[aprssig] How should this work -> TRACE WIDE2-2

[Stephen H. Smith]

maiko at pcs.mb.ca wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>Let's say that my system recognizes WIDE2-2, but not
>the TRACE digi call.
>
>A station on RF sends a MIC-E frame as follows :
>
>     STATION > UXXXXX via TRACE via WIDE2-2
>
>question 1: should my system digi this as a WIDE2-1, or
>should my system ignore this (since TRACE is the immediate
>destination call, not WIDE2-2) ?
>
>  
>
You station won't digi it unless another (TRACE-aware) station digis it 
first. 

>question 2 : for a TRACE capable system, what should IT do ?
>
>  
>
It should substitute it's own real callsign, marked as used, for 
"TRACE".   The string above should leave a trace-aware digi as
    STATION > UXXXX via *callsign, WIDE2-2.    



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