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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Wednesday, June 04, 2003.
1. Thanks
2. Re: PCsat<=>PCSAT2 joint sat test success.
3. Re: Thanks
4. Re: Thanks
5. Re: Thanks
6. RE: AEA PK-80 TNC
7. NOSaprs
8. Re: Air emergency?
9. RE: AEA PK-80 TNC
10. Re: Email Line Length
11. Re: PCsat<=>PCSAT2 joint sat test success.
12. PCSAT; Why Is It?
13. Re: PCSAT; Why Is It?
14. Re: PCSAT; Why Is It?
15. DOS Map for Michigan
16. Re: PCSAT; Why Is It?
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Subject: Thanks
From: Ron <n0pom@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:53:36 -0500
X-Message-Number: 1
Thanks to ALL of you who replied to my question. Great responses guys!
I tried a null cable and it seems to have taken care of the problem so far.
my next step is to get the GPS to work on the USB port. They sure did
not design laptops for hams. They should have a min of 2 serial ports! :)
73
Ron Clark N0POM
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Subject: Re: PCsat<=>PCSAT2 joint sat test success.
From: Andrew Rich <andrew.rich@bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 19:05:39 +1000
X-Message-Number: 2
thought u declared pcsat was dead
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Subject: Re: Thanks
From: "hasan schiers" <schiers@netins.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 06:16:27 -0500
X-Message-Number: 3
For your GPS use a USB > Serial converter. I use them under WinXP and they
work perfectly. Do a google search for "Purple Computing" or "pfranc" and
you will find the ones I use. They work very well under WinXP with a signed
driver and cost 30 bucks each.
73
....hasan, N0AN
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Subject: Re: Thanks
From: Rich Garcia <k4gps@bellsouth.net>
Date: 04 Jun 2003 07:34:45 -0400
X-Message-Number: 4
I have one Belkin USB adapter and it works for me. The trick is some
work and some have not, I do not know if anyone has compiled a list of
USB->serial adapters that have been tested so far.
I am waiting on a order from Belkin right now. They did/do have on
closeout USB->Palm Adapters for about $x. Question is what is the
difference between a serial or palm adapter ? I don't know but I am
"fixing" to find out soon.
Rich
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Subject: Re: Thanks
From: Mark Earle <wa2mct@mearle.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 08:35:19 -0500
X-Message-Number: 5
At 06:16 AM 6/4/2003 -0500, hasan schiers wrote:
>For your GPS use a USB > Serial converter. I use them under WinXP and they
>work perfectly. Do a google search for "Purple Computing" or "pfranc" and
>you will find the ones I use. They work very well under WinXP with a signed
>driver and cost 30 bucks each.
I second this.. have tried Belkin and other usb ---> serial devices, and of
all, this one from Purple just works. I suspect it is the driver that makes
all the diference. On my laptop, I have com1 as a 9pin port, com2 is the
modem. The usb serial comes up default as com4, but may be set to other
port #'s, if the application supports highter #'s. For aprs, using 1 and 4
works fine.. gps on 1, tnc on 4, config aprs+sa and off I go. I have also
used the usb serial with my digital camera transfer program, and the Palm
Hotsync software, no problems.
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Subject: RE: AEA PK-80 TNC
From: "Earl S. Garber" <n3eg@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:33:6
X-Message-Number: 6
On 06/03/03, "<BobDonnell@arkalmus.com>" wrote:
>The PK-80 is a true TNC-2 clone ...
>Be aware that your TNC might not
>successfully communicate at 9600 bauds. TAPR's design used sections of
>an LM-324 op-amp to handle RS-232 signals, and the slew rate
>specification for those parts is at or below that slew rate required for
>reliable 9600 baud communications. The LM-324 can be successfully be
>replaced with a TL074 or TL084 (pin for pin replacement) and these parts
>have a much higher slew rate.
I always wondered why mine never worked at 9600...now if I could just
figure out why mine does a hard reset by itself every few months!
