[aprssig] What APRS Symbol for Drones?

[Robert Bruninga]

I'd suggest we go with the aircraft symbol with a D overlay.  Authors
that recognize that combo could then make a Drone Symbol t display..
Bob

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 3:50 PM Stephen H Smith via aprssig
<aprssig at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
>
> Now that real activities are resuming, I'm ready to resume my experiments with an APRS tracker on my Autel Evo drone. Details of what I have done so far are here:
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>    <http://WA8LMF.net/Flying-Digi>
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> Now I am pondering what APRS symbol should I use for a drone?
>
> Generic Aircraft?
> Red Dot?
> Letter "D" overlaid on one of the geometric symbols (circle, square, diamond)?
> Unassigned symbol that will produce a crosshairs on most systems?
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> Any thoughts.....
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