[aprssig] Local Repeater Displays on Mobiles

[Robert Bruninga]

> If you would take a look at W0GQ-R.  Did I do it correct?

;W0GQ-R *192245z4158.56N/09140.24Wr146.745- PL open

Well, actually no.  But thanks for asking..  I see a few
improvements that can be made.

1) Only the call shows on the map/D700 and not the freq.
2) It does not include the PHG data for displaying its range
3) It did not use the 111111z standard to make it permanent.

So here is how I recommend it:

;146.745- *111111z4158.56N/09140.24WrPHGxxxx PL is open W0GQ-R

That fixes all the problems and by adding the word "is", then it
fits nicely on the display of a D7 or D700 mobile.  You fill in
the values for the xxxx PHG digits.  If you don't know, just
tell me the estimated Height above average terrain in the area,
the estimated power, any favored direction, and the estimated
antenna gain and Ill send you back the right values.

Doing it the way I recommended, it will show on a D7 mobile
display as:

+------------+
| 146.745-   |
| PL is OPEN |
|  W0GQ-R    |
+------------+

And the PHG data would show as:

+-------------+
| 146.745-    |
| pw 9W h0040'|
| ant6dB omni |
+-------------+
 
If it was running 9 watts at 40 feet with a 6 dB omni antenna.
Most APRS clients would then plot a range circle around that
repeater to show it's useable range if requested.

Thanks
Bob, Wb4APR


> Thanks,
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> Robert Bruninga wrote:
> > Well, I found more of the local Voice Repeater frequency
objects
> > today.
> > 
> > Apparently there are 77 of them showing up with the Mic-E
> > repeater symbol.  Unfortunately, the intent of that symbol
was
> > to indicate Mic-E repeaters only, that is, repeaters that
listen
> > for PTT type Mic-E packets on the input of the voice
repeater.
> > There are very few of those I think.  So too many of these
> > symbols appear to be improperly used.
> > 
> > The proper symbol to use for a local voice repeater object
is
> > the "/r" symbol.
> > 
> > Are there writings or postings somewhere that are giving
users
> > the wrong idea of what symbol to use in this application?
> > Especially since there are over 800 stations using these
symbols
> > improperly?
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Bob, WB4APR
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> >> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> > Bruninga
> >> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 5:30 PM
> >> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> >> Subject: [aprssig] Local Repeater Displays on Mobiles
> >>
> >> The FINDU lookup (link below) shows all APRS objects or
> > stations
> >> using the QSO repeater symbol and less than 10% of them
show
> >> their frequency as their object name so that they show up
well
> >> on the mobile radios.
> >> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=/r&limit=2000
> >>
> >>
> >> The rest of them simply show a callsign.  This makes them
> >> indistinguishible from just another APRS packet station
when
> >> seen on the mobile radio's front panel station list.  This
is
> >> not very useful information when the frequency would be so
> > much
> >> more useful.
> >>
> >> For info on this Local Info Initiative, check out:
> >> http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/localinfo.html
> >>
> >> Bob, WB4APR
> >>
> >>
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