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Having the ability to retreive messages using an alternate (Tactical) callsign when your station is unavailable.

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With AX25 Packet radio you can not have 2 packets station with the same callsign,

This will cause it to malfunction and cause Frammer Errors

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Winlink Express & Tactical Callsigns

CREATING :

Open "Setup"

Under "Auxiliary Callsigns and Tactical Addressess" Click on "Add Entry"

Enter your tactical callsign eg. CRD-Fisgard  and a password

Note: Tactical Callsigns are 3 to 12 total characters ALL CAPITALS, alpha only - alpha and numbers.   eg. CRD-FISGARD.  When the event is over you can delete the tactical callsign. Using a password will create an online Winlink account just like registering your real call-sign. an email address of tactical callsign will be created (your tactical Callsign)@winlink.org.

eg. CRD-FISGARD@winlink.org

TACTICAL CALLSIGN - ON/OFF

Activate - put a check in the box of the tactical callsign you want to activate

Deactivate - remove the check in the box of the tactical callsign you want deactivate

SENDING:

Open a new message window and use the drop-down box "From:" (then pick the tactical callsign's you setup and wish to use) and enter your message as normal, then post it  via P2P or WL2K as required

Note: When someone uses your tactical address in their "To:" field

(the callsign will automatically be changed to uppercase)

eg. To: CRD-FISGARD;

RECEIVING:  

Connect to you Local hubbing Post office or HF Pactor to a RMS Trimode station

Open a Winlink session and connect to retrieve your messages or email's to your Tactical Callsign.

Note: If multiple people are using your tactical callsign you must co-ordinate who is collecting the messages.