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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">4) The findu link shown on the page may or may not
truely show what is out there since it is only sorting
by symbol. The list assumes that all gateways use
the diamond-G icon.
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Thanks Stephen, but where is the "/&" symbol referred to as a
"diamond-G"?
That is one of the oldest APRS symbols dating back to 1993. And
it has always been called HF-GATE. Though in the 1996 time
frame I tried to get everyone to start using the GATE overlays
so that we could have many more different types of GATEways and
make better use of our symbols..
Anyway, if it is referered to as a "diamond-G" then maybe we
need to update that reference.
Oh, and all Igates are supposed to be using the "I&" symbol
which is the GATE with an "I" overlay. I think that still has
people using the wrong symbol for years and years...
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I just referrred to that way as a short-hand way of describing it's
appearance instead of the code used to select it. <br>
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In all the software I've ever used, and on findu, and in the updated
symbol sets I have distributed up to the current "Rev H" that are
derived from the US customary symbol set originated by K4HG, the
primary set "ampersand code" yields a black diamond (i.e. square
rotated 45 degrees) with a yellow letter "G" on it -- not as an overlay
code but part of the base artwork of the symbol. <br>
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I don't think anyone is using a secondary code plus overlay character
to do this for an HF gateway. At least, none that I have seen.
Indeed I have seen the opposite a number of times on VHF in my
travels. People are using the primary /& "diamond-G" symbol to
identify a two-meter igate.<br>
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Anything that depends on overlaid symbols from the secondary set will
simply not show on many users displays since many of the clients just
don't support the secondary overlay technique at all, or have
out-of-date/incomplete symbol sets, or both. <br>
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