<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I thought the general move was away from SSIDs in favour of the GPSxxx designator.</div><div><br></div><div>No doubt, some older hardware won't support it, so I guess we're stuck with SSIDs for the next half-century :-)</div><div><br></div><div>A few comments:</div><div><br></div><div>- APRS stations could probably be categorised broadly as:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Fixed</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Digipeaters and gateways</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Land mobile</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Maritime mobile</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Aeronautical mobile (including spacecraft! :-)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Portable (or other low speed mobile ops)</div><div><br></div><div>- HF station probably deserver their own, as they use different technology (ie 300 baud)</div><div><br></div><div>- Maybe one for temporary or special event operations</div><div><br></div><div>One SSID for each of the above each (ok, a few for co-sited digi/gateways) would still leave a few SSIDs free.</div><div><br></div><div>- As for the Aussie standard, I've never understood why Kenwood rigs ever had their own SSID, or APRS symbol (and leaves aeronautical users out in the cold). Maybe there is a good *technical* reason.</div><div><br></div><div>- I don't see why truckers/full time drivers would need to be distinguished from other land mobiles. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.</div><div><br></div><div>73 Richard VK2SKY</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 07/06/2010, at 2:15 PM, Richard Hoskin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="blue"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Hi Ray,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Thanks for the info.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">I work through this with Bob and a few others some 12 or so years ago. I think at one point Bob decided not to encourage the standard in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Here in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the SSID and other APRS standard have always been encourage as it makes the APRS network run reliably with everyone knowing what is going on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">The VK SSID standard can be found here<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.aprs.net.au/general/standard-ssids" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.aprs.net.au/general/standard-ssids</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Richard<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">VK3JFK<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 4pt; "><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: center; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: windowtext; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Ray Wells<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, 7 June 2010 7:21 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Australian APRS Users<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OZAPRS] [Fwd: [aprssig] SSID Standardization]</span></font><font color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Forwarded FYI<br><br>Ray vk2tv<br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: right; "><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">[aprssig] SSID Standardization<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: right; "><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Date:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:53:05 -0400 (EDT)<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: right; "><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">From:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Bob Bruninga<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><bruninga@usna.edu></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: right; "><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Reply-To:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">TAPR APRS Mailing List<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><aprssig@tapr.org></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: right; "><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">To:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">aprssig@tapr.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">SSID's (again):<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">As more and more handheld and mobile apps flash up nearby APRS callsigns on small displays, I think it is becomming more important to encourage standard SSID's where possible for more instant situational awareness. In the past, I was hesitant to try to nail down all the SSID's too precisely... But now am willing to take another look at the list. Here is what I posted on another list:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Here is my more thoughtful answer, and maybe some <== ideas for improvement... and a HOPE that we can get everyone to converge on the common list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">>From aprs.org/aprs11.html (currently having ISP problems).<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-0 primary fixed and message capable station<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-1 digis and other fixed stations<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-2 digis and other fixed stations<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-3 digis and other fixed stations<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-4 digis and other fixed stations<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-5 TBD <= maybe Dstar/Echolink/phones/Ipads etc<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-6 Satellite, special events, tests <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-7 HT's, walkie talkies or any human portable<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-8 boats, sailboats OR second vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-9 primary Mobiles of all types<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-10 operations via the internet (Igates)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-11 balloons and aircraft<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-12 DTMF, RFID, or other non-APRS sources <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-13 TBD <== Weather has been suggested)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-14 Truckers and full time drivers<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">-15 HF <== Lets expand to GENERIC ANYTHING ELSE<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">There will ALWAYS BE EXCEPTIONS. So please to not try to force these on anyone, but if they otherwise open to using one of these categories, it will help everyone in situational awareness when a callsign flashes up on the display or is SPOKEN by your hands-off D700 with voice chip.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Bob, WB4APR<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">aprssig mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">aprssig@tapr.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; "><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>OZAPRS mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a><br><a href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>