[aprssig] FREQ Object Formats (FINAL COMMENT)

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 5/8/2012 9:37 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
> 1) in the USA, for standard offset repeaters then NO OFFSET IS NEEDED.
> 2) In the USA, for UHF the offset should be included (in the SPEC format).
>
> It just cannot be any simpler than that.

*Yes it can be simpler. *      ALWAYS INCLUDE THE OFFSET,    REGARDLESS OF 
BAND,     ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.   PERIOD!!!!!

The current "standard" is an unnecessarily complex kludge.

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