[aprssig] Kenwood D700 and anti-tracker functions

James Washer washer at trlp.com
Fri Jul 7 21:26:17 EDT 2006


No did I when I asked a simple technical question about a given radio's capabilities...

And yes, I was using the term coined by someone (Darryl) to describe an APRS->GPS->Waypoint device..

Hmmmm, maybe that's the name for it.. l2w (location-to-waypoint)

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:10:31 -0700
<scott at opentrac.org> wrote:

> I think the name is something Darryl came up with to describe his device,
> and since there was no other term in use, it's been adopted to generically
> describe anything of that type.  If Darryl's naming process is anything like
> mine, then he probably spent about 10 seconds staring at a 'New Project'
> window before typing in whatever came to mind.  So don't blame him too much,
> I'm sure he didn't intend to start this!
> 
> Scott
> N1VG 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> > [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of KC2MMI (Jared)
> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 12:25 PM
> > To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> > Subject: Re: [aprssig] Kenwood D700 and anti-tracker functions
> > 
> > "This is "Anti-Tracker" ?!   Makes no sense!"
> > 
> > The phrase "anti-tracker" itself makes no sense, it sounds 
> > like an exercise in
> > high-falutin illiteracy. An "anti-tracker" would logically be 
> > a box that
> > actively blocks tracking devices, or corrupts their data, or 
> > in some other was
> > was "anti" meaning "against" trackers.
> > 
> > By any other name a rose would smell as sweet and all that 
> > other good stuff, but
> > please....
> > 
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