<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">APRS1.01 states 67 characters for a message and up to 43 for a comment, yet I see packets twice that long on APRS.FI. This ones 109 after the :<div><br></div><div><b style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KA8OAD-1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none; ">KA8OAD-1</a></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">>APU25N,</span><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K8YSE-1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">K8YSE-1</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">,WIDE1,</span><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K8UI-1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">K8UI-1</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">,WIDE2*,qAR,</span><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K8LI-1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">K8LI-1</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">:@101613z4108.09N/08136.25W_190/004g005t057r000p020P020b10220h51FWX_http://<a href="http://pages.sssnet.com/kend">pages.sssnet.com/kend</a> Fairlawn,OH</span><br><div><br></div><div>AX.25 says 256 bytes for the UI payload</div><div><br></div><div>A Tweet is 140 characters</div><div><br></div><div>An SMS is 160 characters</div><div><br></div><div>Is it just the display limit of some radios?</div><div><br></div><div>Just exploring the capabilities and limitations of APRS</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Bryan Hoyer - K7UDR</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>