AAT3OK NR 018 R 242120Z DEC 2008 FM AAA3MD TO ALL MARYLAND/DC MARS MEMBERS INFO ZXX AAA3RD, AAA3VA BT SUBJECT: MDSMD 09-08; PASSING TRAFFIC TO AAA9USA ON TRANSCON 1. ALL STATIONS BE ADVISED AAA9USA IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP THE NEW STATION AFTER THE MOVE. 2. STATIONS CHECKING INTO TRANSCON WITH TRAFFIC FOR AAA9USA MAY EXPERIENCE DELAYS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS TRAFFIC TO THEM, ESPECIALLY DIGITAL TRAFFIC. 3. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE NORMAL DIGITAL POSITION IS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN THE STATION FROM THE TRANSCON POSITION AND DOES NOT HAVE AN AMP, IT ALSO APPEARD THAT THEY COULD NOT ROTATE THE ANTENNA ON THE DIGITAL STATION AS IT WAS WEAK AND BARELY READABLE ON USB. 4. THE ONE HIGHLITE IS THAT, ONCE THE OPERATOR FIRED UP OLIVIA ( 16 TONES, 500, 500, 500) THE TRAFFIC WAS PASSED WITH NO PROBLEM. 5. I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH INSTALLING SOME OF THE DIGITAL SOFTWARE ON AAA9USA COMPUTERS DUE TO NETCOM REGULATIONS AND SUSPECT THIS IS WHY DIGITAL IS NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL POSITIONS AT THE STATION. 6. REQUEST PATIENCE BE EXERCISED DURING THIS TRANSITION TIME 7. REQUEST WIDEST DISSIMINATION 7. SGD SEARS AAA3MD BT NNNN