[OZAPRS] APRS in NZ With Reciprocal License

[Greg Ahpee]

Thanks Mark,

I thought something like that might be acceptable.

Greg
VK3BZQ

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Mark Jessop <lenniethelemming at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think as long as you identify *somewhere* in the APRS packet then you're
> OK.
>
> When I was in NZ earlier this year, I used my normal callsign/SSID in the
> callsign field, but put the extended (i.e. VK5QI/ZL) in the comment field
> of the packet, and made sure that was broadcast every packet.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark VK5QI
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Greg Ahpee <lists.ahpee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone on the list offer me advice about operating aprs in NZ with a
>> VK callsign under the reciprocal licensing arrangement?
>>
>> According to the NZART website, VK amateurs can operate in NZ using their
>> own callsign with a /ZL suffix. This would make my aprs callsign/SSID
>> VK3BZQ/ZL-9 which is too long for my tracker to accommodate and probably
>> would not be accepted by the APRS-IS network anyway.
>>
>> Does this mean it is not possible for me to operate aprs in NZ?
>>
>> Greg
>> VK3BZQ
>>
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