* the Rri Is Complete. Now It Is Time for the Second Part of the Task

ACP 127 - CODRESS

* THE RRI IS COMPLETE. NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE TASK,

AND THAT IS TO PUT THE RRI IN ACP-127 CODRESS FORMAT, AND TO DO THAT,

WE HAVE TO ENCODE OUR RRI. WHAT I DO IS, WHILE I HAVE THE RRI DISPLAYED,

I RIGHT CLICK IN THE BOX, AND THEN CLICK SELECT ALL. THEN I RIGHT

CLICK AND CLICK ON COPY.

* NOW TO ENCODE THE RRI, WE BRING UP OUR MARS TRANSEC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP

DUAL KEY PROGRAM, AND AFTER HITTING THE PROCESS KEYS BUTTON, PASTE THE RRI

IN THE PLAINTEXT BOX, AND CLICK ENCRYPT PLAINTEXT INTO CIPHERTEXT. NOW YOU

HAVE THE RRI ENCODED, SO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE CODED TEXT (BE SURE YOU GET IT

ALL) RIGHT CLICK, AND LEFT CLICK ON COPY.

* WE ARE ALMOST COMPLETE.

* BRING UP YOUR ACP MESSAGE EDITOR, CLICK ACP-127, AND THEN CLICK

CODRESS.

* AFTER THE SCREEN COMES UP, PASTE YOUR ENCODED INFORMATION IN LINE 12.

SIMPLY PUT YOUR CURSOR IN BLOCK 12 AND LEFT CLICK, AND THEN RIGHT CLICK

AND CLICK PASTE.

* GO TO THE TOP OF THE FORM.

* AGAIN WE LEAVE THE CTAK SYNC BLOCK BLANK.

* IN THE CHANNEL BLOCK, ENTER YOUR ABBREVIATED CALLSIGN. SINCE THIS IS

THE SECOND MESSAGE, ENTER 002.

* I STILL HAVE A CHECK MARK IN SAVE CHANNEL AND AUTO NUMBER. AGAIN YOUR

CHOICE.

* LINE 2 IS THE CALLED STATION, AND THAT IS ALWAYS THE ROUTING INDICATOR OF

THE ORIGNATOR OF THE RI, AND IN OUR SCENARIO THAT IS UHCABC.

* LINE 3 IS THE CALLING STATION AND THAT IS YOU, BUT AGAIN... WE DO NOT HAVE

INDIVIDUAL ROUTING INDICATORS, SO WE USE THE ROUTING INDICATOR OF THE STATE

WE ARE IN. I AM IN WASHINGTON, SO I ENTER THE ROUTING INDICATOR OF

WASHINGTON – UHWACWA.

* NEXT BLOCK IS THE MESSAGE SERIAL... AGAIN ENTER A FOUR DIGIT NUMBER, AND

SINCE THE SERIAL NUMBER IS 002 I ENTER A 0002 IN THIS BLOCK.

* LINE 4 IS AGAIN AUTO FILLED IN FOR US, AND I USE ZNR. BECAUSE THAT AUTO

INSERTS THE 5 Us.

* LEAVE THE TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS BLOCK BLANK.

* LINE 5 IS THE PRECEDENCE, AND OURS IS ROUTINE.

* AGAIN CLICK IN THE AUTO FILL DTG BLOCK.

* NOW, SINCE WE HAVE CODED TEXT, WE HAVE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT CODES WE

USED, AND IN THIS CASE IT IS ZYG FOR THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP KEYS.

* LINE 10 IS THE GROUP COUNT, AND WE CAN COUNT THE GROUPS, OR HIT DISPLAY

MSG, AND COUNT THE GROUPS. THE LATEST VERSION OF ACP 127 MESSAGE EDITOR

FIXED THE ERROR WHERE THE SOFTWARE PLACED AN UNCLAS ON THE ACP-127 MESSAGE,

SO IF YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION, THE GROUP COUNT IN LINE 12 IS THE ACTUAL

GROUP COUNT YOU ENTER IN LINE 10.

* FINALLY, THE MESSAGE IS COMPLETE.

* CLICK ON DISPLAY MESSAGE, RIGHT CLICK, AND SLIDE TO SELECT ALL AND LEFT

CLICK. MAKE SURE ALL THE TEXT IS HIGHLIGHTED, RIGHT CLICK, AND THEN SLIDE DOWN TO

COPY, AND LEFT CLICK. AT THIS TIME YOU CAN PASTE IT TO A TEXT EDITOR FOR SAFE

KEEPING, OR PAST IT DIRECTLY TO THE DIGITAL PROGRAM YOU ARE GOING TO

SEND THIS MESSAGE WITH.

* THESE ARE A LOT OF STEPS, BUT I HAVE INCLUDED ALMOST EVERY LITTLE CLICK OF

THE MOUSE. AFTER YOU PRACTICE DOING THIS A FEW TIMES, YOU CAN TAKE THE RI

AND PREPARE THE RRI, AND PLACE IT IN THE ACP 127-CODRESS MESSAGE FORMAT ALMOST

AS FAST, AS PREPARING A COUPLE OF WX OBSERVATION REPORTS .

I HOPE YOU FIND THIS USEFUL IN YOUR NET TRAINING.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ME ANY TIME...

73/JACK, AAM0RT / AAR0QM