Instructions on how to Originate a Service Message Messages encountered anywhere in the NTS system that can not be relayed or delivered are NOT discarded. A Service Message back to the originating station must be generated. There are only three things that an operator can do with a message: 1. Relay it 2. Deliver it 3. Service it back to the Station of Origination, Not the Place of origin. Generating service messages is the responsibility of the station holding the message. Please keep messages for your records for at least one year. You do not need to advise Net Control what you did with the message. This information is for your records only. Once you accept a message, its yours to do one of the three above. The following is a typical Service Message FROM HXC, CANNOT DELIVER: SVC 26 R WA9HYM ARL 8 Chino Valley AZ May 15 Loren S. Pimentel N1IQI 5 Evan Rd. Pembroke MA 02359 (or the address of any one else, some as below) 781 293 3861 BREAK ARL Sixty seven 3214 wrong phone number 73 BREAK Henry WA9HYM End No More The following is a typical Service Message FROM HXC, reporting your delivery. SVC 27 R WA9HYM ARL 9 Phoenix AZ Nov 20 ROBERT J BRUNDIGE N1UAN 1002 MINTON PLACE KINGSPORT TN 37660-3942 423 245 3391 BREAK ARL Forty Seven 3216 Wiiiiams Nov 19 0200Z 73 BREAK Henry WA9HYM IDEAS TO HELP GENERATE RADIOGRAMS We all know that bulk traffic is ok and it helps with keeping us busy practicing, but how about initiating some new radiograms ourselves to help keep the NTS more active. I think this would be a lot of fun, just to see how many make it through and the response we get. Don't worry too much if you cannot get a phone number try it without it. If they are not listed you will not get it. Try Dex Knows and The White Pages on line. The Net would very much appreciate all of you sending a radioigram, BY USING ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING suggestions. I hope the below statements will help you do that. The following is some ideas that the net found and put together. If you come up with more, and I know there are more, please let me know. We can discuss them at the next training session. 1. I know that many of you do a little rag-chewing, how about sending a radiogram to the one you talked to and thanking him or her. This works very well and traffic handlers like this type of message. 2. How about after reading an article in QST or CQ you send a radiogram to the author and thank them. 3. Thanking some one for a QSL Card, and letting them know one is on the way. This is another good one. try it, it will make some one very happy. 4. Thanking some one for any help they may have given you. No matter what the help is this will definitely cheer them up. 5. Invite some one to our Section Net, ATEN, or any other Net. Just make them feel at home. 6. Ask some one a Question about anything, (logging software, nets, radios, antennas, ect.) 7. Congratulate someone for upgrading, and the various awards that you may read about. 8. Don't forget Happy Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings, any other occasion, and there are many, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, ect. 9. Invite other ARRL officials to reply with a radiogram. They are listed in QST and on the ARRL website. 10. Making a sked with someone you want to talk to, maybe for a WAS, County, QSO Party, Grid, ect. 11. Invite them to your club meeting and or a Ham breakfast. 