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<DIV><SPAN class=562133418-23042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>The legal
aspect has been covered by several replies but the Acceptable Practice has
not.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=562133418-23042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Here on our
NW APRS Network we recommend people use just their plain call sign (no SSID)
with their home station. So in my case, I use KB7UVC and just a House as
my icon even though I am also an I-Gate. I see no reason to designate with
a tactical call that I am an I-Gate. The client APRS software people are
running, generally have that info available if you desire to know. In
WinAPRS you type an "i" and the program will draw a circle around the I-Gate
stations. For home "relay" stations that digi the trackers heard once to a
mountain top digi, we generally do not use any designator either, since the
number 1 does not lend itself for use with most normal Icons. Again, we
recommend that most home station are set up to respond only to the WIDE1-1
path so there is no reason to indicate that with a special Icon like the digi
star. So no, I would not recommend using a Tactical Call for your home
station and I prefer seeing a house Icon for a home station.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562133418-23042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>For trackers,
we again use our call sign with an appropriate SSID. For Kenwoods we
use -7 to indicate it is a TH-D7 or D700. If you have more than one
Kenwood like I do, I use -8 for one mobile and -9 for my other
mobile. A -9 is generally the acceptable SSID for your first/primary
tracker but you can use whatever takes your fancy. Again, I would not
recommend using a Tactical Call for your mobile for normal
operations.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=562133418-23042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>We use a
tactical call for mountain top digipeaters that designate the name of the
peak that the digi is located on. For example for my local digi which is
located on South Mountain, I use SOMTN. Keep it simple and short and it at
least gives the locals an indication of the location of the digi just by knowing
the digi name.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=562133418-23042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Other than
for Mountain top digis, we generally limit the use of Tactical Calls to special
events which are of a short duration like SAR team designation or a bicycle
race, etc. Then you establish a Tactical Call that suits the
application.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562133418-23042007><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial>So, the
bottom line is that I would not promote people using tactical calls for home
station or normal tracker use. Nothing prevents you from doing that but I
think it just makes things more confusing. I believe in the KISS
principle.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Herb, KB7UVC<BR>NW APRS Group, West Sound
Coordinator<BR>Our WEB Site: </FONT><A href="http://www.nwaprs.info"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.nwaprs.info</FONT></A><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial> </FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>Mason County
ComVan: </FONT></FONT><A href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-1"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-1</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mason
County Relay Truck: </FONT><A href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-2"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-2</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mason
County EOC: </FONT><A href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-3"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-3</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mason
County Foot Tracker: </FONT><A href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-6"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-6</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Where I <SPAN class=562133418-23042007>live</SPAN>:
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC">http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC</A></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Where I am walking: </FONT><A
href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-7" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-7</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Where
I am driving: </FONT><A href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-8"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-8</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>My
other vehicle: </FONT><A href="http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-9"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://map.findu.com/KB7UVC-9</FONT></A><BR></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> </P></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Stephen Brown Jr<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 23, 2007 10:55
AM<BR><B>To:</B> TAPR APRS Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [aprssig] Tactical
call signs<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Are these legal on the APRS-RF network? For
example, let's say I wanted my igate to beacon on the RF network as "LNXIGT"
or "ETNIGT", as long as I inserted my callsign in the comments field would
that satisfy ID requirements? Would this be an acceptable practice? I've toyed
with the idea of changing it on my D7 as well to something like "LNXMOBL" or
"LNXPRTBL" <BR><BR>tnx <BR>Stephen <BR>K1LNX<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>