[aprssig] Field Day sites!

[Eric Lorenz K9LGE]

OK, for someone new to this...

What is a practical way that this can be implemented? The unit i will 
have at our FD site is a KPC-3 (v6.0 that supports APRS functions) 
driving a Kenwood TM-251. I was looking at Bob document...

http://www.aprs.org/hamfest.html

and wondering if this kind of format could be used for the FD 
object...or is there another way? I see some say to put the FD-<call> in 
the MYCALL field...and then put talk-in, other info in the BTEXT field? 
OR how?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Eric Lorenz K9LGE

On 6/22/2011 6:06 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
> Remember, MYCALL goes out in the AX.25 header, it'll be limited to 6 
> alphanumeric and an -SSID of -0 (typically omitted) through -15.  This 
> isn't a radio restriction, but a protocol restriction.  If you were 
> doing true objects, those IDs go in the payload of the AX.25 packet 
> and are therefore not as restrictive.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
> On 6/22/2011 1:58 AM, Steve Noskowicz wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
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