[Xastir] Item

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh wrote:

> Curt, WE7U wrote:
>
>> Do you support assigning tactical calls across the air?  That's
>> something we implemented in Xastir for support of Events, but the
>> user interface for doing so is not obvious.  We need to work on that
>> to make it easier.  I usually have to look at my notes or the code
>> to remember how to send a tactical call assignment.
>
> You mean you can change a station's callsign with a specially crafted message 
> to the station?

Nope.  It's a display-side assignment of a tactical callsign.  It
doesn't change the transmitter in any way.  For instance, "we7u-12"
might come to help on the Seattle Marathon in November.  Without
touching that station at all, I can make that station appear as
"SAG-5" on all APRS+SA and Xastir stations in the area by sending
out a tactical callsign assignment over the air and/or over the
internet.

When done with the event I can resend the tac-call assignments as ""
and "we7u-12" gets displayed again.

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