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Paul Fenrich wrote:
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John,<br>
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I am wondering the same thing. I do special events here in Texas in
the Austin area. I think symbols like a turtle and a hare would be
useful. Perhaps we could share what we learn about this.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
KA5FZU<br>
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John Fritze wrote:
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<div>I was wondering who might know how special icons could be made
for the APRS beacon stations? For example, when I hike I carry a D7g
with a Deluo lite attached and would like my emblem to be a hiker, not
a jogger. </div>
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This issue seems to come up about every 6 months on various APRS
mailing lists.... Repeating yet again:<br>
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APRS symbols (icons) are NOT little bit map graphics transmitted
through the air by each user. They are images stored ahead of time at
the RECEIVING end. All you TRANSMIT is a two-character alpha-numeric
shorthand code that causes the receiving end to select a symbol from
the stored set and display it on their map. <br>
<br>
To get everyone to see a new symbol requires that EVERYONE update the
locally-stored symbol set in their programs or hardware devices (i.e.
GPS displays, Kenwood radios, etc). Not to mention the online services
such as findu, aprs.fi, openaprs, etc. <br>
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Further, in some programs, the symbol set is embedded inside the
compiled .EXE file and is not readily available to be replaced even if
you were willing to do so. <br>
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<br>
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
EchoLink Node: WA8LMF or 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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JavAPRS Filter Port 14580 Guide <br>
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"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a> <br>
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Updated "Rev H" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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