From: steve@wattres.San-Jose.CA.US (Steve Watt -- KD6GGD)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Announcing the Repeater Mapping Project (Electronic!)
Summary: One last commercial for those who need it...
Keywords: electronic repeater frequency
Date: 10 Apr 92 05:53:16 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Steven Watt, Consultant   San Jose, CA, USA

Here it is, folks!  The *one thing* you've all been waiting for!  With baited
breath, even!  (Ewwww... ;)

A repeater mapping project for USENET.  Just like the UUCP mapping project.
With YOUR HELP, we can make a complete database of repeaters nationwide, and
have it available to do all manner of useful queries!

Enough of the hype.  (It's hard typing in that sleazy-salesman tone of voice!)
:)

The address: repeaters@wattres.sj.ca.us

(for those who don't like the US domain, there's a UUCP mapping project entry)
(for those who don't like the UUCP domain, give it to UUnet.  They'll figure it
out).

Please note that no human being sees any of what happens to 
repeaters@wattres.sj.ca.us.  If you have a question (other than a simple
help request), send that to me, steve@wattres.sj.ca.us.

The server will only recognize one repeater per mail message.  If you want
to submit multiple repeaters, you will have to submit multiple mail messages.
A daemon will auto-reply when your message has been processed.  If your message
has some sort of evil error in it (i.e., one of the required lines is missing
or undetectable) it will send you a message with the error and a copy of this
file.

The information format I want:
Each line starts with # and then 4 UPPER-CASE letters (hopefully mnemonic)
describing the info on that line.  The rest of the line is (more or less)
free form.

The *required* lines:
#CALL (the callsign of the repeater)
#OUTP (the output frequency of the repeater)
#INPT (the input frequency of the repeater, or just + or - for standard offs)
#LOCA (the longitude, lattitude, and HAAT of the repeater)
#SEND (the e-mail address of the sender)
#UPDT (the date & time of last update)

The other useful lines:
#TONE (the CTCSS input tone, followed by '/' and output tone, if there is one)
#COVG (the primary coverage area)
#911C (the 911/emerg autodial code, IF THE REPEATER OWNER OKs GIVING IT OUT)
#AUTO (autopatch facilities available?)
#CLSD (if this repeater is closed, who can use it)
#AFFL (affiliation i.e., RACES ARES etc)
#SPON (sponsor of the repeater)
#CONT (how to contact the sponsor, name/addr/phone #)
#LINK (links to repeater, callsigns and frequencies, or something like CONDOR
	   for large nets)
#COMM (a comment, as many #COMM lines as you like)


For example (this repeater does not exist):
#CALL KY6QRM Mobile Uncoordinated Repeater (my car)
#OUTP 440.15
#INPT 222.22
#LOCA 122 01 09 W / 37 18 30 N / -2m
#SEND steve@wattres.sj.ca.us (Steve Watt)
#UPDT Thu Apr 02 00:39:58 PST 1992
#TONE 100.0 / 131.8
#COVG My house, special events
#AUTO It's a car without a cellphone.  No autopatch.
#CLSD Only availble to people with the callsign KD6GGD. ;)
#SPON KD6GGD and his performing Corolla All-Trac
#CONT E-mail is the only way.  steve@wattres.sj.ca.us
#LINK Only to my HT
#COMM I hope you're at least scanning this message.  Send the registrations
#COMM (for active repeaters only, please) to "repeaters@wattres.sj.ca.us".
#COMM It's an ICOM 901A with a 220 band unit.  It also spends most of its time
#COMM off, when I'm not in the car.  It is not in repeater mode when I am in
#COMM the car.  So it's not a terribly useful repeater, unless I say so. :)

Once again:  The address is repeaters@wattres.sj.ca.us.  Don't send messages
there that you expect somebody to read.  Send those to me.

I realize that it may be hard to get the longitude, latitude and HAAT for a
repeater.  Contact the repeater owner/sponsor for the HAAT, and a more-or-less
exact location.  Then you can find your nearest friendly library to figure out
the longitude/latitude.

73 de KD6GGD
-- 
Steve Watt  KD6GGD     steve@wattres.SJ.CA.US
 ...!apple!wattres!steve  ...!mips!wattres!steve  ...!decwrl!gigo!wattres!steve
Left to his own devices, he'd be /dev/null.