NA-USER: Frequently Asked Questions
Last revised: 14 January 1996
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This FAQ answers the following questions:
1. What is NA?
2. What is NA-USER?
3. How do I subscribe?
4. How do I unsubscribe?
5. How do I read old messages?
6. How do I obtain NA?
7. How do I receive updates to the country file?
8. How do I find other NA-related files?
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What is NA?
NA is a contest logging program written by Dave Pruett, K8CC. It has templates
for 18 major contests, including "Create-a-Contest" custom contest module. It
supports four different voice keyers, most popular ICOM, Kenwood and Yaesu
radios, and works on all IBM PCs and compatibles. While it shares a common user
interface with CT by K1EA, it includes templates for some contests that CT does
not support, notably the NA QSO Party and the NCJ Sprints.
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What is NA-USER?
NA-USER@VE7TCP.AMPR.ORG is an electronic mailing list ("reflector") for
discussing the NA software. This is the place to ask questions, report bugs and
suggest new features. In addition, updates to NA are announced here, as are
updates to the country file (COUNTRY.DAT).
Each message you send to NA-USER@VE7TCP.AMPR.ORG will be sent out to all the
other subscribers. Therefore, it's important to think about what you're going
to say, and how you're going to say it, before you send the message.
Also remember that many subscribers receive their E-mail through commercial
services such as CompuServe and MCImail. In essence, many people are paying for
each byte of every message sent to NA-USER. So please follow the following
simple rules:
* Sign EVERY message you send with your NAME, CALLSIGN, and E-mail address!
Many people do not see all the mail headers, so they can not determine who
sent the message.
* Make sure every byte of your message adds value to the reflector! Don't
quote an entire message, only to add "I agree" to the end.
* If you want to reply to the original sender only, PLEASE make sure to
remove the mailing list address from your mail header! Otherwise everyone
on the list will see your private comment.
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How do I subscribe?
Simply send a message to na-user-request@ve7tcp.ampr.org with the following
text in the BODY of the mail message:
subscribe
A better way, however, is to include your name and callsign in the message to
na-user-request, for example:
subscribe reisert@ve7tcp.ampr.org (Jim Reisert AD1C)
This can also be helpful if you want your mailing address to be different than
your usual REPLY address. For example, if you log into multiple workstations
that are all in the same domain.
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How do I unsubscribe?
Send a message to na-user-request@ve7tcp.ampr.org with the following text in
the BODY of the mail message:
unsubscribe
If you subscribed with an address that was different than your usual REPLY
address, you will have to include that address in the request, for example:
unsubscribe reisert@ve7tcp.ampr.org (Jim Reisert AD1C)
Please do not send "SUBSCRIBE" or "UNSUBSCRIBE" requests to
na-user@ve7tcp.ampr.org! They will be returned to you anyway.
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How do I read old messages?
There is an archive of old messages available at:
http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/Lists/INDEX/na-user/
For the WEB-impaired, the files are also available via anonymous FTP:
ftp://ve7tcp.ampr.org/mailing-lists/archives/na-user/
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How do I obtain NA?
NA is distributed exclusively by:
LTA
P.O. Box 77
New Bedford, PA 16140
Orders: 216-565-9950 (24 hours)
BBS: 412-528-8877 (14.4K, N81, 24 hours)
NA Version 9 is $55.00 or $35.00 upgrade from Version 8. Add $3.00 shipping for
USA, $6.00 shipping VE & DX.
The current version of NA is 9.26 as of 12 December 1995. NA 9 has templates
for:
* ARRL 10 Meter Contest
* ARRL 160 Contest
* ARRL DX Competition
* ARRL Field Day
* ARRL Sweepstakes
* ARRL UHF Contest
* ARRL VHF QSO Party
* ARRL VHF Sweepstakes
* CQ 160 Contest
* CQ WPX Contest
* CQ Worldwide
* California QSO Party
* DX Logger
* Grid Logger
* IARU Radiosport Championship
* Michigan QSO Party
* NCJ NA Sprint
* North American QSO Party (NAQP)
* Novice Roundup
* Pennsylvania QSO Party
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How do I receive updates to the country file?
The country file is available via anonymous FTP to:
ftp://ve7tcp.ampr.org/software/na/country.dat
You can also receive it by sending a message to na-user-request@ve7tcp.ampr.org
with the following text in the BODY of the mail message:
GET country.dat
Or you can download the file from the NA BBS.
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How do I find other NA-related files?
Try anonymous FTP to:
ftp://ve7tcp.ampr.org/software/na/
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Please send mail to Tim Duffy, K3LR <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> if you have
questions about NA.
Please send mail to Jim Reisert, AD1C <reisert@ve7tcp.ampr.org> if you are
having problems with the mailing list or the FTP/WWW site.
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Jim Reisert <AD1C@tiac.net>
http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/~reisert/
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