[aprssig] BL1730 (aprssig: to exclusive)
Keith VE7GDH
ve7gdh at rac.ca
Wed Apr 23 17:25:46 EDT 2008
Bob K9SQL wrote...
> One thing to remember is that there is no legal requirment for APRS
> packets to contain a callsign. This is an FCC requirement for
> transmitters and this device may be transmitting valid CW or packet
> IDs which will not be gated to APRS-IS.
Well, that's technically true. However, the device is an MT8K...
basically a TT3 with a transmitter and 8W amplifier. The TT3 isn't
capable of identifying itself any other way than entering the callsign
or adding it to the beacon comment.
73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
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"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
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