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From: dave@rocksvax.FUN (Dave Sewhuk)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio.packet
Subject: Re: Non-callsigns as addresses
Message-ID: <1130002@rocksvax.FUN>
Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 16:45:00 EST
Article-I.D.: rocksvax.1130002
Posted: Sun Dec 15 16:45:00 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 17-Dec-85 04:53:57 EST
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/* rocksvax:net.ham-radio.packet / clements@bbnccq / 10:47 pm  Dec 12, 1985 */
As the trustee of the ATTICA-0 repeater I want to comment on what was
decided by the western New York and Southern Ontario packeteers.

The FCC/DOC call of the digipeater will be included in a beacon message that
is of general nature.  ATTICA says: "BARRA digipeater N2GH-1, use ATTICA-0 to
access". The rule we are using around here is to use the first 6 letters of
the location of the digipeater.  The local repeaters around here are:

	NIAGAR		Niagara Falls, NY  W2EUP-1
	ATTICA		Attica, NY	   N2GH-1
	HALTON		Halton, Ont	(I forget who's call that is)
	OSHAWA		Oshawa, Ont	( "" )

We feel this is a more mnemonic system that conveys the location of the
repeater to the user.  Call signs may be nice but who knows if the
W1ABC is a repeater between Syracuse and Buffalo, it would be easier
to try ROCHES to see if there is a digipeater in Rochester to bridge the
gap.

It is true that the FCC has been very understanding by 'not looking' but
I feel that the system we are adopting is not an abuse of the intent of
the rules.  Until we get a better routing system developed to make these
long hauls, we should make it as easy as we can on ourselves.

Dave - N2GH

arpa: Sewhuk.HENR@Xerox.ARPA
uucp: {ihnp4,rochester,amd,sunybcs}!rocksvax!dave
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