[OZAPRS] Visit to VK land with APRS

[Ray Wells]

Read all about it here .. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1311#CS

 .... minus what an aprs station should do.

Sometimes an element of logic needs to be applied. The station is 
required to use their home country callsign (unless they have taken out 
an Australian callsign). APRS satisfies that requirement. The visiting 
licencee is required to append /VK to indicate they are operating in 
Australia. An APRS position beacon does that, assuming that information 
is supplied either manually or by a GPS. Perhaps beacon text along the 
lines of portable VK would also suffice.

Now for the logic. The ACMA is very busy and without sufficient staff to 
waste time on useless investigations. Use your mobile setup just as you 
would at home. You are telling the worlld who you are and where you are.

Ray vk2tv



David Tilson wrote:
> G'day Phillip,
>
> Without needing to get caught up in red tape, if information is being
> transmitted in plain text, I would have thought it acceptable for your
> friend to use their standard ZL callsign and simply put something like
> "Portable in VK" or similar in the Beacon Text field that accompanies
> each transmission.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Davidt, VK3UR
>  
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au 
>> [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On Behalf Of Phillip
>> Sent: Monday, 13 July 2009 5:00 PM
>> To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Visit to VK land with APRS
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>              I had a question asked of me today and I would 
>> like to know the following
>>
>> If APRS was to be used in VK land by a ZL visitor would the 
>> following be legal Identification of that station / operator
>>
>> Since there is no provision for the use of ZL2XXX / VK or  VK 
>> / ZL2XXX in the Call string  would placing the operator ID in 
>> the beacon 
>> string be an accepted means of the legal identification. eg 
>> ZL2XXX/VK  or VK/ZL2XXX
>>
>>
>> 73 Phillip
>> ZL2TZE 
>>
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