[aprssig] Field Day sites!

[Steve Noskowicz]

Oh yea, that's right.  There are unfortunate restrictions on the MYCALL in the Kenwood radios (and possibly the others), so you have to be satisfied with a non-recommended nomenclature and fiddle around for something that works as your Alias.

Perhaps something like this:
FD9DCI-1  for K9DCI on field day. The real call in the comment.
FDK9DCI
FD9K9DCI
FD9KDCI  Mangled, but somewhat instructive.
Maybe even  FD_K9DCI
I havent tried these in a radio to see if they're accepted.  Fiddle-time.
-- 
 73, Steve, K9DCI   


--- On Tue, 6/21/11, Bob Bruninga wrote:
> This is a powerful technique (below
> using a D700 or other APRS radio), and will put it on the
> local map.  But you will not be able to use the Hyphen
> in the 3rd place as in our desired nomenclature... for a
> nine character name:
> 
> FD-xxxxxx
> 
> But you can at least do a 6 character name: FDxxxx... and
> this will be found with the FD* wildcard!  Great!
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
> 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:15:25 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> >True Objects have a specific format and are handled in
> the varopus APRS software packages (UI-View, etc).
> 
> >What I call a "Pseudo-Object" can be made, on your
> D700, D7, D710,... type radio, simply by changing the MYCALL
> to that for your FD site.  Also change all the other
> important parameters and the location to that of the FD
> site. Put YOUR call (& any other info) in the Comment
> field so you are legally ID'd.  Then beacon it every 30
> minutes.
> 
> >This is easier on a D700 (D710) by using another PM.
> 
> >> For the completely dim-minded, how exactly does
> one put a
> >> site onto aprs.fi?  I'd like to include out FD
> site
> >> (w6zzk) on Woodley Island (CA), but I've never
> done this
> >> before. . .   :|
> >> 
> >> Thank you,
> >> 
> >> 73
> >> 
> >> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:41:44 -0400
> >> "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Is your FD site showing up on APRS?
> >> > I see about 30+?.  Where are the other
> 8,000?
> >> > 
> >> > This is the number 1 way to bring in other
> hams and
> >> visitors.  Just tell
> >> > them to go to APRS.FI/FD* and find the
> nearest site to
> >> visit near them.
> >> > 
> >> > Though this list is getting long enough to be
> hard to
> >> find something nearby.
> >> > Is there a smareter search method on APRS.FI
> or FINDU
> >> to find NEAREST ones
> >> > to own-location?
> >> > 
> >> > Putting our area's on the map now!
> >> > 
> >> > Bob, WB4APR
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> >
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