In article <20000107233539.B13490@...>, Hamish Moffatt
<hamish@...> writes
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 11:51:46AM -0000, Keith wrote:
I understood that we should put -3 in our UI-View callsigns in order to be
compatible with APRS. However, I have received a packet message about this,
of which the following is the relevant extract.
What do you think?
I think SSIDs are a poor way to identify your station type. Some of
the APRS message formats include a station type identifier; only formats
which don't use the SSID (eg NMEA strings from GPS trackers).
With a little bit more code inside the TNC, the APRS protocol could
be greatly simplified.
No, that's been the great problem with APRS!
Putting the intelligence in the hardware has been great for the TNC
manufacturers, who suddenly found that they could suddenly start selling
TNCs again.
However, from the point of view of allowing the mode to develop, it's
been very bad. Other than for systems where a PC can't be used, e.g.
standalone digis and trackers, the intelligence should be in the
software, and the TNC should be used in KISS mode. Once you do that, you
get rid of many of the current performance restrictions.
--
Roger Barker, G4IDE roger@...
Boston
Lincolnshire, UK
