVED WITHIN OUR MESSAGE FORMATTING IS EXCEEDING 69 CHARACTERS PER LINE. PER REF A WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THIS. 2. UNTIL WE ARE TOLD OTHERWISE WE WILL COMPLY WITH REF A. 3. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO COMPLY WITH THIS MESSAGE FORMATTING STANDARD. ONE SIMPLE WAY IS TO CREATE A GENERAL TEMPLATE WITHIN YOUR WORD PROCESSING AND/OR TEXT EDITING SOFTWARE. THIS TEMPLATE WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU NO MORE THAN 69 CHARACTERS PER LINE. IT WILL ALSO DISPLAY CHARACTERS THAT ARE EASY TO COUNT. 4. HERE ARE A FEW CRITICAL CONCEPTS THAT SHOULD GREATLY HELP YOU IN THIS TASK. THEY ARE MONO SPACED NON-PROPORTIONAL FONTS AND TWO FEATURES MOST PROGRAMS HAVE CALLED WORDWRAP AND COLUMNWRAP. 5. TO MAKE COUNTING YOUR CHARACTERS PER LINE EASIER, SELECT A MONOSPACED NON-PROPORTIONAL FONT. THIS TYPE OF FONT IS EASILY RECOGNIZED IN THAT EACH CHARACTER OCCUPIES THE SAME AMOUNT OF HORIZONTAL SPACE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS FONT IS CALLED COURIER. WHEN YOU USE A MONOSPACED NON-PROPORTIONAL FONT YOU COULD TYPE OUT A LINE WITH 69 CHARACTERS AND USE THIS TO JUDGE ALL THE OTHER LINES YOU TYPE AFTERWARDS. A SIMPLER WAY TO PUT IT, THINK OF IT AS WRITING ON GRAPH PAPER WITH ONE CHARACTER OR PUNCTUATION MARK IN EACH BOX. 6. IF YOU TRY WHATS IN THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE WITH A PROPORTIONAL FONT, THE LETTERS WILL GET COMPRESSED TOGETHER IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE MOST USE OF THE AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL SPACE. A SIMPLER WAY TO PUT THIS, THINK OF SOMEONE WRITING UP A CHEAT SHEET IN CURSIVE ON A PEICE OF NOTEBOOK PAPER. THEY WILL PROBABLY TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON EACH LINE. EACH LINE IN THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE THE SAME PHYSICAL LENGTH, BUT THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS COMPRESSED ON EACH LINE WILL VARY GREATLY. NOW CONSIDER OUR TWO SIMPLIFIED EXAMPLES - WOULD YOU LIKE TO COUNT THE CHARACTERS ON THE GRAPH PAPER OR ON THE CHEAT SHEET? 7. WORDWRAP AND COLUMN WRAP ARE GREAT FEATURES WITHIN MOST WORD PROCESSING PROGRAMS AND TEXT EDITIORS. USE OF THESE TOOLS WITH A NON-PROPORTIONAL FONT SHOULD YEILD GREAT RESULTS. THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO SET THE LENGTH OF YOUR LINES AS CLOSE TO 69 CHARACTERS AS YOU WOULD LIKE. IF YOU DONT FEEL LIKE TYPING A LONG TEST MESSAGE TO DO THIS, JUST CUT AND PASTE SOME TEXT TO YOUR PROGRAM AND HAVE FUN EXPERIMENTING. 8. GETTING TO KNOW THE FEATURES OF YOUR SOFTWARE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME HERE. DONT SETTLE FOR THE DEFAULTS WHEN THERES OPTIONS THAT WERE CREATED TO MAKE YOUR WORK EASIER. 9. ITS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO EXPERIMENT AND COME UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU USING WHATEVER WORD PROCESSING OR TEXT EDITING SOFTWARE YOU HAVE ON HAND. THERE IS NO PRACTICAL SUBSTITUTE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT. THIS KIND OF PLANNING AHEAD SHOWS A LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THATS EXPECTED OF NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS MEMBERS. 10. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING - MORE THAN REQUIRED. BT NNNN
