I have been traveling and watching my APRS when I do. I see some crazy callsigns pop up and have realized that some people may not be aware that different dash numbers after their callsign on APRS mean different things. These are probably optional but I thought I would share it anyway.
Since I have an HT APRS (VX-8R) and a Mobile APRS (Kenwood TM-710A) unit my callsigns for each unit are as follows:
Mobile Callsign: K6JYB-9
HT Callsign: K6JYB-7
Here is a list of the standard SSID's to be used:
APRS SSID's
APRS SSID's
"OLLIE"
(K6JYB)
APRS
K6JYB ("BugEater")
K6JYB-7 (VX-8R)
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146.385+ PL: 146.2 Keller Peak (Echolink Equipped)
(K6JYB)
APRS
K6JYB ("BugEater")
K6JYB-7 (VX-8R)
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Re: APRS SSID's
Thank you for answering the question about call sign suffixes on the APRS system...I was curious about why they seemed "random"...they're not.
Time to fix my radios....
Time to fix my radios....

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Re: APRS SSID's
I was going to PM this to you but I thought it valuable enough to post here.cruiserlarry wrote:Thank you for answering the question about call sign suffixes on the APRS system...I was curious about why they seemed "random"...they're not.
Time to fix my radios....
"OLLIE"
(K6JYB)
APRS
K6JYB ("BugEater")
K6JYB-7 (VX-8R)
http://www.facebook.com/FJOllie
"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, the Marines don't have that problem."
-Ronald Reagan
CHECK OUT THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE USA AMATEUR RADIO NET:
Every Thursday night at 7:30pm PST
Repeater
146.385+ PL: 146.2 Keller Peak (Echolink Equipped)
(K6JYB)
APRS
K6JYB ("BugEater")
K6JYB-7 (VX-8R)
http://www.facebook.com/FJOllie
"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, the Marines don't have that problem."
-Ronald Reagan
CHECK OUT THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE USA AMATEUR RADIO NET:
Every Thursday night at 7:30pm PST
Repeater
146.385+ PL: 146.2 Keller Peak (Echolink Equipped)
- cruiserlarry
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Re: APRS SSID's
OLLIE wrote:I was going to PM this to you but I thought it valuable enough to post here.cruiserlarry wrote:Thank you for answering the question about call sign suffixes on the APRS system...I was curious about why they seemed "random"...they're not.
Time to fix my radios....
I think you thought correctly...

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