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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Andrew AB9FX wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think, a little detail is missing in the
packet without position – that’s temperature. There is a need
in the APRS standard to have a temperature field, at least t…</p>
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<p>APRS101 P63 "Positionless weather report [...] The weather report
must include at least the MDHM date/timestamp, wind direction,
wind speed, gust and temperature, but [...] Where an item of
weather data is unknown or irrelevant, its value may be expressed
as a series of dots or spaces. For example, if there is no wind
speed/direction/gust sensor, the wind values could be expressed as
[...]"<br>
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<pre>_MMDDHHMMc...s...g...t060</pre>
<p>Alternatively, especially if you don't know the TIME EITHER, you
could (ab)use position ambiguity - transmit a deliberately vague
position - implemented by replacing low-order lat/long digits with
spaces:<br>
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<pre>!49 . N/072 . W_.../...g...t077 or even...
! . N/ . W_.../...g...t077
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<p>Nick VA3NNW<br>
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