[aprssig] TAC-5

[Andrew Rich]

Thats funny

There are two contries on planet earth 

Canada and the USA


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Andrew Rich 
Airways Technical Officer Grade 4
Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC
email: vk4tec at tech-software.net
web: www.tech-software.net
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen H. Smith 
  To: TAPR APRS Mailing List 
  Cc: Andrew Rich 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [aprssig] TAC-5


  Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: 
    Andrew Rich wrote: 

      Our law says EACH packet should contain an ID of the orginating station 

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      Andrew Rich 
      Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 
      Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B 
      Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC 
      email: vk4tec at tech-software.net 
      web: www.tech-software.net 

    Can you provide a more clear instruction on which law "Our law" actually IS?  I'm guessing that VK4TEC might be Canadian?  But I'm a new-enough operator that I'm just not quite sure... 

    Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Palm Bay, FL  USA 


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  VE is Canadian

  VK is Australian

  Even if the law says each packet must be identified, does it mandate that it must be in the "FROM" field, or can it be in the payload?     


  In the US and Canada, it is perfectly legal for the (mandatory) ID to be in the payload area of a packet rather than in the FROM field, thus making possible tactical calls with any arbitrary string of 6 letters and/or numbers in the FROM field. 



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