12. Invite back a former Net member or visitors. You may know of some past members that you can contact. 13. Don't forget to use the new one , “ATEN CHECK OF 13”, below ! Asking another Ham to send you a radiogram to help keep the NTS active. ATEN CHECK OF 13 Ragiogram to invite a RADIOGRAM reply from any Ham. YOU MUST ORIGINATE THE BELOW RADOGRAM YOURSELF JUST PLUG IN YOUR INFO. NUMBER R HXC YOUR CALL 13 YOUR CITY AND STATE DATE ADDRESSEE STREET ADDRESS CITY AND STATE ZIP CODE PHONE BREAK JOIN US TO KEEP NTS ACTIVE X PLEASE SEND ME A RADIOGRAM 73 BREAK SIGNATURE WITH YOUR NAME AND CALL, OPTIONAL www.atenaz.net and or www.saguaronts.net Radiogram For New Hams NUMBER R HXC YOUR CALL ARL10 YOUR CITY AND STATE DATE NAME AND CALL OF NEW HAM ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE: (Look it up in the white pages) BREAK ARL SIXTY NINE ARIZONA SECTION SEE ATENAZ DOT NET 73 BREAK YOUR SIGNATURE Remember OP notes are there to give the addressee more info when you call by phone. Also used for extra info for radio operators. When deliverying the messge Please READ the ARRL Radiogram Sixty Nine, don't say ARL 69 Instructions on how to Originate a Station Activity Report, SAR, by Voice and Digital. PLEASE SEND YOUR DIGITAL REPORT BY ITSELF TO GRANT WB6OTS EVERY MONTH. This MONTHLY Report must be sent to the Arizona Section Traffic Manager who is, Tomy KF7GC, Chino Valley AZ. You can originate this message and send it to either Tomy, or any station for delivery to Tomy. I need to have these reports by the 9th of each month. I send my report to ARRL on the 10th. If you are in another State, you must send this report to your State's STM. You still can send it to any Liaison station on ATEN for relay to your STM via the NTS System, or find a net in your state, or just deliver to your STM. This is your SAR report to the STM every month You should keep records for yourself on the following for this report: How many messages you have: From all your nets! EXAMPLE: Originated 4 (3rd party only) Sent 32 Received 34 Delivered 5 Your Total would be 75 PEASE SEND ME THE SAR TOTAL ONLY AS IN THE EXAMPLE MESSAGE BELOW: SAR EXAMPLE: NUMBER R YOUR CALL 5 Your City and State DATE Tomy KF7GC BREAK SAR Month Total ________ 73 BREAK Your signature END NO MORE Instructions on how to Originate a PSHR Report This also is sent to the STM for Arizona. If you are in another State, direct your message to your State's Section Traffic manager. You can also send this message on ATEN to any Liaison station for relay to your STM via the NTS System. You need to have these Arizona reports into me by the 9th of each month. I send my report to ARRL on the 10th. Begining this month, August, 2016 please forward to me your PSHR report with TOTALS only! PSHR EXAMPLE: NUMBER R YOUR CALL 5 YOUR CITY AND STATE DATE TOMY KF7GC BREAK PSHR MONTH TOTAL _______ 73 BREAK YOUR SIGNATURE END NO MOORE This is how to send SAR and PSHR messages each month in book form: R YOUR CALL SIGN 5 YOUR CITY AND STATE DATE (MONTH AND DAY ONLY) TOMY (KF7GC) BREAK YOUR SIGNATURE BREAK NUMBER 13 SAR MONTH TOTAL ______ 73 BREAK NUMBER 14 PSHR MONTH TOTAL ______ 73 END BOOK NO MORE Both SAR and PSHR information can be found in Chapter 7 of the Methods, Practices, and Guidelines book. Link on the home page. SOME COMMON ADDRESSEES FOR SERVICE MESSAGES N1IQI LOREN S PIMENTEL 5 EVAN RD, Pembroke MA 02359 781 293 3861 LAURA K HUTTON K6HTN PO BOX 60212 PASADENA CA 91116 626 