[aprssig] Please, standardize UTF-8 for APRS (was: Future Concept for APRS)

Robert Bruninga bruninga at usna.edu
Tue Sep 22 20:14:48 EDT 2009


> Which means a 256 character message 
> could take 256 bytes in ASCII, 256, 
> 512, 768, or 1024 bytes in UTF-8 
> (1 to 4 bytes per char).

No, because the longest text string in APRS is 67 characters
(now suggested to limit at 64 as a more binary round number...)
Which with 4 bytes per, means 256...  It fits...

Bob, WB4APR 





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