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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks George.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> nos-bbs-bounces@tapr.org [mailto:nos-bbs-bounces@tapr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>George [ham] VerDuin<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 23, 2010 12:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> n6mef@arrl.net; TAPR xNOS Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [nos-bbs] multiple BBS's with same FCC call?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Interesting timing Michael.<br><br><br>On 12/23/2010 02:13 PM, Michael Fox - N6MEF wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Suppose I have two BBSs and one FCC call sign. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We are in the closing phases of installing five more with one call in Ottawa County.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>It is well to sort out "why".<br>The root of the "requirement" is to *simplify* use of the AX.25 "connect" to a jnos node.<br>Only for the AX.25 network.<br>When the call is unique for the bbscall, <br> ==>then jnos responds to a connect request without requiring a "prompting character".<br><br>Using the idea "required" is an overstatement.<br>Only ONE unique call is "REQUIRED" for all services on one jnos incidence [node] <br>BUT<br>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.<br><br>Short answer:<br> yes -- more than one.<br> yes -- the SSID is the tool to give uniqueness to the call.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Currently, we’re using:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>ax25 mycall XX6XXX<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>ax25 bbscall XX6XXX-1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Not really, but all [mycall, bbscall, ttycall, ETC] may have [actually default to] one unique mycall with SSID [0-15].<br>So one valid SSID scheme is:<br>xx6xxx-0 home "all calls"<br>xx6xxx-1 car "all calls"<br>xx6xxx-2 truck "all calls"<br>xx6xxx-3 boat "all calls"<br>xx6xxx-4 hill-top somewhere "all calls"<br>=>until you run out of SSIDs and it requires the ol' CR to get going<br><br>Another is:<br>xx6xxx-0 home mycall<br>xx6xxx-2 car mycall<br>xx6xxx-4 truck mycall<br>xx6xxx-6 boat mycall<br>xx6xxx-8 hill-top somewhere mycall<br>xx6xxx-1 home bbscall<br>xx6xxx-3 car bbscall<br>xx6xxx-5 truck bbscall<br>xx6xxx-7 boat bbscall<br>xx6xxx-9 hill-top somewhere bbscall<br>==>you get 1/2 the number of rigs because you run out of SSIDs sooner but no cr is needed.<br><br>There is NO STANDARD for SSID assignment.<br>Some have gone very OVERBOARD in setting SSID recommendations -- read with a skeptical eye.<br>More importantly -- have fun!<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>N6MEF<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Best of luck.<br>Skip<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>