BTW: The usual protocol is to ask to see their callsign first before explaining how to go about it: A minor effort to help prevent non-hams from using the APRS-IS system. There were a couple of requests for the callsign but I hadn't seen one produced yet.
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:16 AM Kirby <joeki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 29/05/2020 16:54, Brett Friermood wrote: > > I'm not sure of the exact algorithm at the moment, but the callpass length > > is some function of the callsign length and not always 5 digits. For > > instance my callpass is only 3 digits based off my 2x1 callsign. > > It breaks your call up into 16-bit and XORs them with a seed. Depending > on your call, I guess it could have any number from 0 to 32767. > > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- Curt, WE7U http://xastir.org http://www.sarguydigital.com _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
