[aprssig] Asterisk in path -- is this done with the cmd bit?

Tapio Sokura oh2kku at iki.fi
Wed Jul 12 07:42:57 EDT 2006


Ben Jackson wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how '*' is actually encoded in an AX.25
> path.  Is it the cmd bit (above the SSID)?

It is the H (has-been-repeated) bit, the last bit in the SSID "byte" of 
repater address fields (not sender or receiver fields). If it is set to 
one, a star is printed, if zero, nothing is printed. See 
http://www.tapr.org/pub_ax25.html#2.2.13.2

   Tapio




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