On Thu, 14 May 2009 14:18:26 -0700, "John Hays" <j...@hays.org> said:
> Here is my thought on this. > > Radios should be identified by their official callsign (and optional > designator character), tactical / special event callsigns can be put > into the 4 char comment, on voice, or in the message field for SMS. > Certainly, the local repeater could be allowed to pass tactical radio > callsigns, but across the network you are just asking for routing > errors if more than one station decides their callsign of the day is > "TAC1" or "BASE" or "EOC" (mitigated by registration, but then only > one station in the entire network can be "TAC1", in a dynamic > addressed network it would be anarchy). It hasn't been "anarchy" yet... I disagree. Yes, you have to watch out that you aren't using some tacticals that someone else is using on the same day. How often has that happened in the real world yet? :-) > The filter would have to be pretty "loose" but keep it to looking > something like a callsign and definitely could filter certain profane > words. Ohh.. now you've opened Pandora's box. Is it the Network's responsibility to stop someone from transmitting naughty words in their callsign field? :-) On both of the above ... I say "no filters". Transmissions are the responsibility of the transmitting station... as always. Software in charge of "human policy" always ends up a mess, and people figure out ways around it anyway. Nate WY0X -- Nate Duehr n...@natetech.com
