Moin,
>On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
>> To be honest, the AX.25 specification needs SERIOUS revision in this
>> area, to allow for callsigns of any length or pattern to be used.
No. It is IMO not necessary to put your whole callsign into the
adressfields. Exactly as dl1nc wrote:
>just using
>DL1NC and (just in case) sending a beacon every 10 minutes containing my
>complete callsign and QTH. If anybody wants to know more, they can connect
>me and ask.
it is nonsense to change a protocol for a minor "problem".
If you *really* need this "feature" (because your PTT *really*
requested it literally) there is a simple solution. Just take as much
callsign fields as you need for the long callsign, and protect it with
the heard-flag. It may looks like:
AX25: DC/->DB0IZ-11 v /W0RLI*, /MM, DB0IZ-9 <C C P>
Of course you have to change your local soft; but all other existing
nodes needs no changes.
This looks like complete nonsense? Yes, it does. It _is_ nonsense. A
solution can't be more sensefull than the "problem" :->
Gruss,
Walter
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