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Jeff Dugas wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Greetings,
I have a little puzzle I'm trying to solve regarding defining my APRS symbol
in my D700.
If I put in '/(' I believe I'm selecting the symbol for "Mobile Sat
Station", as defined in the primary table. This is what is desired. I can
verify this by looking on the web in certain places, such as findU.com, it
shows the little car with satellite symbol.
But at other places, like aprs.fi, I see the "Cloudy" symbol. The Cloudy
symbol appears to be in the same position, yet on the alternate symbol
table, and should correspond to '\('.
Am I doing something wrong?
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<br>
No. You are just experiencing the basically intractable problem of
changing/adding APRS symbols. <br>
<br>
Once again (for about the third time in the last week and a half): <br>
<br>
"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 <b>*EVERYONE* </b>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>
<br>
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>
<br>
<br>
<b>The problem is that many users, applications and web sites are using
OUT-OF-DATE symbol sets. If the symbol set they are using is different
from the one you are using, they WILL NOT show the same thing you see.
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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>
<br>
JavAPRS Filter Port 14580 Guide <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm</a><br>
<br>
"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>
<br>
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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