I believe you need to set position ambiguity to off. That feature when turned on allows you to specify how close to your actual location you want reported to the network. I could be wrong however, I am going on memory and I am a little tired lol. Hope that helps.
<br><br>73, <br>Stephen <br>N1VLV<br><br>P.S. I have the same setup and I love it. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:jemllc@bellsouth.net">jemllc@bellsouth.net</a>
</b> <<a href="mailto:jemllc@bellsouth.net">jemllc@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>
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<p><b><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I am new to packet and APRS.<span>
</span>Using a Garmin etrex </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Vista</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> gps interfaced with
TH-D7. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My location on
<a href="http://findu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">findu.com</a> is appears about 100 miles due north of my actual location</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">
. This has happened
each time I have checked my indicated location with my actual. My gps seems to
be working fine and receives other stations and I think is plotting them
accurately. </span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span> </span>GPS = NMEA, set at 4800
baud </span></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span> </span>144.390 freq,. TNC on,
Beacon displayed, .TX Delay = 750 ms, My Callsign KF4PVT, GPS Unit NMEA,
Waypoint 9digit=NMEA, MY POSITION <span> </span>=
N 33 25.21 W 086 50.85, POS AMBIGU =4digits, POS COMMENT + In Service, Pos
Limit = 10 mi., Status TX 1/6, Packet Path RELAY, WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1, ( ALSO TRIED
WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1, DATA TX = (used both AUTO & PTT), TX INTERVAL = 2 min.,
PK002, AUTO REPLY <span> </span>(ON & OFF),
MSG GROUP = ALL,QST,CQ,KWD, PACKET SPEED = 1200.</span></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">All suggestions are appreciated.</span></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">JIM MORGAN<span> </span>KF4PVT</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="mailto:jemllc@bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jemllc@bellsouth.net</a>
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