PACKET RADIO: Four Letter Continent Abbreviations

Steve Wolf, W8IZ@W8IZ


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MSG # TR SIZE TO FROM @BBS DATE TITLE
34145 BH 1704 ROUTE AA4RE WW 940129 EU->now EURO,NA->now NOAM ...

From: AA4RE@VE2CSC.#MTL.PQ.CAN.NA
To : ROUTE@WW

We are converting the California Sat Gateway to 4letter continent codes.
Please ensure that your headers show the .NOAM instead of .NA so
your return mail does not get lost. The complete list is given below:

.EURO -- Europe
.MEDR -- Mediterranean
.INDI -- Indian Ocean including the Indian subcontinent
.MDLE -- Middle East
.SEAS -- South-East Asia
.ASIA -- The Orient

.NOAM -- North America (Canada, USA, Mexico)
.CEAM -- Central America
.CARB -- Caribbean
.SOAM -- South America

.AUNZ -- Australia/New Zealand
.EPAC -- Eastern Pacific
.NPAC -- Northern Pacific
.SPAC -- Southern Pacific
.WPAC -- Western Pacific

.NAFR -- Northern Africa
.CAFR -- Central Africa
.SAFR -- Southern Africa

.ANTR -- Antarctica

*** END OF MSG # 34145 from AA4RE @ VE2CSC.#MTL.PQ.CAN.NA 


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