[aprssig] Help with Interfacing a GPSto Kantronics KPC-3

[Mark Earle]

EXT-Maetta, John wrote:
> 'morning Bob,
> 
> Yes, that is what I am receiving from the PIC-E.  Just a few bytes of
> data. 
> 
> Holy Cow!. Maybe, the PIC-E is working and I didn't have a clue as to
> what data I should have been receiving. I assumed it would be a plain
> text GPS co-ordinate parsed from the $GPRMC string.  
> 
> If I remember correctly from my weekend trials, I would route the PIC-E
> audio output into the KPC-3 audio input and would decode something like
> this from the KPC-3: 3RYR26,RELAY,WIDE-1,WIDE-2,0]]06/. Then my beacon
> text would follow.
> 
> Do I need to run APRS software to decode this data from the KPC-3?
> 
> 73,
> 
> John
> N6VMO
It's easier, but the aprs spec would let you hand -decode this, but it 
"looks" like a mic-e packet to me. That's why Mic-e is useful compared 
to sending raw NMEA strings out on the air - very comressed.

I run a pic E ... if you findu my -9 the look at raw data you can see 
what mine looks like.

This is a typical one, with me in Corpus Christi, TX:

Raw packet: WA2MCT-9>RW4Q8T-5,KD5UJY*,KD5UJY-11*,WIDE2,qAo,K5COD:`}2Vl#Hk/

The k/ indicates my icon is a red truck.


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