DE NNN0AYU 023 R 211620Z FEB 2011 FM NNN0ASI FOUR PA TO NNN0ALL NORTHEAST AREA INFO NNN0ASA VA BT UNCLAS SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 03/11 A. NTP8(D) ANNEX C PARA C201 B. NTP8(D) ANNEX C PARA C203 C. NTP8(D) ANNEX C PARA C100 D. NTP8(D) ANNEX C PARA C100F E. NTP8(D) PARA 800 1. ITS TIME TO CONSIDER OUR KNOWLEDGE OF PROSIGNS, PROWORDS, AND OPERATING SIGNALS. START BY LOOKING AT THE DEFINITIONS OF PROSIGN AND PROWORD AS FOUND IN REF A. 2. YOU MAY NOT OF REALIZED IT BUT WE USE PROWORDS ALL THE TIME ON VOICE NETS. FOR EXAMPLE QUOTE BREAK UNQUOTE IS A PROWORD. THE EQUIVALENT PROSIGN FOR BREAK IS SIMPLY THE LETTERS BT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE PROWORD QUOTE THIS IS UNQUOTE. ITS EQUIVALENT PROSIGN IS SIMPLY THE LETTERS DE. REF B IS THE AUTHORIZED PROSIGN AND PROWORD LIST THAT WE USE WITHIN NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS. 3. IF YOU ARE OPERATING ON A VOICE NET, YOU USE PROWORDS. IF YOU ARE OPERATING ON A DIGITAL NET, YOU USE PROSIGNS. 4. IF YOU ARE SENDING A PEICE OF TRAFFIC BY VOICE YOU CONVERT THE TRAFFICS TEXT FROM PROSIGNS TO PROWORDS. 5. IF YOUR OPERATING WITHIN A DIGITAL NET, KNOWING THE PROSIGN EQUIVALENT OF YOUR PROWORDS IS HIGHLY USEFUL TO SAY THE LEAST. 6. OPERATING SIGNALS ARE YOUR QUOTE Z AND Q SIGNALS UNQUOTE. THEY ARE WELL DEFINED IN REF C. IF YOU LOOK TO REF D YOU WILL NOTICE THEY ARE NOT NORMALLY USED IN RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURES. INSTEAD THE OPERATING SIGNALS INFORMATION IS CONVEYED BY CONSICE PHRASES OR WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSAIRY, EXPRESSED BY PHONETIC EQUIVALENTS. 7. WE CAN NOW APPLY THIS INFORMATION TO SOMETHING USEFUL. PER REF E, NET PROCEDURES ARE THE SAME FOR DIGITAL NETS AND VOICE NETS. THE SAME PROCEDURES AND PHRASES ARE USED FOR A NET CALL UP OR FOR CHECKING IN OR SENDING TRAFFIC. WHAT CHANGES IS SIMPLY THE APPLICATION OF PROSIGNS, PROWORDS, AND OPERATING SIGNALS ACCORDING TO THE MODE IN USE. 8. CONSIDER ANOTHER CONCEPT FROM REF E. THIS IS THAT OUR DIGITAL NETS SHOULD MIRROR WHATS IN THE VOICE SOP. 9. A SHORT LIST OF MOST COMMONLY USED Q AND Z SIGNALS IS ON THE NORTHEAST AREA WEBSITES CW OPERATIONS, TRAINING, AND NETS SECTION. 10. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING - MORE THAN REQUIRED BT NNNN
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1. THISTA WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE NORTHEAST AREA
THAT THE REGION THREE 3X1Y DIGITAL TRAINING NET IS UP AND
RUNNING. ALL STAS IN THE NORTHEAST AREA ARE WELCOME TO
CHECK IN TO THIS NET.
2. THE NET BEGINS AT NOON EVERY SATURDAY ON FREQ NDA
(PRIMARY) AND NCS (SECONDARY). COORDINATION AND CALL UPS
FOR THE NET IS DONE BY VOICE.
3. THE 3X1Y NET IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR LEARNING ABOUT
NEW MODES, OLD MODES, AND MAINTAINING YOUR VITAL EQUIPMENT
AND OPERATING SKILLS.
4. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING - MORE THAN REQUIRED
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A. NNN0ASI ONE PA 052250Z JAN 2009
1. REF A IS A PROCEDURE FOR TAKING THE MOC PRACTICE AND FINAL
EXAMS. IT IS STILL IN EFFECT AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE NORTHEAST
AREA WEBSITE IN THE TRAINING SECTION.
2. TO SEND TRAFFIC TO NNN0ASI FOUR, PLEASE SEND TO THE FOLLOWING
TWO ADDRESSES:
NNN0AYU(AT)WINLINK.ORG
NNN3CP(AT)WINLINK.ORG
3. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A REPLY TO YOUR WL2K MESSAGE WITHIN TWO
DAYS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE DIRECTOR WHO WILL CONTACT THISTA.
A SERVICE MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASSIST IN
TROUBLESHOOTING ANY PROBLEMS.
4. THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MY POSITION IS NNN0ASI4(AT)NAVYMARS.ORG
(ALL LOWER CASE).
6. IN THIS BCST WE ARE ROLLING OUT THE NEW PHRASE FOR NORTHEAST
AREA TRAINING WHICH WILL BE QUOTE MORE THAN REQUIRED UNQUOTE.
THIS AMBITIOUS PHRASE IS THE SAME AS THE USS MOOSBRUGGERS
(DDG-980) MOTTO.
7. NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING - MORE THAN REQUIRED
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 06/10
1. THE END OF THE MONTH AND QUARTER WILL SOON BE HERE. THIS IS
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL HANDS TO PRACTICE DRAFTING,
SENDING, AND RECEIVING TRAFFIC (PARTICIPATION AND FREQUENCY
USAGE REPORTS).
2. STATE, REGION, AND AREA STAFF ARE KNOWN TO BE VERY
APPRECIATIVE WHEN STATIONS SEND THEIR REPORTS IN ASAP AT THE
END OF THE MONTH.
3. STATIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR REPORTS DURING
TRAFFIC NETS OR BY USING WL2K SYSTEM VIA VHF OR HF RADIO
CONNECTION. EMAIL AND TELNET SHOULD BE USED ONLY AS A LAST
RESORT IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF HARDSHIP.
4. LETS MAINTAIN A EFFORT TO KEEP OUR HEADINGS AND TEXT PROPERLY
FORMATTED WITHIN OUR MESSAGES.
5. PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR DATE TIME GROUP IS COMPLIANT PER NTP8(D)
CHAPTER SIX, PARAGRAPH 603F.
6. OF SPECIAL INTEREST WITHIN THE DATE TIME GROUP IS THAT THE MONTH
IS ALWAYS ABBREVIATED WITH THREE CHARACTERS AS PER NTP8(D) CHAPTER
SIX, PARAGRAPH 644. NOTE THAT AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH 644 IS AN
IMPORTANT REFERENCE TO HOW THE MONTH AND YEAR ARE TO BE SPOKEN.
7. THE FOLLOWING SERVES AS A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF THE DATE TIME
GROUP IN ACTION. PLEASE CONSIDER THE LINE IN THE HEADING OF THIS
MESSAGE WITH THE DATE TIME GROUP IN IT. IF IT IS BEING PASSED BY
VOICE ON A NET TO A TRAFFIC REP IT SHOULD BE SPOKEN QUOTE RELAY,
ROUTINE, TIME TWO ZERO ZERO ONE THREE ZERO ZULU SEPTEMBER TWO
ZERO ONE ZERO UNQUOTE.
8. AFTER THE BREAK (BT) THE ABBREVIATION UNCLAS IS USED - ITS NOT
UNCLASS (EXTRA S) OR SPELLED OUT AS UNCLASSIFIED. SECURITY DOES
MATTER IN NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS. THE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
STATUS DESIGNATION REMAINS IN OUR HEADING.
9. SUBJECT IS ALWAYS ABBREVIATED SUBJ AND FOLLOWED BY A COLON.
10. IF DRAFTING YOUR MESSAGE FOR TRANSMISSION VIA A DIGITAL MODE
OR WL2K ITS ADVISABLE BY THISTA TO REFER TO NTP8(D) CHAPTER EIGHT
PARAGRAPH 802(B). THIS REFERENCE COVERS THE CONCEPT OF OUR USE OF
ALL CAPS AND THE FOLLOWING PUNCTUATION SYMBOLS - THE QUESTION
MARK, COLON, DASH, SLANT, PAREN, UNPAREN, COMMA, APOSTROPHE, AND
PERIOD. ANY OTHER PUNCTUATION MARKS ARE SENT IN ABBREVIATED FORM
AS SPECIFIED IN NTP8(D) CHAPTER 6 PARAGRAPH 641.
11. WE STILL USE 69 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM PER LINE (INCLUDING SPACES)
REF NTP8(D) CHAPTER EIGHT PARA 830(C).
12. IN THISTAS OPINION ALL OF THESE FINE DETAILS PERTAINING TO THE
DRAFTING OF OUR MESSAGES YIELDS A HIGHLY FORWARD AND BACKWARD
COMPATIBLE MESSAGE. JUST ABOUT ANY TRANSMISSION MODE EVER
CREATED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CREATED CAN LIKELY TRANSMIT
OR TRANSPOSE OUR TRAFFIC. OUR MESSAGES ARE EASILY RECOGNIZABLE,
READABLE, AND COMPREHENDABLE BY THE END USER. THE EXTRA EFFORT
IS WORTH THIS END RESULT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 05/10
A. CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 08-10
B. DODINSTRUCTION 4650.02, 23 DEC 2009
1. PER REF A ABOVE, ALL HANDS REMINDED THAT NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS
WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE TRI-SERVICE WL2K SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
AND EMERGENCY TRAFFIC IN ALL MODES AND AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING
DURING ACTUAL EMERGENCIES AND AGENCY EXERCISES AS NEEDED.
