[drats_users] Call sign field issue_ not a bug

[Matt Maguire]

The limitation comes directly from the D-STAR spec:
http://www.jarl.com/d-star/shogen.pdf

ie. only 8 bytes per callsign.

73, Matt VK2ACL

On 25/08/2012, at 11:29 AM, "Alan McGrew" <kc4mts at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi Dan and all!
>  
> Some thing just came to my attention when trying to use a tactical call sign in D-Rats.... The call sign field allows a maximum of 8 characters. Is there a good reason for the limitation or could you possibly look into extending the call sign field in a future release? I would suggest a field size of 12 chars.
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