[aprssig] Re: "Emergency!" test convention?

[KC7ZRU]

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Robert Bruninga wrote:

| Regarding Emergency Beacon Testing:
|

| On APRS however, an ermergency message is simply just
| another message.  And messages can be tested at any time.
| thus no need for any special test period.  Just send a non-test
| message any time and it will be propogated like any other
| APRS message.  If you want to see how a particular
| software handles an emergency, then simply QSY to a
| non APRS frequency, send and recive he emergency
| message and observe.  When satisfied, return to APRS.
|
| de WB4APR, Bob
|
|

Someone who remembers better fill in my gaps here. But I seem to
remember back when the APRS-WG was getting started up this exact same
discussion.

<hint mode>
If the SIG's search functions were worth a hoot (maybe they are now!)
one could search back in the archives and find that same discussion.
</hint mode>

The same conclussion was drawn then as now - even after much longer
debate. QSY to another freq. run your test then back to 144.390. Just
like Bob said.

73

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