[aprssig] D710 Whack-A-Mole! (Future)

[Robert Bruninga]

> Are you talking about APRS users beaconing their voice
frequency,
> or about digis transmitting repeater objects? 

Both.  There are 3 parameters that are absolutely critical to
ham radio communications that should be included in every ham
radio APRS position report to facilitate communications:

 Position (and CSE/SPD (if moving))
 Antenna HAAT if not moving(PHG)
 Operating Frequency.

The problem was, that I left FREQUENCY out of the original APRS
specification back in 1992 and have been trying every since
about 2001 to get it permanently added.  This includes every
digi, user, client, and web page. It is now nearly a decade, and
it is still an uphill battle...   Bob, WB4APR

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] D710 Whack-A-Mole! (Future)
> 
> Bob WB4APR wrote...
> 
> > Yes, the auto-tune to nearest recommended frequency is all
part
> > of the big plan since 2001.
> 
> As far as I know, the FTM-350R from Yaesu doesn't have the
> "tune" feature that the D710 has. Was Yaesu told of this
> proposition, or was it not announced until the D710 was
released?
> 
> > But we have got to get the digi's transmitting this
frequency info
> > before I can convince the MFRS that it is worth the trouble
to
> > add the feature!