As it was advertising a local net the digipetter your beacon was received by could be at the same location. Menu #19 in the APR'S list probably shows "G1 ALL" which I assume is a wild-card receive and store from any group name your VX8 hears. Some of the menu options are not easily understood.
I believe it was addressed to you, at least to MY CALLSIGN + SSID you sent at an earlier time.
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Originally Posted by eorange
Last night, I received an unsolicted APRS message on my VX-8R. I didn't send any message that caused a message to be replied back to me. It just showed up & was advertising some local net.
I thought that was cool, but it got me wondering - how did I get this message? I noticed there was a group name attached to the message; it was not addressed directly to me.
As far as I know, my call is not in any APRS groups, but how would I even know that?
Because I received this message - am I a member of this group?
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