[nos-bbs] multiple BBS's with same FCC call?

[George [ham] VerDuin]

Interesting timing Michael.


On 12/23/2010 02:13 PM, Michael Fox - N6MEF wrote:
>
> Suppose I have two BBSs and one FCC call sign.
>
We are in the closing phases of installing five more with one call in 
Ottawa County.

> Is it possible to have more than one BBS on the same frequency with 
> the same FCC call sign (possibly using an SSID somehow)?    I know how 
> to do this with TNCs, but the requirement that mycall must be 
> different than bbscall me a bit confused.
>
It is well to sort out "why".
The root of the "requirement" is to *simplify* use of the AX.25 
"connect" to a jnos node.
Only for the AX.25 network.
When the call is unique for the bbscall,
   ==>then jnos responds to a connect request without requiring a 
"prompting character".

Using the idea "required" is an overstatement.
Only ONE unique call is "REQUIRED" for all services on one jnos 
incidence [node]
BUT
if the bbscall is not unique then the remote operator must enter a 
character [usually a CR] to allow local jnos to resolve how to respond 
to the request.

Short answer:
   yes -- more than one.
   yes -- the SSID is the tool to give uniqueness to the call.

> Currently, we're using:
>
> ax25 mycall XX6XXX
>
> ax25 bbscall XX6XXX-1
>
> If I wanted to connect to BBS-1 as XX6XXX-1 and to BBS-2 as XX6XXX-2, 
> it's clear enough that I could set the bbscall differently on each 
> box.  But is it o.k. to have the same mycall on more than one box?
>
Not really, but all [mycall, bbscall, ttycall, ETC] may have [actually 
default to] one unique mycall with SSID [0-15].
So one valid SSID scheme is:
xx6xxx-0 home "all calls"
xx6xxx-1 car "all calls"
xx6xxx-2 truck "all calls"
xx6xxx-3 boat "all calls"
xx6xxx-4 hill-top somewhere "all calls"
=>until you run out of SSIDs and it requires the ol' CR to get going

Another is:
xx6xxx-0 home mycall
xx6xxx-2 car mycall
xx6xxx-4 truck mycall
xx6xxx-6 boat mycall
xx6xxx-8 hill-top somewhere mycall
xx6xxx-1 home bbscall
xx6xxx-3 car bbscall
xx6xxx-5 truck bbscall
xx6xxx-7 boat bbscall
xx6xxx-9 hill-top somewhere bbscall
==>you get 1/2 the number of rigs because you run out of SSIDs sooner 
but no cr is needed.

There is NO STANDARD for SSID assignment.
Some have gone very OVERBOARD in setting SSID recommendations -- read 
with a skeptical eye.
More importantly -- have fun!

> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>
> N6MEF
>
Best of luck.
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