<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24025" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24368">On a loosely related note...<br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24500"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24368"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24510"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24368">Alas, the "state of the art" in call sign assignments has left AX.25 in the dust.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24169"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24367"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083">If you happen to have a call sign that does not fit the AX.25 header, consider placing your Grid6 in the call sign field and your full call sign (WB4APR/VE3) in the payload (to assure reporting compliance).</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24369"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24383"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083">Where there are more than one stations in the same Grid6, implement Grid6-## SSID to differentiate. There are still limits, but they are unlikely to come into play.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24384"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24385"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083">If they do, then use Grid4## and increment ##+1 to create a unique "callsign" field entry.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24386"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24387"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083">Asking from ignorance: Is there a protocol for placing the call sign in the payload so that it can be parsed and displayed on web maps (instead of the AX.25 "call sign" value)?</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24540"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24539"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24083">Ev, W2EV<br></span></div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24536"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24036" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24035"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474972332972_24034"> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>