[aprssig] UTF-8 for APRS (testing)

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Matti Aarnio wrote:

> digi_ned is binary transparent on payload, and it has a built in limit
> of 256 bytes as max payload size.

Great!

A 256-byte limit applies only to frame size for connected packets in
the AX.25 spec (non-APRS).  This would be a good time to fix that
limit in digi_ned, perhaps making it configurable by the user?  That
would help prepare for future generation fast networks.

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