From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Subject: Re: callsign limit Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 19:37:16 +1000 Message-ID: <20060531093716.GA21395@cloud.net.au> References: <200605310927.56706.vk3heg@iinet.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200605310927.56706.vk3heg@iinet.net.au> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:27:56AM +0000, stephen wrote: > When I enter in vk3fdcs at the bbs prompt I get this error: > > VK3HEG BBS>eu vk3fdcs > *** Error : The callsign is missing. > > The windows remote linux program will let me add the vk3fdcs callsign, but > when listing the users the ending 's' is cut off/missing. > > Is it posable to set call sign lengths in fbb or is this going to require a > re-compile/editing of the source code? Good question. AX.25 callsigns are at most 6 characters long, so you won't be able to use those callsigns on the air. Foundation licensees aren't allowed on packet btw. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB