PACKET MADE EASY 03

       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 MESSAGES

       In Packet Made Easy 02 we went over sending bulletins. Now that  you
       are  familiar  with  this you may want to sent a personal message to
       someone via packet.

       REMEMBER any thing sent over packet  MUST  NOT  VIOLATE  FCC  rules.
       Keeping  this in mind you are ready to start.

       To  send  a  message you should use a text editor or word processing
       program just as in sending bulletins to help in save air time at the
       local level. Now let move on to the mechanics of sending a bulletin.

       To enter a message you will use the command S or SP, and address  it
       something  like S or SP KC4DPC @ N4CCK or if you know the address of
       the the BBS that you are sending the message to you would SP  KC4DPC
       @ N4CCK.#ILMNC.NC.USA.NA this help in routing. Next you will want to
       enter the subject. This should be the QTH of the  home  BBS  of  the
       person the message is being sent to. In my case the subject would be
       Wilmington, NC., this also helps in routing. End with a CONTROL Z.

       EXAMPLE:
                SP KC4DPC @ N4CCK.#ILMNC.NC.USA.NA (ENTER)
                Wilmington, NC (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 04 will be on BBS use.

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