[aprssig] Position2NMEA ?

Chuck Kimball n0nhj at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 24 12:55:52 EDT 2010


Very obscure!  Where does one find that plug in.  I'm not seeing it on 
Andy's or your web pages.  Google turns up nothing.
Position2NMEA

Sounds like it could be very handy.

Thanks
Chuck

On 6/20/2010 2:00 PM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:
> N1VG-11 balloon has now landed, after crossing over some of the most 
> extreme mountain terrain in Southern California.  Conveniently, the 
> constantly-shifting winds aloft brought it down in flat terrain instead.
> Details and screen caps of the flight from UI-View + UI-HeightTrack 
> are here on my website.:
>
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> <http://wa8lmf.net/N1VG_Balloon_2>
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>
> At the last moment, about 2/3rds of the way through the flight, I 
> suddenly decided to setup and try the obscure UI-View plugin 
> "Position2NMEA" that can export tracking data to non-APRS mapping 
> programs.
> Pos2NMEA works by simulating a standard NMEA GPS on a virtual COM 
> port,  by taking data from a SINGLE designated station being tracked 
> in UI-View.     This shows the results plotted in Delorme TopoUSA 8.0.
> <http://wa8lmf.net/N1VG_Balloon_2/N1VG-11_TopoUSA_Track.gif>
> [When I saw the balloon heading for the rugged terain of the Tehachapi 
> Mountains, I was thinking it might come down in really extreme terrain.]
>
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