....N3EG
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Subject: NOSaprs
From: David Shaw <maillist@computer-medic.us>
Date: 04 Jun 2003 12:34:27 -0700
X-Message-Number: 7
Hello All, Is anyone running NOSaprs? If so can you help me install it
on RedHat 9.
Thanks, David KE6UPI
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Subject: Re: Air emergency?
From: Miller Scott Contr 30SCS/FTI <Scott.Miller@vandenberg.af.mil>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 22:23:51 -0000
X-Message-Number: 8
Can someone give me a list of emergency beacon capable devices and software
and what it takes on each one to activate the beacon? It's this sort of
false alarm that led me to add a special section to the OpenTRAC spec about
this:
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Hardware and software implementations should take measures to ensure that
the emergency flag is not transmitted accidentally. For a hardware device,
this may include a recessed button, buttons that must be depressed
simultaneously, or a button that must be depressed and held for several
seconds. A software implementation should request confirmation of the
action before transmitting the emergency flag. The flag is equivalent to a
voice 'Mayday' call and should be treated as such. Both hardware and
software implementations should provide a clear visual indication that the
emergency flag is being transmitted.
---
Has anyone analyzed the logs to see if any particular implementation is
responsible for a disproportionate number of false alarms?
Scott
N1VG
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Subject: RE: AEA PK-80 TNC
From: "Mark Fellhauer" <sparkfel@qwest.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 16:09:29 -0500
X-Message-Number: 9
At 09:33 AM 6/4/2003, Earl S. Garber wrote:
>I always wondered why mine never worked at 9600...now if I could just
>figure out why mine does a hard reset by itself every few months!
Replace the capacitors.
Mark
KC7BXS
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Subject: Re: Email Line Length
From: Henk de Groot <henk.de.groot@hetnet.nl>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 16:19:07 +0200
X-Message-Number: 10
At 09:20 31-5-03 -0400, WA8LMF2@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 5/31/2003 5:18:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>bruninga@usna.edu writes:
>
>>ALso, I frequently use text colums:
>>
>> Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
>> -------- -------- --------
>> D1 D2 D3
>> D4 D5 D6
>> D7 D8 D9
>>
>> Is it unreasonable to expect it to show up perfectly in other's Email?
>>
>
>NO! Many mail systems now use proportional-spaced fonts (different letters
>have different widths) so anything columnated with spaces is guaranteed
>not to
>reproduce properly on some systems.
I has nothing to do with "mail systems" but everything with client
programs. It worked okay for years until clients got the ability to use
proportional-spaced fonts. Of course when this setting is there you can bet
that some users actually start to use it. Proportional-spaced fonts surve
no purpose at all but killed this important compatibility.
Using the wront type of font can give funny discussions, especially with
people who do't understand the technology. I've seen heated flame-wars when
one user had put ^^ below some text to refer to that ended up at completely
the wrong place at re receiver side. HTML is even a bigger nightmare, I
filter all HTML type mails to a low priorrity e-mail box, most of it is
spam anyway.
I would say just to go ahead and assume that everybody uses a fixed-space
font and ignore all the others that made an unwise choice to cripple their
mailer (or be friendly and include a warning, which is what I mostly do
when makeing ASCII drawings in e-mail or Usenet News). If there is a
complaint then just tell the user to repair his e-mail program's settings.
About the line length, a "standard" line is 80 characters. You have to use
a smaller length to leave room for quotations in subsequent mails (i.e. ">
", not the funny way LookOut is using). Eudora uses 76 as wrap margin. Note
that there is also a setting in most current e-mail programs not to wrap
lines at all; this is another useless addition that anoys many people.
Speaking about alignment and text visibility; a lot a APRS users seem not
to be aware of the small TH-D7 screen. They put so much introductory text
in their beacon that the realy usefull information drops off the screen.
Ironically some of the information is only usefull to the portable and
mobile users, exactly those that can't read it...
Kind regards,
Henk.
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