The "live operator" bit is nice but if we have to physically be aware in setting it, isn't it useless then?<br><br>I was thinking more like if say a Kenwood was set to automatic beaconing, it would say the operator isn't present. If the beacon was a "manual" posit have it automagically set the operator to live. They could do this and this is more of what I was invisioning with this. I mean, there is no way for me to take the TH-D7 type out of my posits.
<br><br>73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Bruninga</b> <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</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;">
OK, I set up APRSdos to send my house with an "O" overlay using<br>my root callsign WB4APR. It is located about 3909N amd 7636W.<br><br>No software other than the Kenwoods (maybe) will display the<br>"O". And that is OK for now. But I want to be sure that all
<br>software can still see the object and will not ignore this use<br>of the overlay.<br><br>If so, then we can use the OVERLAY "O" to indicate "Operator<br>Present" on almost any object where an operator might likely be.
<br><br>I asked Kenwood and all future software writers to allow<br>overlays on ALL symbols. That was the original intent of<br>overlays back in 1996, but the spec was watered down, since at<br>the time, WinAPRS could not do this. Allowing overlays on all
<br>symbols (whether displayed or not) will allow billions of symbol<br>codes. The D710 will display this overlay. (Ill have to go out<br>to my car to be sure)...<br><br>Bob, WB4APR<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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