[aprssig] PHG in APRS and Xastir?

[Kai Gunter Brandt]

Jan T. Pharo wrote:

>"Robert Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu>, Thu, 11 May 2006 10:09:58
>-0400:
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>>I thought UIview was the only software
>>that omitted this fundamental dimension to APRS?
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>Well, UI-View will accept that you put PHG into the status text or the
>main station beacon, as any user of UI-View will see if trying to
>enter a PHG value there.
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UI-view is probably the only program not using this function from the 
program but from a plugin.

AGWTracker and Xastir have this PHG-calculator inbuildt and can display 
the cricles without a plugin.

And UI-View can have this info in the status text but its not propperly 
displayed in the TH-D7 and TM-D700 without tweaking...

But i think a bigger problem is that people "adjust" their PHG so that 
the circles show a more "correct" estimate of how far the signal 
propagates.

I would think its better to show 16W 4dB 6.1m North .if this is the 
approx they are using.

Kai
LA3QMA