[aprssig] Major Problems Developing on 30 Meters APRS

[J. Lance Cotton]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:56:24 -0700, Stephen H. Smith <WA8LMF2 at aol.com> wrote:
> 3)  Excessively long comment fields ala VHF are beginning to appear on
> 30M along with a few clueless users sending raw NMEA strings (i.e. dumb
> TNC) instead of using more compact formats.    Raw NMEA at 300 baud
> takes forever and has a virtually zero chance of being successfully
> received!

I have a feeling that this is because the most recent TinyTrak III
design adds 300 baud packet to its feature list, as well as the option
to send raw NMEA (because many GPS devices provide an extra decimal
digit in the NMEA over what the standard APRS spec calls for, and some
people like that extra "precision", however useless it may be.)

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