<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><base href="x-msg://773/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Thanks for clearing this up.</div><div><br></div>How do I reserve APNxxx or APUxxx for NW Digital Radios? i looked in APRS101 and see it isn't currently in use.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Bryan</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 10, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The original texting APRS radio, the D7 can only display 45 bytes of Messages. The D700 displays 64.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The VX8R etc I think displays 80 maybe.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Just remember, limiting to 45 charageceters will ALWAYS work and be seen by everyone. Anything longer is risking miss-commmunication. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">But yes, they can be longer if you KNOW who you are sending to. That is why the APxxxx identifies the type of radio in all packets, so we can see what their capabilities are.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Bob, WB4APR</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Bryan Hoyer<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, November 10, 2012 11:22 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>TAPR APRS Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[aprssig] What sets the max packet length for APRS</span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">APRS1.01 states 67 characters for a message and up to 43 for a comment, yet I see packets twice that long on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://APRS.FI" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">APRS.FI</a>. This ones 109 after the :</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KA8OAD-1" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; ">KA8OAD-1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">>APU25N,</span><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K8YSE-1" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">K8YSE-1</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">,WIDE1,</span><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K8UI-1" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">K8UI-1</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">,WIDE2*,qAR,</span><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K8LI-1" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">K8LI-1</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">:@101613z4108.09N/08136.25W_190/004g005t057r000p020P020b10220h51FWX_http://<a href="http://pages.sssnet.com/kend" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">pages.sssnet.com/kend</a> Fairlawn,OH</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">AX.25 says 256 bytes for the UI payload</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">A Tweet is 140 characters</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">An SMS is 160 characters</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Is it just the display limit of some radios?</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Just exploring the capabilities and limitations of APRS</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Thanks!</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Bryan Hoyer - K7UDR</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>