[aprssig] APRS on D710
TomK
w5lon at cox.net
Fri Mar 11 13:32:59 EST 2016
On 3/11/2016 9:33 AM, Randy Love wrote:
> Those 'my position' on the screen meant that it received your position
> packet after it was repeated by two digipeaters.
>
> The issue isn't that you aren't transmitting out, it's that your
> packets aren't making it to an igate.
>
> Did you try looking on aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> for your updates?
> Also, aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> will show you what's in your area that
> you may be hitting.
>
> Also, do you have your GPS set up? I'm not clear on that point, so I'm
> asking. Sorry if you stated such before and I just didn't notice.
>
> Randy
> WF5X
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:32 AM, TomK via aprssig <aprssig at tapr.org
> <mailto:aprssig at tapr.org>> wrote:
>
> On 3/11/2016 3:54 AM, TomK via aprssig wrote:
>> On 3/10/2016 5:19 PM, lloyd mitchell via aprssig wrote:
>>> May not matter but the path I use is WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2
>>>
>>> Ko4L lloyd
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Bob Stephens via aprssig
>>> <aprssig at tapr.org <mailto:aprssig at tapr.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think if you have the Beacon set to manual you have to use
>>> the BCON key on the
>>>
>> front panel to cause a beacon to be transmitted. You need either
>> AUTO or Smartbeaconing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob AF9W
>>>
>> Lloyd,
>>
>> WIDE2-2 is the recommended path in my area.
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>> I'll change my Beacon setting to AUTO and let you know if you've
>> put your finger on the problem.
>>
>> Thanks to you both for your replies.
>>
>> TomK W5LON
>>
>>
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> Bob,
>
> I changed my Beacon setting to AUTO and here's what happened:
> The D-710 screen showed "my position" twice, after I had the rig
> turned on for a little over two minutes.
> I went into my home and I brought up "findu". It reported "No
> position report for W5LON has been heard in the last 10 days".
>
> This response was puzzeling as I had not seen "my position"
> shown on the screen of my D-710 prior to changing changing my
> Beacon setting to AUTO.
>
> TomK
>
>
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Randy,
You asked whether I have my GPS setup.
It is setup as follows:
*GPS Port*
Baud Rate 4800
Input GPS
Output DGPS
*Waypoint*
Format NMEA
Name 8-character
Output All
*Beacon Information*
+Speed +Altitude
Position Ambiguity Off
W5LON
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