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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Friday, October 31, 2003.
1. Re: Where to find APRS icons
2. APRS and spook tracking
3. TinyTrak3 power consumption
4. Toshiba 405CS
5. PK-12
6. Re: PK-12
7. Re: PK-12
8. Toshiba 405CS
9. SMART digi paths (rev 1)
10. Remote Control of TH-F6 All mode HT
11. BalloonSat launch Saturday 01-NOV-03
12. KPC3+
13. Bit error rate- 50% - is it ok??
14. California Fires / Digi
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Subject: Re: Where to find APRS icons
From: "Spider" <spider@rivcom.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:08:42 -0700
X-Message-Number: 1
----- Original Message -----
From: <WA8LMF2@aol.com>
To: "TAPR APRS Special Interest Group" <aprssig@lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:50 PM
Subject: [aprssig] Re: Where to find APRS icons
>I have been in the process of updating the 16x16 icon set. The current
>widely distributed set used by findu, APRSplus, APRSworld and the Xastir
website>is at odds with the symbol set defined in the current "official" APRS
standard.
Did you also check the Errata sheet. There have been several map symbols
added to the symbols section....ICP - Incident Command Post, MOE - MODIS
Earth Observation, Skywarn, etc.
UI-View and Xastir have these and I am not sure of the others.
>For example the symbol code defined as "SSTV" in the APRS document (which I
>transmit all the time from my "SSTV mobile LiveCAM on my APRS beacon, and which
>the Kenwood ''7s display correctly) shows up in all these places as a thunder
>cloud which was reassigned to the secondary set according to the APRS
>document.
>
>As part of a project to create a 16x16 symbol set for use with UI-View (it
>normally uses a 20x20 pixel symbol set created by it's author which IS
>compatible with the current written standard), I have been updating and
correcting the
>16x16 set. I am nearly finished creating 16x16 sets formatted for UI-View and
>for APRSplus.
One thing nice about UI-View is you can make them any size you want and use
the Mysmb files for your own use while maintaining the originals in the
symbol files. Many of mine are way smaller than 16 x 16....which IMHO is
still too big on a crowded map.
Jim
WA6OFT
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Subject: APRS and spook tracking
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:32:24 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 2
Many areas set up HAM patrols to police haloween. Dont overlook
monitoring the FRS radio channels for activity...
We encourage kids to get on the air. As HAMS, we need to help in the
education of the public about proper radio technique whether it is on the
HAM bands or elsewhere. Just never criticize over the air....
>I had proposed Wednesday nights at 9 PM as the universal FRS night net.
>Just tune to channel 1 tone 0 and put out a call. (Of course you need to
>get all the kids in the area to be aware of it...).. Then when they want
>more range, introduce HAM radio.
>
>See my web page:
>
> http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/frsnight.html
Bob
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Subject: TinyTrak3 power consumption
From: "Scott Miller" <scott@opentrac.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:09:39 -0800
X-Message-Number: 3
What's the power consumption of a TT3 with all of the LEDs disabled? I've
still got the LEDs enabled on mine with the default resistors, so I know
it's way over the minimum.
Scott
N1VG
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Subject: Toshiba 405CS
From: Robbie WA9INF <mwrobertson@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:51:03 -0600
X-Message-Number: 4
Hi,
My aprs laptop, a Toshiba 405CS has lost it CMOS battery. Can someone
help me by pointing me to how to get to the battery??
I have everything except the back left corner loose and can not find why
the two halves won't seperate to get at the battery.
This little laptop has really served me well and I hate to give up on
it as it is just the right size for my aprs work while in the car..
Thanks,
Robbie
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Subject: PK-12
From: Earl Needham <needhame1@yucca.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:05:01 -0700
X-Message-Number: 5
All right, all you PK-12 experts --
My PK-12 has done something nutty. All I can get from it is gibberish,
and the following LEDS are lit all the time -- DCD, CON, STA, and
MAIL. I've tried resetting the thing by pulling JP-1 and removing external
power, to no avail.
I've also tried sending *'s, thinking perhaps it was in the old "autobaud"
routine. So far, I haven't been able to get anything to change.
Any help would be appreciated...
7 3
Earl
Earl Needham, KD5XB, Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
KD5XB-2>APW251,PCSAT-1%:=3425.83N/10313.55W-PHG7150/WinAPRS 2.5.1
-EARL_CLOVIS -251-<630>
SETI@Home: 11049WU/7.17yrs!
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Subject: Re: PK-12
From: Earl Needham <needhame1@yucca.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:21:26 -0700
X-Message-Number: 6
And now, for no obvious reason, it's working again. Anybody have
an idea what just happened here?
