[aprssig] TAC-5

[John Ronan]

On 17 Sep 2009, at 19:08, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Geoff wrote:
>
>> We do use tactical calls here in VK as well from time to time -  
>> WICEN has
>> used them, as in an activation event it's much easier to identify  
>> AMBUL-1 as
>> "Ambulance 1" than work out that VKnXYZ-1 is "Ambulance 1"
>> It's just that here in 99% of the occasions that tactical calls  
>> are used,
>> there it no IGate in the network to inject them to the APRS-IS.
>
> We use tactical calls for events here in WA as well.  Xastir and
> APRS+SA have the capability to assign TAC calls for display and
> transmit that information to other Xastir/APRS+SA stations.   The
> APRS mobile/portable stations in the event don't need to change
> anything and can use their regular callsigns.  This works well and
> removes the necessity of reprogramming the APRS mobiles/portables
> that come to the event, increasing reliability of said stations.


We used Tactical Callsigns recently, It was much easier for us to use  
xastir to assign the tactical "callsign" as it allows for a much more  
meaningful "Callsign" than reprogramming a tracker. Though we did  
that as well on one, but it does mean extra work as Curt points out.

Regards
de John
EI7IG