NTS Packet Nodes Update In early March, HQ released an inquiry into the extent of packet-based NTS traffic handling across the country. In a March 3 memorandum, Field Services Manager Rick Palm, K1CE, asked Section Traffic Managers and NTS Officials for information on existing primary Section NTS packet nodes, and their management, and for general comments on the entire issue. In June Section Leader, we published a representative sampling of comments received, most favoring packet-routing development as a viable supplement to NTS. This month we present the updated list of section traffic nodes based on information provided by the memorandum respondents. Readers are encouraged to send corrections/additions to K1CE at ARRL HQ. Section Packet Traffic Nodes (as of September 15, 1987) NTS ARRL Section Primary Section State and ARRL Designator Node Section Served First Region NTSMA K1UGM Massachusetts NTSEMA K1UGM Eastern Massachusetts NTSWMA K1UGM Western Massachusetts NTSME WB1DSW Maine NTSNH WB1DSW New Hampshire NTSVT KD1R Vermont NTSCT K1CE Connecticut NTSRI N1DKF Rhode Island Second Region NTSNJ WA2SNA, KB1BD New Jersey NTSNNJ WA2SNA Northern New Jersey NTSSNJ KB1BD Southern New Jersey NTSNY New York NTSNLI AI2Q NYC-Long Island NTSENY WA2RKN, WB2QJA Eastern New York NTSWNY W2ICZ, KC3BQ Western New York Third Region NTSDE WB3FFV Delaware NTSPA KB3UD Pennsylvania NTSEPA KB3UD Eastern Pennsylvania NTSWPA W2XO Western Pennsylvania NTSMDC W3IWI Maryland-DC Fourth Region NTSFL Florida NTSSFL N2WX Southern Florida NTSNFL K4OZS Northern Florida NTSGA WA4VMV Georgia NTSNC KK4L North Carolina NTSSC KF4EF South Carolina NTSVA WA4ONG-10 Virginia NTSWIN KR5S West Indies Fifth Region NTSAL W4CUE, K4BFT Alabama NTSAR N5WX, WD5B Arkansas NTSLA WA5DVV,WD5B Louisiana NTSMS WA5DVV Mississippi NTSOK N5WX Oklahoma NTSTN K4EID Tennessee NTSTX W5XO, WA5JXY, Texas WA5QZI NTSSTX WB5BBW, KB5PM Southern Texas NTSNTX WA5MWD Northern Texas NTSWTX AE5I West Texas Sixth Region NTSCA W6CUS California NTSSDG NK6K San Diego NTSSB W6IXU Santa Barbara NTSORA W6IXU Orange NTSLAX W6IXU Los Angeles NTSEB W6CUS East Bay NTSSV WD6BFC Sacramento Valley NTSSJV N6HAV San Joaquin Valley NTSSCV W6CUS Santa Clara Valley NTSSF W6CUS San Francisco NTSPAC KH6WY Pacific NTSHI KH6WY Hawaii NTSNV WB7BNI Nevada Seventh Region NTSAB Unknown Alberta NTSAK KL7GNG Alaska NTSBC VE7CFL,VE7KIT, British Columbia VE7TOM NTSID KE7OM Idaho NTSMT Unknown Montana NTSOR W7XI Oregon NTSWA WB7DCH Washington Eighth Region NTSOH AD8I Ohio NTSMI WA1LRL Michigan NTSWV AD8I, W3IWI West Virginia Ninth Region NTSIL W9ZRX Illinois NTSIN W9ZRX, AD8I Indiana NTSKY W9ZRX, AD8I Kentucky NTSWI WD9DHI Wisconsin Tenth Region NTSIA N0AN Iowa NTSMO K0PFX, K0CM Missouri NTSKS WB0AEX, N5DKQ Kansas NTSMB VE4ANR Manitoba NTSMN WA0CQG Minnesota NTSNE K0BOY, NF0N Nebraska NTSND VE4AFO North Dakota NTSSD WA0CQGn South Dakota NTSSK Unknown Saskatchewan Eastern Canada NTSMR VE1AIC, VE1EI Maritimes NTSNF Unknown Newfoundland NTSON VE3GYQ Ontario NTSPQ VE2ED Quebec Twelfth Region NTSAZ WB7TPY, KR5S, Arizona WB7BNI NTSCO W1HAB, K0HOA Colorado NTSUT WA7UZO Utah NTSNM KN5D New Mexico NTSWY Unknown Wyoming ________________________________________________________________________ Notes: 1. Primary NTS Section nodes should have in their forwarding tables the initial routing information for all of the state designators; SYSOPs should autoforward NTS mail towards the destination nodes listed above in the most efficient manner possible. 2. To send a radiogram, the sender should need know only the addressee's state designator. 3. NTS/packet operators should look at the path information in received messages to determine any problem delays in routing. 4. NTS-appointed Region Packet Managers should monitor Section-to- Section traffic flow. 5. Responsibility for NTS traffic clearance of section traffic bulletin boards rests with the Section Traffic Manager.