PACKET MADE EASY 02

       The  object  of  these  bulletins  are  to familiarize newcomers and
       veterans  of  packet  to  the  end  user  part  of  packet   without
       complicating it with the more technical aspects of packet.

                                SENDING BULLETINS

       In Packet Made Easy 01 we went over listing and reading messages and
       bulletins. Now that you are familiar with this you may want to  sent
       a bulletin of your own.

       Keep  in  mind that any thing sent over packet MUST NOT VIOLATE PART
       97 of the FCC rules.

       Keeping  this in mind you are ready to start. One points to consider
       is will your message be of  interest  to  others.  If  it  isn't  of
       interest  to  anyone there is no since in sending it into the packet
       system.

       To send a bulletin you should use a text editor or  word  processing
       program  this  will  help in saving air time at the local level. Now
       that we have all this out of the way, let move on to  the  mechanics
       of sending a bulletin.

       To  enter  a  bulletin  you  will use the command SB, and address it
       something like SB ALL @ USA or maybe  SB  BEACON  @  USA.  The  word
       BEACON  in  the  second example will give a hint of what is to come.
       Now that you have entered the address line you will  want  to  enter
       the  subject  line (example 10 Meter Beacon List).  Next   you  will
       want to send the text of your bulletin, ending it with a CONTROL Z.

       EXAMPLE:
                SB Beacon @ USA (ENTER)
                10 Meter Beacon (ENTER)

                TEXT OF MESSAGE (transfer from word processor)

       ONE  VERY  IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER *** KEEP YOUR MESSAGE BETWEEN
       2000 TO 3000 BYTES *** EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO SEND IT IN TWO PARTS. You
       may be operating at 2400 or 1200 buad but keep  in  mind  that  your
       message  will  be  going on HF at 300 buad. A message more that more
       than 3000 bytes may cause a bottleneck at a HF station. At  best  it
       will  slow  all  traffic  down  and  will probably be killed at that
       point.

       Packet  Made Easy 03 will be on sending messages via the packet BBS
       system.

       73 Stanley KC4DPC @ N4CCK.#ILMNC.NC.USA.NA