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I guess it's not as big of a problem as I imagined. I noticed the ability to abuse and assumed that people would take advantage of it, but it's nice to see that the greater majority respect and honor proper practices and procedures. Just to clarify the legalities in my head, it is legal for...

Just for future readers, this is why auto-stepping didn't work . Excerpt from the VX-8DR manual: "The VX-8DR/DE is set up at the factory with different default steps for each operating band." So basically, AUTO isn't dynamic and intelligent, it is simply a static stepping recommendation that is...

I agree that people use it so that others can track them, but it doesn't seem too far fetched to think that some people would fabricate an APRS alias and give that out as a way of letting others 'privately' track them without disclosing their official call sign and GPS coordinates (including FCC...

Hello all, I just started getting into APRS and had a security/legal topic that I couldn't find any extensive discussion on. I notice that when I am receiving APRS data, some radios are transmitting a callsign as an all text alias, such as "Watect" or "Salem." Granted, most of these packets...

Thank you for the replies, I figured that was the case. Any hypothesis as to why auto frequency stepping does not allow selecting in 5kHz increments?

Hello, I was wondering if any current Yaesu VX-8DR owners could help me out and test some frequencies for me before I make a big purchase. I have heard that the VX-8DR doesn't have the stepping resolution required to access the frequencies listed below. One 8DR user I talked to reported that...