[aprssig] Symbols

[Arte Booten]

Hi all,

Robbie wrote:

> >What is the purpose of the Sky Warn, (Tornado), symbol?

to which Bob B. responded:

>No, it is to mark SKYWARN stations ... Identifes that station as a trained
>SKYWARN spotter.

      This is the "\y" symbol.  It looks like NWS's  skywarn logo.   On
the other hand, the "\t" symbol would be used to define an APRS object
denoting a tornado spotting.   See:
http://cadigweb.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/APRS-docs/OPS.TXT
for directions on how to do so ... preferably including course and speed.  73

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