[aprssig] D700 dP bug

[Alex Carver]

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> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:37:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Noskowicz 
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] D700 dP bug
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> --- Alex Carver wrote:
> In response to Steve's comment that:
> 
> > > Going DIRECT D7 to D700...
> > > I *was* changing the Position of the D7 by
> > > switching between the three (POS1, POS2, POS3)
> > > [but] the D700 ALWAYS said dP  !   
> 
> 
> >  It means an identical position packet is heard.  
> 
> Nope!  Not on my D700.  I was changing the position by
> changing between the three 
> in the D7.  The D700 always showed dP and I went up to 50
> miles away.  
> The d700 _did_ show the new distance, however, on the
> detail screen.
> 
> Probably like many others, I "thought" dP meant
> duplicate *position*, but it doesn't.  
> It means duplicate STATUS TEXT.  The Spec Comm manual says
> "Position _comment_" Pg 14.
> 
> I did the experiment, as suggested by Bob,  and it takes a
> change 
> in STATUS TEXT.  Posit can change and it says dP.
> 
> 
> >  It certainly does on mine.  If I'm driving
> around, 
> > I hear lots of stations.   Those that aren't
> moving 
> >  show up on my screen as dP's. 
> 
>   On mine, it's Because the STATUS TEXT hasn't
> changed, not the posit.
> 
> >  Those that are moving show up on the screen as
> nP's 
> > and the new data.
> 
>   Mine doesn't have nP.  The frequency display is
> changed to the 
> CALL-SSID with a flashing triangle on its left then the 
> STATUS TEXT below on two lines.  But it takes a S-TEXT
> change.
> 
> >  Perhaps there was a small firmware change 
> 
>   Must be.  My D700 is quite old.  I got it used 5-6 years
> ago.
> 
> 73, Steve, K9DCI


Well that's certainly quite strange but I know for sure that having my D7 beacon over to my D700 and changing the position results in the nP display and/or the full display (depending on my settings for how to display data).  Both of my radios are much newer with the D7 being less than five years old and the D700 is less than three.  I transmit the same status message at all times, too, so it's detecting the change in the position in my case.