Readme File for ARRL 2006 Periodicals CD

Technical support is available from ARRL at 
Phone: +1 860-594-0200
Email: tis@arrl.org


NORMAL INSTALLATION
The typical install is where the publication files are copied onto your hard drive, 
and can be browsed by clicking your START button (Windows XP users), ALL Programs, 
then the ARRL 2006 Periodicals CD option.


ADOBE READER IS REQUIRED TO USE THIS CD
Adobe Reader Version 7 for both PC and Mac is included on this CD Rom.
ARRL recommends you install this latest version of Adobe Reader for full access to 
all features of this CD.  The InstallShield program will try to install the Adobe 
Reader for PC users.  Mac users will have to launch the Adobe Install program 
manually from the CD.

If you already have an older version of the Adobe Reader program installed you 
will likely get a warning message when trying to open the publication files.  
This year's files were created in Acrobat Version 7 and some features will not 
work with older versions.  Publication files have also been tested with Adobe 
Reader Version 6 and the files will open if you click the OK button on the 
warning dialog box.  Versions older then 6 have not been tested.  


TO VIEW THE PUBLICATION FILES DIRECTLY FROM THE CD
If you prefer not to install the publications files to your hard drive, they 
and the extra project files can be browsed directly from the CD.  

You will see several directories on the CD, 'Adobe Reader' which contains the Adobe 
Reader program, and 'Program Files, which contains the publication files.  Once 
Adobe Reader is installed on your computer you should be able to explore the 
LocalAppData folder and double-click on any document (PDF) file to launch that 
publication in the Reader program.  The recommended file to start with is called 
INTRO (or INTRO.pdf) which contains links to all the other files on the CD.

The names of the directories may vary for Mac users, but the publication files 
should be easily found by browsing the CD directories.

The publication files start with the following file name prefixes:

 Introduction - The Introduction file to the CD Rom
 Contests - Contest scores and soapbox info
 N - NCJ files
 Q - QST files
 X - QEX files
 SecNews - Section news files
The number after the file prefix generally indicates the month it was published in.

There are also folders called QST & QEX under "FILES" which contain additional project software and files.