From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Subject: Re: callsign limit Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:19:19 +1000 Message-ID: <20060531111919.GA22980@cloud.net.au> References: <200605310927.56706.vk3heg@iinet.net.au> <20060531093716.GA21395@cloud.net.au> <620c90570605310403o1e4b94bcgf4ab922ef26983e4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <620c90570605310403o1e4b94bcgf4ab922ef26983e4@mail.gmail.com> 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 07:03:50AM -0400, Chuck Hast wrote: > On 5/31/06, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > >Good question. AX.25 callsigns are at most 6 characters long, so you > >won't be able to use those callsigns on the air. > > I believe (I maybe taking one in the wind but so far my digging around the > web would show this correct) that the ITU format for amateur calls is a max- > imum of 6 alpha-numerics, I think that's no longer true as of WRC 2003. It's a bit late to change AX.25 though! > This of course does not set a minimum size as long as the national info is > displayed, so in this country (USA a K4A is possible, I believe in AUS, > you can have say a VK2A) calls as short as 2X1 are possible. Actually 2X1 calls aren't issued. Only 2X2, 2X3 and now 2X4. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB