[aprssig] FREQ Object Formats (FINAL COMMENT)

[Heikki Hannikainen]

On Tue, 8 May 2012, Stephen H. Smith wrote:

> 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.

Yes! That would be a nice improvement - make it less complicated to 
implement in software, and make it easier to understand for humans 
figuring what to put in there. Less options to choose from.

As RFC1925 puts it very well:

In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing 
left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

(by Ross Callon/Internet Order of Old Farts, it's a good read: 
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1925.html)

   - Hessu