Hi Andrew.
>>> Just put GB50BO in the callsign field...
>> Thereby contravening the regulations in just about EVERY country
>> I've ever operated in! Certainly, doing that is against the
>> British regulations, the US regulations, the Canadian
>> regulations, the French regulations...should I keep going?
> AFAIK the UK regulations have nothing to say about the AX.25
> layer 2 callsign. We have to have CW ID to identify the callsign
> of the station.
> If the AX.25 layer 2 callsign legally identified the station
> transmitting the frame, then every NET/ROM node would be illegal
> when using layer 2 downlink.
As per my previous two posts on this subject, this has NOTHING to do
with the AX.25 protocol, and EVERYTHING to do with CRIMINAL LAW, in
particular the Fraud Act in the UK and its equivalent in other
countries.
Put bluntly, anybody following Walter's suggestion had better ensure
that the 'shortened form' they use has NEVER been allocated to ANY
other station, as otherwise they commit fraud every time they transmit
a frame.
Q.E.D.
Best wishes from Riley.
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