[aprssig] Re: PHG in APRS and Xastir?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 11 May 2006, Robert Bruninga wrote:

> >That's the reason there's a DISABLE togglebutton
> >on the dialog.
>
> Thanks,  I hope that that button defaults to the
> condition that includes this PHG data in his packet unless
> the  owner specifically takes action to disable it?
> thanks....

Nope.  It defaults to OFF.  We don't know what PHG should be set to,
so we require the user to manually hit the correct togglebuttons to
enable it with the proper settings, else it's disabled.


> > The other main reason is to keep packets very short,
> > giving a higher success rate.
>
> I would encourage everyone to transmit PHG.  Home fixed
> stations only transmit once every 30 mnutes and  knowing
> someone's relative RF performance is just as important
> to the RF network and other RF users as his location.
> It is one of the fundamental dimensions in the RF domain
> that APRS is supposed to convey..

There's no option in PHG for my instance.  My HAAT is -450 feet at
my house.  Because of that I have it disabled.  Also, my experiments
have shown the advantage of very short packets, which is why I run
my home and my mobile with Base-91 compression, no comments, and no
additional extensions.


> Such as:
> 1) Make sure PHG defaults to on,

Sorry, can't do that as I mentioned above.


> 2)  Does XASTIR display the Omni-DF data? (DFS reports)

Yep.


> 3) Does XASTIR have a one-button method for
>     reporting a signal strength report in the DFS format?

Nope.  We can plot reports on our screen though by creating an
object, then making it an omni-DF type and filling in the fields.


> If not, then something for the future do list.

Anyone can add to our list, but it just keeps growing unbounded.
It's at:

  <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=45562&atid=443274>

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