[aprssig] APRS+SA 2.27 vs Findu VX8 packet

[Mark Earle]

On 1/2/2011 9:34 AM, Mark Earle wrote:
> Further update: Looking carefully (it's a hard font to see), on the 
> tcp tab the | is there! But when I cut-n-paste the line, as below, it 
> is not there. ????? How can that be?
>
>
>
> On 1/2/2011 9:27 AM, Mark Earle wrote:
>> What seems to happen, is APRS+SA 2.27 will show packets from a VX-8 
>> handheld in the TCP tab.
>>
>> There is  a one character difference, comparing the packet on the TCP 
>> tab, vs raw packet of findu:
>>
>> This is from the TCP tab
>> KC5EVE>SQRW7R,W5BEC-5*,WIDE2-2,qAR,WB5BBW:`SJr]pj/`"5O}VX-8.Mobile_
>>
>> This is from findu. Note the extra |
>> KC5EVE>SQRW7R,W5BEC-5*,WIDE2-2,qAR,WB5BBW:`|SJr]pj/`"5O}VX-8.Mobile_
>>
>> 20110102 about 9:00a central
>>
>> KC5EVE-1>SQQU0X,W5BEC-5*,WIDE2-2,qAR,WB5BBW:`O/rg*j/`"4z}VX-8.Mobile_ 
>> <-- tcp tab
>> KC5EVE-1>SQQU0X,W5BEC-5*,WIDE2-2,qAR,WB5BBW:`|O/rg*j/`"4z}VX-8.Mobile_ <-- 
>> findu
>>
>> We tried -1 "just because", same result as you can see. It's the  2nd 
>> character of the compressed packet that is different. I've copied 
>> several more, and the | is always in the 2nd position on findu   but 
>> not in the tcp tab of aprs+sa.
>>
>> Any ideas... ?
>>
>> [While the packets are in the tcp tab, they do not show on the map, 
>> nor any other tabs within aprs+sa. ]
>>
>> This is an early VX-8 4 rf band HT, using the Yaesu hand-mic with GPS
>>
>> This same difference occurs when KC5EVE is being gated by other 
>> stations (he drove across NM yesterday and in to central TX), so it 
>> would not seem to be any particular iGate.
>>
>> Anyone know if Brent monitors this sig.. or an email for him? Some 
>> quick searching did not turn up a recent one.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>


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