[aprssig] Radiation Readings

[scott at opentrac.org]

I don't like putting random stuff in the comment string either, but as Bob
pointed out last time this came up, that's really your only option if you
want it to show up on a D7 or D700.

Scott
N1VG 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Steve Dimse
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:59 PM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Radiation Readings
> 
> On May 11, 2006, at 6:24 PM, Ron Wenig wrote:
> 
> > able to do.  I know there is a way to transmit telemetry 
> via APRS.   
> > Is there
> > a way to transmit other data such as radiation readings.
> 
> Telemetry is one good option. The advantage is that there are 
> already  
> ways to display the data, for example findU has several telemetry  
> cgi's, you can even specify the scaling and labels of the graph to  
> make it a complete display. The disadvantage is that the telemetry  
> option only gives you 256 levels to report.
> 
> If you want more precision than 8 bits, the supported way to 
> do it is  
> with a user-defined APRS message. You can place anything you want in  
> the packet after the three characters that will define your specific  
> packet format.
> 
> The suggestion of putting it in the comment as /Rxxxxx is not  
> supported in the APRS spec. Though it will work, future 
> compatibility  
> is not assured, and the user-defined packet was created specifically  
> to avoid the need for kludges like this one.
> 
> Steve K4HG
> 
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