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Message: 25
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:49:14 -0500
From: John <johnk.mchugh_at_att.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] I Apologize!
KCøRNP Richard wrote:
>I understand CWOP most "likely" is not a Ham Radio operator,
Actually roughly 50% of the weather reporting stations ARE ham radio
operators
John
--
John Mc Hugh, K4AG
Coordinator for Amateur Radio
National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC
Home page:- http://www.wx4nhc.org
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Message: 26
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:52:11 -0800
From: "VE7GDH" <ve7gdh_at_rac.ca>
Subject: Re: Eagle Scout Icon - Was Re: [aprssig] APRS data for Scout
Events
KC0MP wrote...
>Bob being an Eagle Scout I think it's great that you being the APRS
>guy are trying to use it in BSA events. One question I have is I know
>we have a Boy Scout and Girl Scout "icon" but would it not be cool to
>have a Eagle Scout Icon for APRS??
....and I keep asking for a "skier" symbol every few months too. I know
there is a limit to how many can be added, but if there's room for tractor,
snowmobile, bank, restroom, truck stop, snowmobile, drizzle, two for grid
squares and other little-used symbols etc. and there are a number (14-15?)
unused characters, why can't there be a skier symbol too????? If KC0MPs
suggestion goes through there will be THREE symbols for scouts... boy, girl
and eagle.
Quoting from Bob's reply... "So we only add new ones when we think that a
reasonable number of the 30,000 APRS users would be able to take advantage
of it." What about removing ones that are NOT being used by the 30,000 or
so APRS users to make room for ones which will be used more often? Also,
who is the "we"? I know the spec mentions an "APRS working group" but is
there one? With no disrespect to Bob, I think that decisions about APRS
should be made by the general APRS community and not by one person.
Not a complete list, but worldwide, right now NO-ONE felt there was an
urgent need for use of any of the following symbols:
\9 gas station
\X pharmacy
\D drizzle
\P parking
\$ bank or ATM
\+ church
\r restrooms (although could be used in emergencies)
\U sunny (you would think that it would be sunny most places at least
during daylight hours if it wasn't drizzling or anything worse there. Maybe
this one means it's not smoggy.)
Little used ones...
/t truck stop there were three on the map. Most truckers drive the
same routes over and over and know where the truck stops are. Even if they
don't, they are commonly find right on the side of the road.
\; park/picnic - three worldwide
/F tractor or farm vehicle - four. One was in a residential area. Two
had a verified TCPIP connection. One had an unverified TCPIP connection.
One was a UI-View user on RF and actually looked like it was near a farm.
\R restaurants - four worldwide.
On the contrary...
/[ jogger - over 229 worldwide. Presumably all on foot, but I would be
willing to bet that not very many of them were actually jogging.
/p dog - 27 users there (woof)
/) wheelchair or disabled - 11
/e equestrian (horse) - 13
There were also four shuttles (/S) whizzing around, but I don't think they
were the ones used by NASA. They are kinda like a helicopter I see driving
up and down a nearby highway all of the time.
I'm not writing this because I like getting flack from Bob. I'm writing it
because I think there is still some room for changes to the accepted APRS
symbols.
73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
--
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
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Message: 27
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:29:37 -0800
From: "Scott Miller" <scott_at_opentrac.org>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] GPS receivers that do not shut down at >60,000'
Altitude
The Garmin GPS 18 works great. I flew one of mine to 106,000 feet. The
configuration program isn't the greatest, but it works, and you can use it
to save a little power. For most uses you don't need it at all. I flew
mine in Garmin mode, though (not NMEA) to get vertical speed out of it.
[commercial content deleted]
Scott
N1VG
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Message: 28
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:49:12 -0400
From: "Rod,VE1BSK" <rodpadmore_at_ns.sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Eagle Scout Icon - Was Re: [aprssig] APRS data for Scout
Events
.....and I still want a 'pedestrian' icon because I don't thinker the
'jogger' icon really represents this group.
BTW, doesn't the fleur-de-lis represent the whole Scout movement
world-wide and wouldn't this be a neat icon?
73 de Rod.
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Message: 29
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:56:38 -0800 (PST)
From: M J <mjandthegang_at_yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Xastir or WinAPRS questions
A great round of "thank you's" go to Jason, Steve, Curt, Mark, Lance and
Phillip. I'm now experimenting with receive only APRS since I'm not
licensed yet, but you never know. :) MJ
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Message: 30
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:44:40 -0700
From: Chris Howard <w0ep_at_frii.com>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] I Apologize!
In a ham radio context: same goes for the FCC database used by QRZ and
hamcall and others. The raw database is freely available. Making it
into a nice website or adding features makes it a "value add" and they
can charge for that part if they want.
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Message: 31
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:56:17 -0600
From: "flknbry" <flknbry_at_netzero.net>
Subject: [aprssig] dos on a winxp machine
How does on get into dos on a machine running xp. Not just the dos prompt
through programs.I wish to run dosaprs. Also i would like to change the
home map to mine. when i hit the home key.
Quentin
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Message: 32
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:03:33 -0700
From: "David Holm" <n7drh_at_hughes.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] dos on a winxp machine
Go to Start, Run, type in CMD hit enter.
--Dave ô¿ô¬ N7DRH
And on the eighth day God said, "OK Murphy, you take over."
----- Original Message -----
>
>How does on get into dos on a machine running xp.Not just the dos prompt
>through programs.I wish to run dosaprs.Also i would like to change the home
>map to mine.when i hit the home key.
>
>Quentin
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