[aprssig] APRS Symbol Question

[Steve Dimse]

On Aug 2, 2009, at 3:54 AM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:

> No.  You are just experiencing the basically intractable problem of  
> changing/adding APRS symbols.
>
> Once again (for about the third time in the last week and a half):
>
No, this is different, read the original post again. The problem is  
one of the internet databases displaying the wrong symbol for one  
defined in the nine year old APRS Spec, using the alt table instead of  
the primary. I did not verify the problem myself though apparently  
others did. If it is as advertised, it is a bug in aprs.fi.

Steve K4HG

> Jeff Dugas wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have a little puzzle I'm trying to solve regarding defining my  
>> APRS symbol
>> in my D700.
>>
>> If I put in '/(' I believe I'm selecting the symbol for "Mobile Sat
>> Station", as defined in the primary table.  This is what is  
>> desired.  I can
>> verify this by looking on the web in certain places, such as  
>> findU.com, it
>> shows the little car with satellite symbol.
>>
>> But at other places, like aprs.fi, I see the "Cloudy" symbol.  The  
>> Cloudy
>> symbol appears to be in the same position, yet on the alternate  
>> symbol
>> table, and should correspond to '\('.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>>
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