Thanks again,
Earl
Earl Needham, KD5XB, Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
KD5XB-2>APW251,PCSAT-1%:=3425.83N/10313.55W-PHG7150/WinAPRS 2.5.1
-EARL_CLOVIS -251-<630>
SETI@Home: 11049WU/7.17yrs!
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Subject: Re: PK-12
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@stuckinthemud.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 21:47:07 -0000
X-Message-Number: 7
Not sure if the PK-12 has an autobaud function, but the PK-88 will do that
until it has successfully completed its autobaud routine.
Jim, G1HUL
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Subject: Toshiba 405CS
From: Robbie WA9INF <mwrobertson@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:55:50 -0600
X-Message-Number: 8
Thanks to one and all, that was it, the key was "under the Keyboard" and
I thought all along it was part of the top half of the case, :-(
I have the little culprit, RTC, in my hand and sure 'nuff, only one volt
and a half and fades with a vom attached..
Thanks again fellers,
Robbie
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Subject: SMART digi paths (rev 1)
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:25:52 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 9
Revised SMART-DIGI directives list:
This list adds a list of the frequently used callsign-substituting aliases
to the list of DIGICALLS I am making up for the ERRATA page:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs/errata.html
SMART DIGI DIRECTIVES:
Directives are pseudo-path names that are inserted on the end of an APRS
user's digipeater path to serve as a signal to the network of any special
handling requirements. Here are several of the ones in use:
NOGATE - IGates should igonre these packets
RFONLY - IGates should ignore these packets (why do we have 2?)
IGATE - Smartdigi may substitute shortest path to nearest IGate
ISTATE - Smartdigi may substitute a LINKn-N along an interstate
LAN - Smartdigi may substitute local LANn-N name
LINK - Smartdigi may substitute an optimum LINKn-N path
EOC - Smartdigi may substitute shortest path to nearest EOC
SKYWRN - Smartdigi may substitute preferred skywarn path
WX - Smartdigi may substitute preferred local WX path
NOAUTO - Smartdigi should do NOTHING to this path
CALLSIGN SUBSTITUTING ALIASES:
All digis in the APRS system are supposed to do callsign substitution when
they digipeat the common GENERIC APRS path callsigns of RELAY and WIDE.
But since most digipeaters can support an additional 2 such generic calls,
for use in special local applications, the following list shows several
that are in use:
RELAY - In all digis
WIDE - in all high, wide area digipeaters
SS - Two letter state abbreviation
SAR - Special Search and Rescue digipeaters
SKY - Special SKYWARN digipeaters
ARES - Special ARES digipeaters
RACES - Special RACES digis
For example, a packet in a SAR area might be VIA RELAY,WIDE,SAR or
VIA RELAY,SAR,SAR, or VIA SAR,SAR,SAR. All of these would go 3 hops in
the area of a bunch of SAR digis, but no further. Thus QRM is limited to
the area of interest only and not beyond. Even if the sender used
SAR,SAR,SAR,SAR,SAR... the packet will still only hit the same number of
local digis...
Any others?
de WB4APR, Bob
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Subject: Remote Control of TH-F6 All mode HT
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:02:44 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 10
Concerning the Kenwood TH-F6 All mode HT,
Has anyone done any work with remote control of this rig via the serial
port? Please contct me. Thanks
de WB4APR, Bob
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Subject: BalloonSat launch Saturday 01-NOV-03
From: "Tim Cunningham" <tim_cunningham@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:06:37 -0600
X-Message-Number: 11
BalloonSat Launch Announcement!
Who:
University of Alabama Students - UAH
What:
BallonSat (last one reached 104,000 feet elevation)
APRS on 144.39 MHz (KG4UWE-15) using vertical dipole at .5W.
ATV on 426.25 MHz (KG4UWE) using little wheel at approx 1.5W
When:
Saturday - November 1, 2003
10:00 ~ 11:00am anticipated launch time. Time may vary to resolve
pre-flight issues.
Where:
Huntsville, Alabama
Launch Site: National Space Science and Technology Center
NSSTC is near UAH in Huntsville, Alabama off of Sparkman Drive across
from the UAH campus. Just follow the congregation of APRS tracking mobiles.
The "A Team" (N8DEU and KB3DXR) was successful in watching the payload
land in the trees using APRS navigation (APRS+SA).
Where it could land:
Preliminary landing site: 35 miles at 40 degree heading from launch site
That could be near Scottsboro, but mother nature will make the final
decision.
73's,
Tim - N8DEU
Huntsville, Alabama
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