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

[Michael Fox - N6MEF]

Thanks Jay.


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From: nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Jay Nugent
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 12:10 PM
To: n6mef at arrl.net; TAPR xNOS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nos-bbs] multiple BBS's with same FCC call?

Greetings Michael,

On Thu, 23 Dec 2010, Michael Fox - N6MEF wrote:

> Suppose I have two BBSs and one FCC call sign.  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.
> 
> 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?

   The MYCALL drops the user connecting to it into the "Network" interface
of the JNOS node - typically the connect occurs (no banner or prompt is
displayed), then waits for the user to type in a Network command such as "C
AX3 AA6BBB".  If the end user just hits -return- he will be dropped into the
alphabet-soup prompt.

   The BBSCALL drops the user connecting to it *directly* into the BBS
prompt (alphabet-soup prompt).


   So no, on the same frequency you would *NOT* want to use the same
call-ssid on nodes within range of one another.  Here on the Michigan
AMPRnet we use the following scheme:

   (see:  http://www.mi-drg.org/ssid.shtml )

    SSID             PURPOSE
  =========     ===============
  none (-0)      home stations
    -1           home station personal mailboxes (usually a TNC-based PBBS)
    -2           gateways
    -3           full-service BBS's  (those that forward mail/bulletins)
    -4           network nodes       (having two or more radio ports that
                                      perform routing functions via TCP/IP,
                                      NetROM, etc.)
                                     (Can be combined with BBS's that also
                                      perform routing)
    -5           console/keyboard -or- printer
    -6           conference bridges
    -7           cross-band digipeaters (and KA-nodes)
    -8           cross-band digipeaters
    -9           mobile / modats
   -10           WL2K
   -11             - unassigned -
   -12             - unassigned -
   -13             - unassigned -
   -14             - unassigned -
   -15           (often used as a downlink address when exiting the far
                  end of a network connection)



   For re-use of calls like in your situation, we usually do this for the
second station:

   -7  MYCALL
   -8  BBSCALL
   -9  CONVerse call



   Hope that helps a little...

      --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL
          ARRL Michigan Section ASM - Digital Technologies
          Chair, ARRL Michigan Section "Digital Radio Group" (DRG)
          [www.MI-DRG.org]


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