[aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released

Cap Pennell cap at cruzio.com
Tue Apr 19 00:01:03 EDT 2011


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
> Georg Lukas
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 1:59 PM
> To: aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released
> 
> Rud,
> 
> * Rud Merriam <k5rud at arrl.net> [2011-04-18 22:21]:
> > George - had a moment of confusion because you default the SSID to
> > 10 which is also the SSID for my Winlink RMS Packet station. Not
> > sure how to resolve that issue since I guess both are technically
> > correct as "non-RF devices".
> 
> The SSIDs are only a suggestion. I think there was already an update
> issued to the SSID table which basically makes most of them "free to use
> for whatever". Besides of that, I would resolve it by changing APRSdroid
> to use -7 for "handheld"... ;)

APRS doesn't use the SSIDs to produce map symbols anymore.  Now instead, it's Winlink2000 that suggests the first RMS Packet server station of a ham's use SSID -10  (and -5 for a RMS WINMOR server station on HF).
73, Cap KE6AFE





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