2. CONNECTION TO WL2K SHOULD BE VIA RADIO (HF OR VHF) TELNET SHOULD
BE USED AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
3. NOTHING SHOULD STOP YOU FROM USING WL2K AT THIS TIME. USE IT FOR
YOUR TRAFFIC, YOUR ECOM EXERCISE NETS, ECOM EVENTS, AND ABOVE ALL
TO GET THEM EEI MESSAGES SENT.
4. TO RECAP WHAT WE ALL SHOULD KNOW BY NOW - MESSAGES ENTERED INTO
THE SYSTEM SHOULD FOLLOW APPROPRIATE GUIDELINES AS FOUND WITHIN
CHAPTER SIX OF NTP8(D). NOTHING IN OR OUT OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD EVER
APPEAR TO BE LIKE A INFORMAL EMAIL OR STRING OF TEXT MESSAGES AS
FOUND ON THE TYPICAL TEENAGERS CELL PHONE.
5. NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS IS WORKING ON A NEW MARS DATA SYSTEM
THAT WILL NOT RELY ON THE INTERNET. UNTIL THEN, USE THE WL2K
SYSTEM WISELY AND KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY CHANGES IN USEAGE POLICY
VIA FUTURE CHNAVMARCORMARS BCSTS.
6. AS WE PLAN EXPANSIONS AND PROJECTS FOR OUR STATIONS AS MOST RADIO
OPS ALWAYS DO - KEEP REF B IN MIND - ESPECIALLY ENCLOSURE 2,
PARAGRAPH 4(B) WHICH SAYS QUOTE MARS MUST BE CAPABLE OF OPERATION
IN RADIO ONLY MODES (WITHOUT LANDLINES OR INTERNET) AND SUSTAINABLE
ON EMERGENCY POWER (WHEN PUBLIC UTILITY POWER HAS FAILED), UNQUOTE.
7. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ REF B, ITS FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEBPAGE
IN THE DOCUMENTS SECTION.
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A. JOINT MARS VOICE SOP 22 NOV 2007
B. CHNAVMARCORMARS INFO BCST 36-10
1. REF B PARAGRAPH ONE - NOTE THAT THE VOICE SOP IS STILL
THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS PROCEDURE FOR VOICE NETS.
REMAIN DILIGENT IN YOUR STUDY OF THE SOP.
2. REF A IS THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CALLING AND
OPERATING VOICE NETS. THIS BCST IS IN REFERENCE TO PART THREE
SECTION THREE OF THE SOP ENTITLED QUOTE LIMITING CHECK-INS UNQUOTE.
3. MOST EVERYTHING IN THIS READING SELECTION IS SHORT AND TO THE
POINT AND REQUIRES LITTLE EXPLANATION ONCE ONE DEFINITION IS
UNDERSTOOD AND ONE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF DELEGATION
AUTHORIZATION IS KNOWN.
4. THE DEFINITION - QUOTE RESPECTIVE DIRECTOR UNQUOTE - AS FOUND
IN PART THREE SECTION THREE PARAGRAPH (A) IS LANGUAGE STATING
THAT AN AREA DIRECTOR IS THE RESPECTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THEIR AREAS
NET. THE REGION DIRECTOR WOULD BE THE RESPECTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
THEIR REGIONS NETS. A STATE DIRECTOR WOULD BE THE RESPECTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THEIR STATES NET.
5. AS FOR QUESTION ON DELEGATION - QUOTE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE
MAY BE DELEGATED IF AUTHORIZED BY THE RESPECTIVE CHIEF MARS
UNQUOTE (FOUND IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH ABOVE) - THISTA ASKED NNN0ASN
AND NNN0ASA ABOUT THE MATTER OF DELEGATION. WAS INFORMED BY NNN0ASA
THAT THE DESIGNATED DIRECTOR IS NOT TO DELEGATE APPROVAL OF NET
LIMITERS BEYOND THEMSELVES.
