[aprssig] APRS Messages and Operating Codes (Q & Z)

[Arnie Shore]

WRT the Operating Codes (Q & Z) question, I can tell you that there's some
controversy re its use in situations potentially requiring interoperability.

We'd built that capability into our Tickets CAD system - fairly widely used
in the ARES/RACES  world - as an option, and I was surprised to hear
complaints back from some users that we seemed to be encouraging the use of
such signals, when they've been doing everything possible to deprecate it.

So, a caveat re its usage.

AS

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> > One of the things I've kind a backed into is ACP-131.
> > There are some parallels between military missions and RACES.
> > I've been thinking about how to use those.  I was curious
> > if you have seen this done elsewhere in the APRS community.
> > If there are some lessons learned, I'd be curious to hear about them.
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> Wow, I just looked at ACP-131 and am amazed that there are nearly 200 pages
> of Qxx and Zxx codes.  Lots more than the QRZ,QRM,QSY and QTH we hear
> often...  Such a means of encoding would certainly work well if the tables
> are built into APRS, but otherwise I cant imagine getting a QXP signal and
> without a book, knowing what to do with it.
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> I'm posting this on the APRSSIG to see what experience others have with the
> ACP-131 Q and Z codes.
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> Bob, WB4APR
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> 73,
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