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On 12/31/2009 5:07 PM, Dave Sloan wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hello all,
Hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and that Santa brought you
everything you wanted. Please have a Happy and SAFE New Year!
I have not been active in APRS for a while. I was just checking on the
internet and I see that the activity level of APRS has gone way up in the
Colorado Springs area (for years I was the only mobile for a 20 to 25 mile
area). Looking at the call signs I see that most of the stations are not
using a SSDI for there home stations. The two questions I have are:
Can someone either give me a URL with the current SSID uses?
Can someone tell me what is wrong in the following paths? Or give me a URL
that gives the current paths that are to be used?
I see the following SSID's and paths:
-7 with an icon that looks like a torch over a wire path: >SYPSXV via
WIDE1-1*,WIDE2-1,qAR,WB0BLV
No ssid and a WX symbol path: APRS via TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-2
-P with a house icon path: APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2APRSWST
-9 with a truck icon path: DJATSY via
WB0BLV,WIDE1,WB0JRG-7,WIDE2*,qAR,WB0BLV
-7 with an icon of a runner path: S9PTVS via N0PWZ,WIDE1,ALMGRE*,qAR,WB0BLV
No ssid and a WX icon path: APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2TUS
Note the following two ssid's are the same call sign
-3 fire truck icon path: APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2APRSWST
-2 fire truck path: APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2TUS
-B with a black disamond and a D inside of the diamond path: APJI23 via
TCPIP*,qAC,W0TLM-BS
-1 with a blue octagon with a ? in it parth: APU25N via TCPIP*,qAC,T2MIDWEST
No ssid black octagon with a 1 in it path:
APU25N,WIDE2-1,qAR,WB0BLV:=/;.p{4%qw1 BAPRS Server {UIV32N}
-10 Green circle with WX in it (this is from TN) path:
APW251,KF4TNP-3*,WIDE3-1,qAR,K2HAL-1:=3555.15N\08504.48W_PHG5268/>>>
Cumberland Plateau Crossville TN WX <<< -TNCUM-251-<630>
*** shows distance from Cheyenne Mt., Colorado as 9.4 miles. Shows distance
from Cookeville/Putnam Co EMA (TN) as 27.3 miles. There is NO way both of
these are correct. How can this happen?
Other paths that I see are:
S8UUPR,ALMGRE,WB0BLV,WB0JRG-7,WIDE2*,qAR,WB0BLV:`pKDl#Pk/"IU}
APN391,qAR,KA0SWT:!3846.33N110459.55W#PHG3830 WA6IFI W2,COn /A=012349
APN383,qAR,WB0BLV:!3746.27N/10427.34W#PHG4665/W3,SSn SOLAR DIGI E OF
WALSENBURG
I see that a lot of home stations are not using any SSID. I see where some
are using -3, others are using -7, others are using -9 etc for their
mobiles. Is there no longer an standardization for the use of SSID's?
TNX & 73,
Dave N0EOP
31033
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What do you mean by "a torch over a wire path", "house icon path",
etc ???<br>
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Path settings and APRS symbol (a.k.a. "icon") settings are completely
separate issues. <br>
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The SSID method of controlling what symbol displays is now obsolete.
It dates back to the earliest days of APRS when mobile trackers were
implemented by connecting the serial NMEA data output of a GPS directly
into the serial port of a generic packet TNC, with no computer or other
device inbetween. This resulted in the raw NMEA data being
transmitted as-is without modification or reformatting. The only way
to convey symbol information was by altering the SSID of the sending
callsign. <br>
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Today, using APRS-specific hardware or software, symbols are determined
by a pair of ASCII characters embedded in the lat/long position string.
The SSID is irrelevent. See this page on my site for details:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/APRS_symbols.htm"><http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/APRS_symbols.htm></a> <br>
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The standard PATH setting for mobiles in North America is now just
"WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1" See this page on my site for the history and
details of path selection: <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths"><http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths></a><br>
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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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NEW! Universal HF/VHF/UHF Antenna Mounting System<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/mobile/UniversalAntMountSystem.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/mobile/UniversalAntMountSystem.htm</a><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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