[OZAPRS] APRS with Foundation license

[Ian Bennett]

Gents,
	Another reason to upgrade to Advanced is to operate HF APRS which is on 30m. 
There are a few Standard calls who are using 20m quite successfully though, 
but 30m is where the global community operate.
	During our trip to the Simpson Desert last year, I was getting packets in 
through ZL and the US; not to mention the VK Igates that cover Oz. It was as 
though I hadn't strayed away from the big smoke and 2m coverage.
	The 30m freq was why I had to go directly to Advanced (without passing go and 
not collecting $200 ;-) ). 22 years in the Army as a technician helped heaps 
here (never thought I'd actually say that!!!).
	Before anyone asks, I did look into "recognition of prior learning" however 
after assessing what I needed to do, the path of least resistance was to just 
sit the exams.

Ian
VK1IAN


On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:37:15 Darryl Ross wrote:
> I'll have to second Ray's note about thank you for asking questions
> before you get on-air Andrew. Much better to understand than potentially
> break the rules / law.
>
> Using the digital modes is a good reason to upgrade. I've done the
> Foundation -> Standard -> Advanced thing (in about 18 months from
> starting). The first upgrade purely so I could play Packet/APRS and the
> second upgrade for the 2 letter call ;)
>
> Changing the topic slightly away from the legal side of things, isn't
> the maximum length of a callsign in AX.25 6 characters? By my count,
> foundation callsigns are 7 characters, and so _can't_ appear on RF anyway?
>
> Whether the callsign is truncated to 6 characters is a separate issue
> and would be classed as a bug in the particular client...
>
> -Darryl, VK5HZ
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