[OZAPRS] OS use of radio like Yaesu VX-8GR

[Richard Murnane]

If I remember the APRS spec correctly, the SSID (in the range 0..15), is coded as 4 bits of the transmission packet, not three bytes (e.g. “-“, “1” and “5”).

“Portable ZL” in the beacon comment is the way to go here.

73 Richard VK2SKY

> On 15 Jul 2017, at 6:24 pm, Liz <liz at billiau.info> wrote:
> 
> QTR Sat, 15 Jul 2017 18:20:01 +1000 Andrew Rich QTC
> 
>> I don’t get it what is the difference
>> 
>> VK2XXX/ZL
>> VK2XXX-16
>> 
>> VK4TEC (home)
> 
> 
> I thought it should fit, too, but not accepted. I've programmed the
> text "portable ZL" into the TinyTrak thing, and the OM is trying to
> program the Yaesu.
> 
> 
> -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> Liz
> VK2XSE
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Cheers,
Richard

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