Re: [Xastir] Reciprocal call signs
I don't think there would be an issue here in the US. The limitation is in the protocol. The comment field can carry the fully qualified callsign and since, at least here, the id packet should be sent every ten minutes, or less. That would meet the US requirement. I am not sure what the ID requirement are in New Zealand but if the ID time is set appropriately, there should be no issue. But then again , always contact the licensing authority or ham club for more accurate information. Good luck on the solar race and have a hot, clear, sunny day. 73 from 807, Richard, N6NKO Joe Veldhuis wrote: The AX.25 spec limits the call to 6 alphanumeric characters plus one byte for SSID, so that's not a limitation of Xastir. Your friend's best bet is to put his full callsign in the station comment field. -Joe, N8FQ On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:32:41 -0600 Tate Belden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Got a bit of a situation. College kid I've been working with for a few years is currently in New Zeland. He's going to be going to Austrailia to race a solar powered vehicle here in a few weeks. He wants to use Xastir and a tracker to follow what's going on. BUT, he can't get his reciprocal call sign into the station config dialog. He wants to use KE7ESD/ZL-15 - and that's too many characters. Is there an easy way to change that - even if just for his copy - or maybe a separate SSID box or reciprocal box? You guys are the pros - I just come up with problems. Thanks! Tate ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Reciprocal call signs
Joe Veldhuis wrote: The AX.25 spec limits the call to 6 alphanumeric characters plus one byte for SSID, so that's not a limitation of Xastir. Your friend's best bet is to put his full callsign in the station comment field. -Joe, N8FQ Thanks all! Good info. Andrew was quite impressed with the rapid responses. I was copying them to him via IM. He's a working plan now and I expect good results! 73 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Reciprocal call signs
The AX.25 spec limits the call to 6 alphanumeric characters plus one byte for SSID, so that's not a limitation of Xastir. Your friend's best bet is to put his full callsign in the station comment field. -Joe, N8FQ On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:32:41 -0600 Tate Belden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got a bit of a situation. College kid I've been working with for a few > years is currently in New Zeland. He's going to be going to Austrailia > to race a solar powered vehicle here in a few weeks. > > He wants to use Xastir and a tracker to follow what's going on. BUT, he > can't get his reciprocal call sign into the station config dialog. He > wants to use KE7ESD/ZL-15 - and that's too many characters. > > Is there an easy way to change that - even if just for his copy - or > maybe a separate SSID box or reciprocal box? You guys are the pros - I > just come up with problems. > > Thanks! > Tate ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Reciprocal call signs
Got a bit of a situation. College kid I've been working with for a few years is currently in New Zeland. He's going to be going to Austrailia to race a solar powered vehicle here in a few weeks. He wants to use Xastir and a tracker to follow what's going on. BUT, he can't get his reciprocal call sign into the station config dialog. He wants to use KE7ESD/ZL-15 - and that's too many characters. Is there an easy way to change that - even if just for his copy - or maybe a separate SSID box or reciprocal box? You guys are the pros - I just come up with problems. Thanks! Tate ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
