Why not simply put the tactical call in the short message. Then it will scroll by every time you transmit.
73, Tom n4zpt Dennis Griffin wrote: > I have worked many public service events & disaster preparedness > exercises. One would have to be very creative to get meaningful > tactical calls with only 4 characters available. I'm often Lead, so > that's fine, but how about all the numbered Aid Station, Event, > Mobile, Safety, Bicycle, County, Field Team, Hospital, Siren, Support, > Shadow, etc. tactical calls? > > When using APRS, we will use the Tactical call in the regular call > field and put the FCC call in the status text, which is beaconed every > 10 minutes. > > I haven't tried it, but checking my ID-92AD manual, it seems that a > user defined 20 character message can be sent with every PTT > activation, so maybe that method could be employed when needed. > > 73 de Dennis KD7CAC > > > > On May 16, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Tony Langdon wrote: > >> >> At 01:16 AM 5/17/2009, you wrote: >>> John is right on the money here. >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> Tactical Call Sign SOP: >>> >>> A tactical call sign is entered in the 4 digit comment field after a >>> station's legal call sign: >> This would seem to be the most sensible way. >> >> 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL >> http://vkradio.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
