[OZAPRS] APRS with Foundation license

[Ian Bennett]

I'm cheap; but not easy :-P

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:23:39 Ray Wells wrote:
> Isn't it amazing how Monopoly has never been affected by inflation  :-)
>
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
> On 06/10/10 08:17, Ian Bennett wrote:
> > 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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