6. WHEN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF THIS BCST ARE EXAMINED TOGETHER
EXPRESS THAT YOUR RESPECTIVE DIRECTOR
APPROVES WHAT YOUR CHECK IN LIMITERS ARE ON THEIR RESPECTIVE
NETS THAT THEY ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR. YOUR REGION
DIRECTOR APPROVES THE CHECK IN LIMITERS FOR YOUR REGIONS NETS.
YOUR AREA DIRECTOR APPROVES CHECK IN LIMITERS FOR THEIR AREAS NETS.
YOUR STATE DIRECTOR APPROVES THE LIMITERS FOR YOUR STATES NETS.
NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THIS. THE CHECK IN LIMITER ONCE APPROVED BECOMES
AN AUTHORIZED PHRASE - ITS LIKE A SCRIPT, STICK TO IT EXACTLY ONCE
YOU ARE CERTAIN OF IT.
7. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT WHAT IS AUTHORIZED AND WHATS NOT, WOULD
ADVISE DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS IF NEED BE.
FOR EXAMPLE, REGION THREE HAS A EXCELLENT WEB PAGE. THERE IS A
NICE TAB TO CLICK ON THAT WILL GET YOU A WELL WRITTEN DOCUMENT
WITH ALL THE REGION THREE NET PROCEDURES. IF YOU SEARCH AND DONT
FIND ANYTHING, POLITELY ASKING YOUR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS STAFF
FOLLOWING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS ADVISABLE.
8. BE ADVISED THAT CHECK IN LIMITERS ARE NEVER TO BE MISUSED TO
EXCLUDE ANY STATION FROM PARTICIPATING ON A NET. THE LIMITER
SIMPLY PROVIDES A ORDER OF WHO CAN CHECK IN AND WHEN.
9. THISTA OPINION - THE NCS IS NOT ABLE TO AUTHORIZE CHECK IN
LIMITERS FOR THEIR NET BUT BE ADVISED THAT A NCS CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE
SUGGESTIONS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTOR OF WHAT MAY BE NEEDED
TO DO THEIR NCS DUTIES BETTER. THIS CAN INCLUDE SUGGESTING CALL UP
LIMITERS THAT WOULD APPLY TO THEIR NETS SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.
10. THIS BCST DOES NOT IMPLY THAT ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR HAS
DONE ANYTHING WRONG. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAY.
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A. JOINT MARS VOICE SOP 22 NOV 2007
1. REF A IS THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CALLING AND
OPERATING VOICE NETS - PLEASE REVIEW SECTION THREE OF THIS
DOCUMENT (OPENING A NET).
2. OUR TYPICAL BAD SUMMERTIME PROPAGATION GIVES US A OPPORTUNITY
TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE NET CALL UPS AND CHECK IN PROCEDURES FOR
WHAT HAS BEEN TERMED QUOTE GOOD CONDITIONS UNQUOTE AND QUOTE POOR
CONDITIONS UNQUOTE.
3. BEWARE OF MIXING UP YOUR NET CALL UPS. THERE IS ONLY ONE
PROCEDURE FOR A INITIAL CALL UP FOR CONDITIONS GOOD. THIS IS TO
STATE THE NET DESIGNATOR TWICE - FOLLOWED BY THIS IS - ONCE - AND
THEN YOUR CALL SIGN - ONCE - FOLLOWED BY OVER - ONCE. AFTER THE
INITIAL CALL UP, FOLLOWING CALL UPS ARE SIMPLY MADE BY STATING
THE NET DESIGNATOR - ONCE - FOLLOWED BY THE PROWORD
THIS IS - ONCE - AND THEN YOUR CALL SIGN - ONCE - AND THEN
OVER - ONCE.
4. THERE IS ALSO ONLY ONE PROCEDURE FOR CALL UPS WHEN CONDITIONS
ARE POOR. THIS OPTION MAKES USE OF USING WORDS TWICE. THIS IS
DONE BY STATING THE NET DESIGNATOR - TWICE - FOLLOWED BY THIS IS
- ONCE - FOLLOWED BY YOUR CALL SIGN - TWICE - FOLLOWED BY OVER
- ONCE. THIS CAN BE DONE ON ANY NET CALL UP.
5. WHEN YOU MAKE A CALL UP USING WORDS TWICE, IT INFORMS THE STAS
CHECKING INTO THE NET THAT THE NCS OR STA MAKING THE CALL UP FOR
THE NCS IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR RECEPTION.
6. FOR STAS CHECKING INTO A NET WHEN A NCS MAKES THEIR CALL UP
USING WORDS TWICE, YOU CAN STILL CHECK IN AS USUAL OR YOU CAN CHECK
IN USING WORDS TWICE.
