[ax25-layer2] 7-byte address proposal

[Jason Winningham]

On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:38 PM, Barry White wrote:

> As an interum step between AX25 ver 2 and version 3  could we not  
> accomodate 7 char callsigns by using the ssid position in the  
> address field ?

IIRC, the SSID doesn't have a position - it is stored in the low bit  
of 4 of the characters.  A bit of the SSID is shifted in, which is  
why the nominally printable callsign characters aren't really  
printable when you see a raw packet.

-Jason
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