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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vic,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>APRS point has to be on the low side of the scale
regarding utility and documentation. The best thing about it is that you
get MapPoint for free and I use that all the time for a lot of deifferent
things. I started with WinAPRS with a D7, moved over to APRSppoint with the
D7 because I wanted better maps, but quickly moved to UIVIEW which is the gold
standard. A lot of features but the documentation is so good it even nags
you to read it. The author is now SK but there is a group that still
supports it. For the naps, you need to get PMap Server. I am not
saying that it will be real simple to install but its a beaut. Now I have a D700
and its great -- except my TNC board cracked at the GPS jack. But Kenwood
is making a rush fix.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also had problems seeing myself. You know
that you don't actually see your RF coming back to you as a position
report. For he radio only you get "MY POSITION" on the screen with an
optional beep. What you see in the software is basically a copy of the
packet going out. APRSpoint was very hit and miss. I also had
problems with objects and findu. If you try sending your position manually
(F6) you should see the "ON AIR" mesage on the radio.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your 1-9-5 and -6 settings are correct. I
have sent you some files privately that may help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7 3</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andy</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=victorf@windreader.com href="mailto:victorf@windreader.com">Vic
Fraenckel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@lists.tapr.org
href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">APRS Sig</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [aprssig] Help setting up
Kenwood D700A</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I am not the brightest bulb in the chandelier!
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I have been struggling for two days to get my 700A
on the air. I have it interfaced to a laptop running APRSPoint. I am receiving
packets from other stations and see them plotted on my map, but I am unable to
see my own packets. I have a GPS attached to the radio and 'believed' I had
things setup properly on my radio. Not seeing my position show up on the map
is discouraging. It leads me to believe I do not have forgotten
something. Where have I gone wrong? Perhaps something is not set
right in AP? Maybe I am not supposed to see myself! From the map display there
appears to be a digipeater locally. I even went to findu to see if my station
was there with no luck. One area I may have overlooked and just found in
the User Manual is menu item 1-9-5 and 1-9-6. Do these have any effect on my
problem? If so, I expect I should set 1-9-5 to 9600 and 1-9-6 to 1200.
Right? </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>If someone could guide me in the radio set up - sort
of step by step I would be grateful. I must have missed something. What
are the minimal things that should be attended to as far as the radio's menus
are concerned?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I have the radio setup in TNC PKT mode, NMEA, 1200B
packet transfer rate. My GPS is a Garmin GPS35 and I have verified that
it is transmitting NMEA 4800B. In the vain hope that I wired the GPS =>
radio plug backwards I have even tried interposing a null modem
between the GPS and the connector to the radio. I wired a DB9 on the
free end of the plug as my GPS has a DB9 on the output. Neither
direction worked.</FONT></STRONG> <STRONG><FONT size=2>BTW: the pigtail
is wired to the DB9 so that the GPS Data appears on the plugs tip without the
null modem and on the ring with the null modem. The manual is somewhat vague
sayig that the tip (white) goest to DATA IN on the gps and the ring (red) goes
to DATA OUT on the gps. I am not clear as to which device is the DTE and which
is the DCE. If OUT means to the radio in this context, I have the DB9
wired incorrectly. However the null modem corrects this for testing purposes.
I WILL rewire this so as to not have to use the null
modem.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Any enlightenment will be
appreciated.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Vic</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT
size=2>________________________________________________________</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Victor Fraenckel - The
Windman <BR>victorf ATSIGN
windreader DOT
com<BR>KC2GUI
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