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INFO NNN0ASA VA
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SUBJ: REGION NINE BCST 06/09
A. NTP 8(D), ARTICLES 650 - 654.
1. PASSING TRAFFIC ACROSS STATE/REGION/AREA BOUNDARIES. THIS
RESTRICTION WAS PUT IN PLACE IN PACIFIC AREA TO PRESERVE THE ORDERLY
FLOW OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AA4RE MDS WHEN WE HAD IT. IF THE STATE
MAILBOXES NEVER GOT USED, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO MOTIVATE THE
SYSOPS OF SAME TO PUT ONE UP AND TO MAINTAIN IT'S OPERATION ON A
24/7 BASIS. NOT HAVING MBOS WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE TRAFFIC REP POOL
SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE NO READILY AVAILABLE REPOSITORY FOR THEIR
TRAFFIC, COMING OR GOING OUT OF THE STATE. THAT SAID, IT MUST BE
POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NEVER THE INTENT OF THE RULE TO DEPRIVE A
MEMBER FROM GETTING HIS TRAFFIC OFF A NET THAT HE WAS CHECKED IN TO
WHEN THERE WAS TRAFFIC THERE FOR HIM. IF THERE IS TRAFFIC FOR A
STATION THAT IS CHECKED INTO A NET, REGARDLESS IF IT IS HIS HOME
STATE NET OR NOT, THE TRAFFIC SHOULD BE PASSED TO HIM DIRECTLY AND
NOT DIRECTED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC REP TO WINLINK. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO LOGIC IN NOT DOING THAT. HOWEVER, NO ONE ON A NET OUTSIDE HIS OR
HER STATE IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE TRAFFIC FROM THAT NET FOR ANY OTHER
PERSON IN HIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE. UNLESS THE PERSON IS ON THE
NET, PERSONALLY, HIS TRAFFIC WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE NET'S
TRAFFIC REP.
2. A FEW, PERHAPS NEWER, LESS INFORMED MEMBERS ARE QUESTIONING THE
VALIDITY OF DIRECTIVES APPEARING IN THE PAOG THAT DO NOT ALSO APPEAR
IN NTP 8(D). THE PURPOSE OF THE PAOG IS TO AMPLIFY OR MODIFY THE
INSTRUCTION CONTAINED IN NTP 8(D) TO MATCH LOCAL CONDITIONS/
SITUATIONS AND PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE
NOT ADDRESSED BY NTP 8(D). THEREFORE, YOU MAY FREQUENTLY FIND
DIRECTIONS IN THE PAOG THAT DO NOT APPEAR IN NTP 8(D). BE ASSURED
THAT CHIEF NMCM DOES REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PAOG ANYTIME THAT
UPDATES/REVISIONS ARE MADE TO THE PAOG BEFORE IT IS REISSUED, SO IN
EFFECT THE DIRECTION IS COMING DOWN THE CHAIN-OF-COMMAND WITH HIS
BLESSING.
3. NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE MARS TRAFFIC MAY BE SENT AND RECEIVED ON
ANY MARS NETWORK. THAT IS ALL A PART OF INTEROPERABILITY. BECAUSE 
THE
MARS SERVICES ALL USE, BASICALLY, THE SAME 16-LINE MESSAGE FORMAT,
ONLY SMALL CHANGES IN FORMATTING IS REQUIRED AT THE RECEIVING END.
AMATEUR RADIO, SHARES AND OTHER AGENCY/COMPANY MESSAGES MAY ALSO BE
SENT ON NMCM. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT USE OUR STANDARD 16-LINE
MESSAGE FORMAT, THESE MESSAGES MUST BE TOTALLY REFORMATTED, IAW REF
A, TO THE 16-LINE MESSAGE FORMAT BEFORE THEY ARE SENT ON OUR NETS.
4. REGION NINE, SERVING THE BEST WITH THE BEST.
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