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

[Ted Gervais]

You can try this link to get an idea on how to make up a gateway submission
or to update it etc..etc..

http://ampr-gateways.org/updates/updates.html





On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Michael Fox - N6MEF <n6mef at mefox.org>wrote:

> Hi Jay,
>
> Do you have or can you point me to a set-up guide for setting up ampr.org
> hamgates?  I went to ampr-gateways.org, but the info there is 11 years
> old,
> not very specific, and I'm not even sure if that's the right place to go.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
> N6MEF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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