7. TO CHECK INTO A NET USING WORDS TWICE STATE THE CALL SIGN OF
THE STA MAKING CALL UP - TWICE - FOLLOWED BY THIS IS - ONCE - AND
THEN YOUR CALL SIGN - TWICE - FOLLOWED BY YOUR TRAFFIC STATUS
- TWICE- FOLLOWED BY OVER - ONCE.
8. WHEN A STATION CHECKS INTO A NET USING WORDS TWICE WHEN THE CALL
UP WAS A REGULAR ONE, ITS A INDICATION TO THE NCS AND OTHER STAS ON
THE NET THAT THE STA CHECKING INTO THE NET IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH
THEIR RECEPTION.
9. PLEASE NOTICE THAT WHEN MAKING A CALL UP OR CHECKING IN USING
WORDS TWICE, YOU DO NOT STATE THE PROWORDS THIS IS OR OVER TWICE.
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 02/10
1. THIS IS A RESPONSE TO SEVERAL QUERIES ABOUT THE NA2C AND
NA3C NETS.
2. THESE NETS ARE CW TRAINING NETS. CW HAS BEEN AN AUTHORIZED
MODE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WITHIN NMC MARS.
3. THE NA2C AND NA3C NETS HAVE A VERY DEDICATED AND SKILLED
GROUP OF OPERATORS THAT CONSISTENTLY CHECK IN WHENEVER
POSSIBLE. ANY OF THESE OPERATORS WILL BE VERY WILLING TO GO
OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TRAIN ANYONE THAT WANTS TO QUOTE GET WITH
THE PROGRAM UNQUOTE.
4. THE NA2C NET IS CALLED UP EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND
SATURDAY ON FREQ NDK AT 1000 LOCAL.
5. THE NA3C NET IS CALLED UP EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND
SATURDAY ON FREQ NBI AT 2100 LOCAL.
6. TRAINING TRAFFIC IS USUALLY PASSED ON THE NA3C NETS ON
TUESDAY NIGHT BY THISTA.
7. THE DRAFT RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURE AS FOUND ON THE NATIONAL
WEBPAGE IS THE CURRENT PROCEDURE FOR NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS
TELEGRAPHY.
8. CW IS AN OPTIONAL MODE WITHIN NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS WITH
GREAT POTENTIAL. PLEASE JOIN US ON THE TRAINING NETS IF YOU
ARE ABLE.
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 01/10
1. ALL STATIONS BE ADVISED THAT THERE ARE MANY EXCELLENT
TRAINING NETS FOUND WITHIN THE NORTHEAST AREA.
2. DO NOT HESITATE TO CHECK INTO ANY OF THEM IF YOU ARE
AVAILABLE AND CONDITIONS PERMIT.
3. READ IN FIVE COLUMNS
NET TIME(L) DAY FREQ ALT FREQ
NA1C 1900 THU NBI NCN
NA2C 1000 TUE THU SAT NDK NCL
NA3C 2100 TUE THU SAT NBI
3X1Y 1200 SAT NDA NCS
3P1C 1600 SAT NCN NBI
3W1C 1900 SUN NCS
2G1C 2000 MON NCG NAR
2G1E 2000 3RD THURS NCG NAR
2J1C 1830 MON NCH
2K1C 2000 MON VHF
1M1C 1800 MON NCH NBI
1V1C 1700 1ST/3RD TUE NCH
4. CONSULT NTP8(D) ANNEX A PARAGRAPHS A520 THRU A521 FOR
INFO ON NET DESIGNATORS.
5. THE FREQUENCY MATRIX IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE PASSWORD
PROTECTED PORTION OF THE NATIONAL WEBSITE.
6. 2K1C IS ON A VHF REPEATER IN SNY, INFO ON REPEATER
PARAMETERS FOUND IN CHAPTER 4 OF NORTH EAST AREA OPS GUIDE.
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 02/09
1. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF TANGO MEMBERS DROPPING OUT OF THE
NAVMARCORMARS PROGRAM. THIS COULD BE DUE TO FRUSTRATION, CONFUSION,
AND BEING OVERWHELMED BY THE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO
GET ANSWERS. HOW DO WE FIX THIS.
2. AN ELMER PROGRAM MAY BE THE TOOL TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS FACED BY
THE TANGO MEMBERS.
3. THIS PROGRAM CAN BE STARTED AT THE STATE OR REGION LEVEL. THIS
PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY FOR BOTH THE TANGO STATIONS AND THE EXPERIENCED
STATIONS ASSIGNED AS ELMERS.
