Category : Science and Education
Archive   : W9ZRX89.ZIP
Filename : READ_ME

Hello again ..... well I'm late as usual! I had intended to get out this list
two months ago, but we've been enjoying this summer too much. My XYL Diane
spent last summer in and out of the hospital. This summer everyone's been
feeling well and we've spent a lot of time at State Parks on the weekends. We
have a 1 year-old Labrador puppy named Daisy who literally bounces off the
walls if we don't take her "parking" on the weekends to run off her energy.
Of course we don't need the exercise, we do it just for the puppy! The worst
thing is that each time she gets a little more stamina and we ......

New to this release is a subdirectory VE_ZIP. The files in this subdirectory
use W0RLI's new "wildcard" characters to construct unambigious routings for
NTS Traffic addressed to Canadian "Zip_Codes". Those using AA4RE software
have similar capability, but with different symbols. You should be able to
use the files by simple substitution. Please read the file \VE-ZIP\RLI_ONLY.!!!
for further details. I would like your feedback on whether you find this useful.

So Dave, where are the DX Listings you promised us?? Well folks, the road
to hell is paved with good intentions!! Back in May I had some major sinus
surgery that grounded me for a month. I didn't feel as good as quickly as I
had hoped, and when i got back to work I spent 5 of the next 8 weeks traveling.
So I just didn't get the DX database built, or any data entered. However
I do plan on starting that database immediately after getting out this release
today. It will be much abbreviated from the USA and CAN databases in that I
do not intend to try to capture addeesses, telephone numbers, type of
equipment, software, etc. In fact I have doubts about the usefulness of
frequency information. I think it will be limited to Callsign, City, Country,
and Grid-Square. For sure I want to get the hierarchical designators included.
One problem will be that a forwarding file will be much easier to build with
the AA4RE/W0RLI wildcards, but will not be useful to those of you running
WA7MBL software. I don't know about the capability of WA8BXN's MSYS software.

Something that will have to be added in the future are in-state hierarchical
designators. These would help route messages to those states with gaps in
their intrastate network and multiple HF entry points. I have a list of these
from Florida and I would appareciate receiving any lists from your state.

Many thanks to my XYL for labeling and stamping this release, and to John,
N5AAA for printing the labels (my printer got damaged by a power surge) and
for duplicating the floppy disks.

This release came in at about the same cost at the last:

Floppy Disk ..... .23
Mailer .......... .19
Postage ......... .65
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Total ........... $ 1.07

I've seen some lighter wieght mailers at a approximately the same price, but
I'm concerned that they may not be as sturdy. If they are acceptable, then I
could eventually cut another $.20 off of postage costs. I have another
mailing's worth of these floppy mailers, however.

This release was mailed to members of the 10.149, 14.098, 14.109, 14.111,
21.097, and some members of the 14.107 Hf Networks - about 125 floppies in all.
I sincerely appreciate those who help defray my expenses, however some of you
have simply borne too much of the burden in past contributions.

Christmas is less than 3 months away !!! A enjoyable Holiday Season to all
and Best Wishs for 1990.



Dave, Diane, and Daisy Zeph 9 October 1989