485 5977 626-797-5178 Judith or Jutti Marsh K6FRG 4698 San Andreas Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90065 323-256-7744 KRISTINE J BATKA NX9K 8271 HOLLYWOOD RD NEKOOSA WI 54457 715 886 4111 LARRY JONES/ WB9FHP 1475 S STATE RD 37 PAOLI IN 47454 SKIP MORETTI, K7OAH 4608 E OAK ST PHOENIX, AZ 85008 OPS NOTE: EMAIL K7OAH1 AT SIGN GMAIL DOT COM Updated as of: 9/25/2014 3:30 PM W7QK/K7IFG SEVENTH DISTRICT QSL BUREAU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 18955 SW BLANTON ST ALOHA OR 97007-1230 DICK JONES, W0PZD 9509 EAST KOKOPELLI CIRCLE TUCSON, AZ 85748-7407 OPS NOTE: W0PZD@JUNO.COM NTS COMMON TEXTS HAM GENERATED Included here is a list of stations that send out large quantities of messages with common texts. Print a copy of this file and keep it handy for ready reference. The originating station may have more than one common text message. The differences in messages are distinguished by the check count. R HXC N1IQI 25 PEMBROKE MA (date) BT A FRIENDLY REMINDER YOUR AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE EXPIRES (month) (day) 2008 HOPE YOU WILL RENEW IF NOT DONE SO ALREADY WE NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION 73 BT LOREN N1IQI R HXCE K6HTN 24 PASADENA CA BT NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW TO SEND OR RECEIVE A RADIOGRAM X RRI HAS TRAINING AND MENTORING FOR YOU OR YOUR NEW RECRUITS 73 BT KATE HUTTON K6HTN RRI TRAINING MANAGER R HXE K6HTN 23 PASADENA CA MAR 10 BT GREETINGS BY AMATEUR RADIO X CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE X ASK DELIVERING HAM FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THIS MESSAGE 73 BT
7TH QSL BUEAU R HXG K7IFG ARL 6 BEAVER CREEK OR [DATE] BT ARL FIFTY SIX UPGRADE X 73 BT MEMBERS OF W7QK 7TH QSL BUEAU ARC R HXG K7IFG 10 BEAVERCREEK OR BT ARL FIFTY SIX UPGRADE TO HIGHER CLASS LICENSE X 73 BT SEVENTH QSL BUREAU R HXG K7IFG(ck) BEAVERCREEK OR (Date) 5 BEST WISHES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY SIG 7TH QSL BUREAU R HXG WB9FHP 24 PAOLI IN BT HOPE YOU BEEN ENJOYING YOUR EXCURSION INTO THE WORLD OF AMATEUR RADIO X TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM 73 BT LARRY WB9FHP R HXG WB9FHP 25 PAOLI IN BT SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND EVENTS HAPPEN IN FRIENDS AND RELATIVES LIVES QUITE OFTEN X SHOW YOUR REMEMBRANCE AND SUPPORT IN A SURPRISING WAY SEND A RADIOGRAM R HXC K7OAH 13 PHOENIX AZ BT JOIN US TO KEEP NTS ACTIVE X PLEASE SEND ME A RADIOGRAM 73 BT SKIP/K7OAH AR R HXC K7OAH 15 PHOENIX AZ xxx xx BT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR xxx SESSIONS ON THE VE HONOR ROLL IN THE JUNE QST 73 BT SKIP/K7OAH AR R HXC W0PZD ARL 9 TUCSON AZ xxx xx <ADDRESSEE> BT ARL FIFTY SIX NEW CALL ARL SIXTY NINE HOBBY BT R HXC K0NTS 10 CENTENNIAL CO BT FRIENDLY REMINDER YOUR LICENSE EXPIRES BLANK BLANK X PLEASE RENEW BT K0XK AND THE CO TRAFFIC LEAGUE MESSAGE TO DAYTON HAMVENTION NUMBER R YOUR CALL 7 YOUR CITY AND STATE DATE ARRL EXPO DAYTON HAMVENTION 1001 SHILOH SPRINGS RD DAYTON OHIO 45415 BT THANK YOU FOR THE NTS BOOTH 73 BT YOUR NAME AND CALL END NO MORE. WB6OTS UPGRADE R HXG WB6OTS 15 SIERRA VISTA AZ BT THANKS ON IMPROVING YOUR AMATEUR RADIO SKILLS BY UPGRADING X CONSIDER JOINING NTS X 73 BT GRANT WB6OTS NTS ORS/TWN DIGITAL HUB AR VANITY CALL R HXG WB6OTS 12 SIERRA VISTA AZ BT ENJOY YOUR VANITY CALL X CONSIDER BECOMING ACTIVE IN NTS X 73 BT GRANT WB6OTS NTS ORS/TWN DIGITAL HUB AR NEW LICENSE R