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Last position (about 30 min ago) shows the plane in front of the hangar at the Anoka County airport. Presumably he'll be home soon. Google says it's about a 20 minute commute.<br><br>Greg KO6TH<br><br><br>> From: ve7gdh@rac.ca<br>> To: aprssig@tapr.org<br>> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:17:29 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] emergency beacon called wide1-1 today<br>> <br>> Chuck W3YNI wrote...<br>> <br>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] emergency beacon called wide1-1 today<br>> <br>> > Actually spoke to some folks from CAP. Gave them what I believed<br>> > was the tailnumber at the time (now confirmed) along with last known<br>> > coordinates from the beacon.<br>> ><br>> > Guy I spoke to is a ham and knew what APRS is - he sent it up the<br>> > chain.<br>> <br>> and posted by Rusty (K1GGS?)...<br>> <br>> > WIDE1-1>N789PH,WIDE2-1,qAR,W9DRR-10:`tR7+{A'/"S)}KD0CVN-1 RV-9A<br>> <br>> The odd thing is that the "callsign" is WIDE1-1 and N789PH (presumably<br>> the tail number) is the destination instead of the "callsign". The<br>> owners callsign appears to be KD0CVN as indicated in the status text.<br>> Don't know why he would include an SSID there! Also according to the<br>> status text, it's an RV-9A.<br>> <br>> I know the above doesn't show a path of WIDE1-1, but looking at the<br>> tracker that IS using a "callsign" of N789PH...<br>> <br>> http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=N789PH&limit=1000<br>> <br>> it is using a path of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1. Surely if it really is a plane<br>> wouldn't use a path of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 - hi!<br>> <br>> Also, looking at http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=WIDE1-1&limit=50<br>> it is possible that there is more than one station with a misconfigured<br>> "callsign" of WIDE1-1.<br>> <br>> 2009-03-14 14:36:43 UTC:<br>> WIDE1-1>N789PH,WIDE2-1,qAR,W9DRR-10<br>> :`tR7+{A'/"S)}KD0CVN-1 RV-9A [Invalid characters in mic-e packet]<br>> <br>> There's that "KD0CVN-1 RV-9A" again... or possibly it's one and the same<br>> beacon. What a tangled web it is!<br>> <br>> The callsign of WIDE1-1 must have been programmed in accidentally. While <br>> it is possible that a mangled MIC-E packet may be involved for the <br>> "emergency" beacon, perhaps it would be a good recommendation for planes <br>> to not use MIC-E to lessen the chance of a mangled MIC-E packet making <br>> it look like an emergency beacon. Just a thought.<br>> <br>> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH<br>> --<br>> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> aprssig mailing list<br>> aprssig@tapr.org<br>> https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<br><br /><hr />Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. <a href='http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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