[aprssig] Please, standardize UTF-8 for APRS

[Chris Moulding]

Keith,

I've sent a message to you with six Finnish characters sent using APRS 
Messenger on a Windows laptop set to the Finnish language. I got an ack 
via the Igate so I think you should have it on your machine.

The characters display OK with APRS Messenger when digipeated back from 
the Igate but don't display correctly on the Igate PC using UI-View 
(Windows English language).

Looks like it confirms what Matti was saying yesterday.

73s,

Chris


Chris Moulding
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Keith VE7GDH wrote:
> Bob N2KGO wrote...
>
>> If modifying the standard to allow UTF-8 doesn't impact communications
>> in English-speaking countries, I don't personally see a huge issue
>> with it, even if the D700 and friends display garbage when trying to
>> interpret a multi-byte character.
>
> So far, no-one on the APRS SIG has sent a message to VE7GDH-10 (UI-View)
> since my posting, whether in "Eng;ish / ASCII" or "UTF-8 / English /
> looks like ASCII" or "UTF-8 multi-byte characters". Maybe there aren't
> any clients out there (yet?) that can send in UTF-8.
>
> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
> -- 
> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
>
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