HXG WB6OTS ARL17 SIERRA VISTA AZ BT ARL FIFTY X WELCOME TO AMATEUR RADIO X CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM X 73 BT GRANT WB6OTS NTS ORS/TWN DIGITAL HUB HXG NX9K 23 NX9K NEKOOSA WI BT THERE ARE MANY FINE NETS IN ARIZONA PLEASE LISTEN OR CHECK IN AS THEY WILL APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION X PLEASE TRY IT 73 BT KRIS NX9K AND JIM N9VC R HXG NX9K 25 NEKOOSA WI BT TRAFFIC HANDLING IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL IN OUR HOBBY X THANKS FOR TAKING THIS MESSAGE WHICH TESTS THE SYSTEM X PLEASE SEND A REPLY 73 BT KRIS NX9K AND JIM N9VC R HXG NX9K 21 NEKOOSA WI DATE BT THE NTS USES MESSAGES LIKE THIS TO TEST THE SYSTEM X THANKS FOR ACCEPTING THIS MESSAGE AND PLEASE SEND A REPLY BT KRIS NX9K AND JIM N9VC R HXG NX9K 16 NEKOOSA WI DATE TRAFFIC HANDLING IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL IN OUR HOBBY X THIS MESSAGE TESTS THE SYSTEM 73 KRIS NX9K AND JIM N9VC R HXC KI0JO ARL 8 OCALA FL BT ARL FIFTY SIX LICENSE UPGRADE TO EXTRA 73 BT NR R HXC KI0JO ARL20 OCALA FL (NEW DEC 2017) ARL FIFTY SIX NEW AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE X GOOGLE ARRL NTS TO LEARN HOW THIS MESSAGE FOUND YOU X 73 R AA7BM 24 SAN SIMON AZ (DATE) BT TUESDAY IS TRAINING NIGHT PLEASE LISTEN ON THE EAARS REPEATER NEAR YOU AT 6:30 PM AND LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP IN AN EMERGENCY BT BYRON AA7BM AR R HXG AA7BM 25 SAN SIMON AZ (DATE) BT THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM IS IN NEED OF OPERATORS IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES PLEASE JOIN A LOCAL NET AND TRAIN TO BE READY THANKS 73 BT BYRON AA7BM AR R WA4STO 18 WILBER NE (DATE) BT ENJOY YOUR NEW HAM LICENSE X LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY 73 BT LUCK WA4STO R HXG NA5YO 25 PALLACIOS, TX DATE BT THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM COULD USE CW AND PHONE OPERATORS CHECK THE ARRL WEB PAGE FOR NETS IN YOUR AREA LEARN HOW AND HAVE FUN BT Doug NA5YO R HXF# WB9QPM ARL 15 SHELBYVILLE, IL DATE BT ARL FORTY SIX FROM THE 75 METER ISBN JOIN US AT 0100Z 3985 KHZ 73 BT THE 75 METER INTERSTATE SIDEBAND NET R HXC/G KC9WWH ARL 20 EAU CLAIRE WI DATE BT ARL FIFTY SIX UPGRADE TO GENERAL X I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE NEW PRIVILEGES YOUR LICENSE HAS TO OFFER 73 BT R HXC KF7LEC 18 TUCSON AZ Date: (ADDRESSEE) BT THANKS FOR YOUR WORK WITH LAUREL VEC X CONSIDER JOINING A LOCAL TRAFFIC NET X ITS FUN 73 BT JORDAN KF7LEC NR R HXCG KD2MDV 25 BROOKLYN NY DATE ADDRESSEE BT NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM IS A GREAT WAY TO SEND MESSAGESTO FAMILY AND FRIENDCS X LEARN HOW IT WORKS BY VISITING ARRL WEBSITE X 73 BT EUGENE KD2MDV NR R HXC KC7ZZ 15 TUCSON AZ AUG 21 ADDRESSEE PHONE NUMBER BT ENJOY TRAFFIC HANDLING X JOIN RRI BY GOING TO RADIO DASH RELAY DOT ORG 73 BT BILL KC7ZZ NR R DL4FN 23 ERBACH ODW DATE BT HELLO __________ X CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE X ASK DELIVERING HAM FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THIS MESSAGE X WARMEST REGARDS BT PETER DL4FN OP NOTE REPLY OR SERVICE MESSAGE TO DL4FN VIA KE5YTA RICHARDSON TX 75080 NR R DL4FN 24 ERBACH DEU DATE ADDRESSEE BT HELLO NAME X CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE X ENJOY THE FUN AND FELLOWSHIP OF THE AMATEUR RADIO WORLD X BEST REGARDS BT PETER DL4FN OP NOTE REPLY OR SERVICE MESSAGE TO DL4FN VIA KE5YTA RICHARDSON TX 75080 | 
