<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>The limitation comes directly from the D-STAR spec:</div><div><a href="http://www.jarl.com/d-star/shogen.pdf">http://www.jarl.com/d-star/shogen.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>ie. only 8 bytes per callsign.<br><br>73, Matt VK2ACL</div><div><br>On 25/08/2012, at 11:29 AM, "Alan McGrew" <<a href="mailto:kc4mts@bellsouth.net">kc4mts@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Dan and all!</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Alan McGrew kc4mts<br><a href="mailto:kc4mts@bellsouth.net"><a href="mailto:kc4mts@bellsouth.net">kc4mts@bellsouth.net</a></a><br> 352-683-7264
cell 352-263-5920<br>EC Hernando County ARES<br>CERT trainer<br>Bunch of other
inconsequential titles<br></font></div>
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