4. TANGO MEMBERS WILL BE PAIRED WITH EXPERIENCED STATIONS, WHO WILL HELP
THE TANGO DURING THE LEARNING PROCESS. THE ELMERS WILL FUNCTION AS A POINT
OF CONTACT, WHERE TANGO MEMBERS MAY GET ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS IN AN
INFORMAL WAY. THE ELMER IS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION AS TO THE TANGO'S
QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP, AND THE ELMER'S COMMENTS AND
SUGGESTIONS CAN HELP GUIDE AND FOCUS THE TANGO'S TRAINING PROGRAM ALONG
WITH THE STATE'S TRAINING OFFICER.
5. ANY REGULAR MEMBER CAN VOLUNTEER OR FUNCTION IN THE CAPACITY OF AN
ELMER. INTERESTED MEMBERS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR STATE DIRECTOR THAT THEY
ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN ELMER.
6. LETS GET STARTED WITH AN ELMER PROGRAM. WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE LEARNING AND HAD NOBODY TO HELP US OUT WHEN WE
WERE TANGO MEMBERS. WITH THE HELP OF THISTA, STATE TRAINING OFFICERS , AND
ELMERS, THE TANGO'S WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING
WITH LITTLE OR NO PROBLEMS TO BECOME REGULAR MEMBERS.
7. NORTHEAST AREA: FIRST TO PROUDLY SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE.
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A. NORTHEAST AREA BCST 51/08
B. NORTHEAST AREA BCST 09/09
1. NOW THAT WE ARE USING THE WL2K SYSTEM FOR MESSAGES, THERE HAS BEEN SOME
QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP ABOUT HOW TO SEND ADMIN OR EVEN EEI MESSAGES.
2. FIRST OFF, WE ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTING THE MESSAGES TO THE ADDEES
WHERE WITH THE MDS, THE MULTI PROGRAM DID IT.
3. THE FOLLOWING IS THE WL2K ADDRESSES FOR SOME ADDEES:
NNN0ASI ONE NNN-ASI01(AT)WINLINK.ORG
NNN0ASI TWO NNN-ASI02(AT)WINLINK.ORG
NNN0ASI FOUR NNN-ASI04(AT)WINLINK.ORG
NNN0ASI FIVE NNN-ASI05(AT) WINLINK.ORG
4. IF YOUR REGION DIRECTOR, REGION STAFF, STATE DIRECTOR, AND STATE STAFF
HAVE WINLINK.ORG ADDRESS, MAKE SURE YOU USE THEM.
5. IF THERE ARE NO WL2K ADDRESSES, THEN THE TRAFFIC NEEDS TO BE ROUTED TO THE
STATE'S WL2K ADDRESS.
6. WRT REF A, PARAGRAPH 4 STATES THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ZEN ALL
MESSAGES TO NNN0ASI SNE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THAT MEANS THAT IN THE
HEADING OF MESSAGES, "ZEN" SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF NNN0ASI SNE.
7. WRT REF B, ALL ADMIN AND ECOM MESSAGES (INCLUDING EEI REPORTS) GO TO NNN-
ASI01(AT)WINLINK.ORG AND NOT TO NNN0ASI(AT) WINLINK.ORG.
8. IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU INCLUDE THE EXTENSION "(AT)WINLINK.ORG"
FOR NNN0ASI ONE, NNN0ASI TWO, NNN0ASI FOUR, AND NNN0ASI FIVE BECAUSE THESE
STATIONS ARE USING PACLINK WHICH REQUIRES "(AT) WINLINK.ORG".
9. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT
NNN0ASI4(AT)NAVYMARS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) AND I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU
BETTER.
10. NORTHEAST AREA: FIRST TO PROUDLY SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE.
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA BCST 02/09
1. PROCEDURE FOR TRAINING AND FINAL EXAM:
THERE IS A MARS OPERATOR COURSE, REVIEW TEST AND FINAL EXAM
ON THE NATIONAL WEBSITE WWW.NAVYMARS.ORG (ALL TEXT LOWERCASE).
THEY MAY BE FOUND IN THE TRAINING SECTION. THE FINAL EXAM
REPLACES THE NORTHEAST AREA FINAL EXAM THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN
GIVEN BY THE NORTHEAST AREA. THE MARS OPERATOR FINAL EXAM ON THE
NATIONAL WEBSITE IS THE CURRENT VALID FINAL EXAM.
2. THE MARS OPERATOR COURSE REVIEW TEST SHALL BE GRADED BY THE
STATE ASSISTANT FOR TRAINING OR WHOEVER IS ASSIGNED THIS DUTY
BY THE STATE DITRECTOR.
3. THE MARS OPERATOR COURSE FINAL EXAM SHALL BE GRADED BY THE
NORTHEAST AREA ASSISTANT FOR TRAINING.
4. THE MARS OPERATOR REVIEW TEST MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE THE MARS
OPERATOR FINAL EXAM IS TAKEN.
5. NORTHEAST AREA TESTING PROCEDURE: WHEN THE TRIAL MEMBER IS
READY TO TAKE THE REVIEW TEST, HE/SHE WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO
THEIR STATE TRAINING ASSISTANT WITH THE STATE DIRECTOR AS INFO
ADDEE, STATING THAT HE/SHE IS READY TO TAKE THE MARS OPERATOR
REVIEW TEST. THIS WILL INDICATE PROFICIENCY IN COMPOSING AND
SENDING A MESSAGE.
6. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE REVIEW TEST, THE TRIAL
MEMBER WILL SEND A MESSAGE, STATING THAT HE/SHE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THE MARS OPERATOR COURSE REVIEW TEST AND THAT HE/SHE
IS GOING TO TAKE THE MARS OPERATOR COURSE FINAL EXAM, TO NNN0ASI
FOUR AND NNN0ASI TWO FOUR. INFO ADDEES SHALL BE NNN0ASI, NNN0ASI
ONE, THE TRIAL MEMBER'S STATE DIRECTOR AND STATE TRAINING ASSISTANT.
THIS MESSAGE WILL INDICATE PROFICIENCY IN COMPOSING AND SENDING
MESSAGE TRAFFIC.
7. UPON COMPLETION OF THE MARS OPERATOR COURSE FINAL EXAM, THE
TRIAL MEMBER WILL SUPPLY NNN0ASI FOUR OR NNN0ASI TWO FOUR WITH
THE FINAL EXAM ANSWER SHEET.
8. AFTER THE FINAL EXAM ANSWER SHEET IS GRADED, NNN0ASI FOUR
WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO THE TRIAL MEMBER INFORMING HIM/HER OF
THE RESULTS. INFO ADDEES SHALL BE NNN0ASI, NNN0ASI ONE, NNN0ASI
TWO FOUR, THE TRIAL MEMBER'S STATE DIRECTOR, THE TRIAL MEMBER'S
STATE TRAINING ASSISTANT.
9. NORTHEAST AREA: FIRST TO PROUDLY SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE.
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SUBJ: NORTHEAST AREA TRAINING BCST 01/08
1. THIS IS THE FIRST NEA TRAINING BCST. I PLAN ON IN THE FUTURE TO PUT
OUT TRAINING BCSTS ON ANY CHANGE IN PROCEDURES OR CORRECTIONS
TO PRESENT PROCEDURES.
2. I RECENTLY RECEIVED ECOM MESSAGES FROM A STATE VIA WL2K. THE
ECOM MESSAGES WERE SENT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE MESSAGES.
3. I HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPEN THE ATTACHMENT SINCE IT DIDN'T
OPEN LIKE AN ATTACHMENT IN AN EMAIL. IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPEN THE ATTACHMENT TO READ IT.
4. I SENT AN EMAIL TO NNN0ASZ ASKING ABOUT THE WAY THE ECOM
MESSAGES WERE SENT AND THE TIME SPENT OPENING THE ATTACHMENTS.
5. NNN0ASZ ANSWER WAS THAT ATTACHMENTS CAN BE SENT BY WL2K,
BUT IT ISN'T THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE AN EEI MESSAGE (OR ANY TRAFFIC).
HE SAID THAT THE RECEIVING STATION WOULD HAVE TO OPEN THE
ATTACHMENT TO READ IT OR TO KNOW WHO IS AN ADDEE. THIS SLOWS
THINGS DOWN AND PROVIDES NO BENEFIT.
6. A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE USING A STATE TRAFFIC REP. THE TRAFFIC
REP JUST RECEIVED AN EEI MESSAGE VIA WL2K IN AN ATTACHMENT. NOW
THE TRAFFIC REP HAS TO OPEN THE ATTACHMENT TO SEE WHO THE ADDEE
IS IN THE STATE. IF THE ORIGINATOR DOESN'T "ZEN/" STATIONS, THE
TRAFFIC REP IS REQUIRED TO ROUTE TO ALL OF THE ADDEES.
7. SO ATTACHMENTS ARE GREAT IN SOME CASES, BUT NOT FOR NORMAL
NAVMARCORMARS TRAFFIC.
8. NORTHEAST AREA: FIRST TO PROUDLY SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE.
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