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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Of course changes to the core spec require a full process. No argument there. However...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">By carefully examining the existing datagram spec, one finds that The Founders thought ahead. There is something called "User Defined" and "Extensible" to search up. They can be leveraged to deliver data even if there is no predefined structure for that data.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">That is what the PropNET project used quite successfully.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I say again, APRS is far from antique. It is a viable yet largely unpainted canvass upon which applications can be built using an all-amateur radio infrastructure ("RFONLY") if desired or can leverage the Internet as well.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Restrictions include: personal vision and commitment to develop. :-)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Go, APRS Foundation!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ev, W2EV</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>