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call is the callsign of the station the message is addressed to.
bbcall is the callsign of a full service BBS to deliver the message to.
haddr is the complete Hierarchical address designator for the BBS system or
destination of the message (see the section below on ―Hierarchical Addresses‖
for more detailed information). Contact your local community BBS SYSOP for
complete information on local Hierarchical addressing.
location is the designator used for distribution of the message. For TRAFFIC,
this should be NTSxx where xx is the two letter POSTAL code for the state.
mid is the MESSAGE ID assigned to the message by the originator.
bid is the BULLETIN ID assigned to the message by the originator.
zip is the 5 digit postal zip code (or postal code)
cat is the message category. For instance, a message requesting help on a
subject may be sent to the category HELP, info sent to INFO, items for sale to
SALE, etc. Contact your local community BBS SYSOP for some other examples
and suggestions.
Some examples of commands would be:
SP WB5BBW @ W5AC.#STX.TX.USA.NOAM
This command sends a private message to WB5BBW. The message should be sent to
the W5AC BBS system, in South Texas (.#STX), which is in Texas (.TX), which is in the
USA (.USA), which is in North America (.NOAM) where WB5BBW can retrieve it.
ST 88030 @ NTSNM
This command sends an NTS traffic message to a non-ham, or to someone who is not
on packet, living in zip code 88030 which is in New Mexico. The location field contains
the NTSxx (xx = NM) to indicate that the 88030 zip code is in New Mexico.
SB RACES @ ALLUS $RACESBUL.010
This command sends a bulletin addressed to RACES, which should be sent to all BBS
system in the USA (ALLUS) and has been assigned the Bulletin ID (BID)
RACESBUL.010. This BID prevents the same message from being duplicated as it
travels throughout the BBS system.
When you send a message to the PBBS, you must include the @BBS (bbcall[.haddr])
field if you want the message to be reverse forwarded from the PBBS to a full-service
BBS system. Any message entered into the PBBS over the radio will initially be marked
with a status of H (held) and will not be reverse forwarded until the SYSOP has edited
the message header and changed the H flag. This gives the SYSOP full control over the
messages relayed by his station.
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