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GM7HUD > PACKET 28.04.08 00:45l 20 Lines 717 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 485102GM7HUD
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Subj: Re:Time to switch it all off?
Path: IZ3LSV<IQ0LT<IW2OHX<I0TVL<HS1LMV<7M3TJZ<ZL2BAU<GB7ESX
Sent: 080427/1403z 10214@GB7ESX.#31.GBR.EU $:485102GM7HUD [Witham, Esx]NNA V3.1
VK2TV wrote:-
> Even if they could, they couldn't use packet, not in its current form.
>
> The ax25 protocol doesn't provide for the extra letter in the callsign, and
> even if the protocol was re-written, imagine the software/firmware that
> would have to be re-written/re-hashed to cater for the revised protocol.
The use of the extra F is at 1st sight really dumb for the reasons you
state. You'd have to modify all the embedded firmware including all those
TNCs occasionally used.
Then perhaps the use of the extra letter becomes quite clever. It stops VK
foundation licencees from doing things they shouldn't.
Bet that the 2nd option wasn't actually the reason the extra letter exists!
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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