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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Friday, April 09, 2004.
1. Re: photo map on findu
2. OpenTracker APRS telemetry
3. Re: OpenTracker APRS telemetry
4. Address to GPS translation
5. Re: OpenTracker APRS telemetry
6. Re: Address to GPS translation
7. Re: Address to GPS translation
8. Re: Address to GPS translation
9. Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
10. Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
11. Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
12. Regarding Cheaha Challenge bike marathon, Alabama 5/2/02
13. Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
14. re: Regarding Cheaha Challenge bike marathon, Alabama 5/2/02
15. RE: Address to GPS translation
16. RE: Address to GPS translation
17. disregard message photo map on findu
18. Re: OpenTracker APRS telemetry
19. Re: Regarding Cheaha Challenge bike marathon, Alabama 5/2/02
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Subject: Re: photo map on findu
From: Steve Dimse <k4hg@tapr.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 00:11:16 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1
On 4/8/04 at 4:13 PM David Dobbins <ddobbinswa@yahoo.com> sent:
>I sure like the new photo maps on findu, but don't recognize the
>territory around a number of callsigns I have look up. Is the glitch
>known already?
There are no glitches I know of, but without specific examples there is
nothing I can check. As I said when I announced it, some areas, especially
those without water or significant relief changes can be all but worthless,
and while I do hope to eventually overlay political boundaries and city
names, that will be a while in the future.
Steve K4HG
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Subject: OpenTracker APRS telemetry
From: "Scott Miller" <scott@3xf.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 21:45:44 -0700
X-Message-Number: 2
By popular demand, I've added support for voltage and temperature telemetry
in APRS mode. Previously the measurements were only reported in OpenTRAC
format.
Rather than the native APRS telemetry format, I'm using the comment field.
Client support for telemetry seems to be inadequate, and the added overhead
wasn't really worth it. What you'll see on the air will look something like
this:
N1VG-6>APOT01:!3452.89N/12037.14W> 13.0V 32C
Your options for temperature are Celsius, and <off>. Deal with it. =] And
note that the Metric / English option in the configuration program ONLY
affects the displayed units in the configuration program itself.
Next on the to-do list: Support for fixed operation (no GPS attached), and
direct Web download of new firmware.
Scott
N1VG
http://n1vg.net/opentracker
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Subject: Re: OpenTracker APRS telemetry
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:17:32 -0400
X-Message-Number: 3
>>>"Scott Miller" <scott@3xf.com> 4/9/04 12:45:44 AM >>>
>...I've added support for voltage and temperature telemetry
>in APRS mode.
>N1VG-6>APOT01:!3452.89N/12037.14W> 13.0V 32C
Great! If this is fixed field, then we can use the presence of the
_xx.xV_xxC as the parsing flag. But what about negative temperatures? May
need to add an additional byte between the Volts and temp?
Bob, WB4APR
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Subject: Address to GPS translation
From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@cedar.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:16:36 -0500
X-Message-Number: 4
I used to know of at least one site that could translate an address to GPS
coordinates, but I've lost track of it.
Anyone got one?
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Subject: Re: OpenTracker APRS telemetry
From: "Scott Miller" <scott@3xf.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:44:55 -0700
X-Message-Number: 5
That space before the temperature changes to a '-' if it's negative. If
anyone wants to parse it, let me know first so we can nail down the exact
formatting.
Also, both fields can be turned on or off in the config program, so you
might have just one or the other.
Scott
N1VG
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Subject: Re: Address to GPS translation
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer@eskimo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:50:16 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 6
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, David VanHorn wrote:
>I used to know of at least one site that could translate an
>address to GPS coordinates, but I've lost track of it.
Xastir can do it now... ;-)
--
Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo dot com
Arlington, WA, USA http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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Subject: Re: Address to GPS translation
From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@cedar.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:56:47 -0500
X-Message-Number: 7
At 07:50 AM 4/9/2004 -0700, Curt, WE7U wrote:
>On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, David VanHorn wrote:
>
>>I used to know of at least one site that could translate an
>>address to GPS coordinates, but I've lost track of it.
>
>Xastir can do it now... ;-)
I haven't got Xastir up and running on the linux box yet.
I've been busy..
What does it take, on a RH9 system?
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Subject: Re: Address to GPS translation
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer@eskimo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:01:55 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 8
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, David VanHorn wrote:
>I haven't got Xastir up and running on the linux box yet.
>I've been busy..
>
>What does it take, on a RH9 system?
Good question. I know we have a lot of users running RH9. I'm using SuSE
Linux myself.
Follow the steps in the INSTALL document if installing on
Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD/MacOSX. Follow the README.win32 document if
installing on Win95 through WinXP.
If you want the address lookup stuff (sorry, U.S. only at present), you'll
need to install the geocoder files for the areas of interest. We have a new
link called "Map Pointers" on our home page that takes you to a lot of the
download sites. We now use 2003 Tiger data for our street maps, so we're
ahead of the curve there.
Your best bet is to subscribe to the "xastir" list, try an install, and ask
questions if you run into trouble. You'll get fairly fast answers there.
The starting point is, as always:
http://www.xastir.org
--
Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo dot com
Arlington, WA, USA http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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Subject: Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
From: "Kurt O. Jauss" <kf6hjo@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:48:47 -0700
X-Message-Number: 9
Byon Garrabrant wrote:
><snip>
>
>A Pocket Tracker is a TinyTrak3 that's been tightly integrated with a
>specially designed APRS transmitter. The Pocket Tracker module
>precisely fits in an Altoids tin and there's still room for the
>battery. (See the web-site for other packaging examples.) At a once-
>per-minute beacon rate, a Pocket Tracker will operate for over 100
>hours on a single 9-volt alkaline battery. That's over 6,000
>position reports!
I'm confused! Do the mints go below the circuit board or above?
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Subject: Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
From: "Christensen, Eric" <CHRISTENSENE@MAIL.ECU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:53:48 -0400
X-Message-Number: 10
The mints go below the board! They'd get too hot if they were on top!
Gees!
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Subject: Re: Pocket Tracker - New Product Announcement
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer@eskimo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:53:06 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 11
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Kurt O. Jauss wrote:
>Byon Garrabrant wrote:
>
>><snip>
>>
>>A Pocket Tracker is a TinyTrak3 that's been tightly integrated with a
>>specially designed APRS transmitter. The Pocket Tracker module
>>precisely fits in an Altoids tin and there's still room for the
>>battery. (See the web-site for other packaging examples.) At a once-
>>per-minute beacon rate, a Pocket Tracker will operate for over 100
>>hours on a single 9-volt alkaline battery. That's over 6,000
>>position reports!
>
>I'm confused! Do the mints go below the circuit board or above?
Those are you emergency rations, needed to keep you alive until the SAR
people find you via your APRS beaconing. Better keep them somewhere!
Hmm... Have to read that "Nutrition Facts" label again...
--
Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo dot com
Arlington, WA, USA http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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