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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Thursday, June 26, 2003.
1. Re: APRS Symbols for IRLP, I-Gate and Voice Repeater
2. aprs dos maps
3. Re: Cannot get a Kenwood TH-D7 to work with a Magellan GPS
4. WinAPRS and PMAP 5.0
5. Re: Cannot get a Kenwood TH-D7 to work with a Magellan GPS
6. Re: Cannot get a Kenwood TH-D7 to work with a Magellan GPS
7. findu - breadcrumb on MapBlast map?
8. Re: findu - breadcrumb on MapBlast map?
9. TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
10. Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
11. Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
12. Re: findu - breadcrumb on MapBlast map?
13. Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
14. Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
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Subject: Re: APRS Symbols for IRLP, I-Gate and Voice Repeater
From: Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 00:34:32 -0500 (CDT)
X-Message-Number: 1
>The ICON for an Igate is the GATE icon with the "I" overlay and the Icon
>we will use for IRLP and ECHOLINK will be the /L icon until we can upgrade
>all APRS software to add one that can take overlays for I or E...
What is the code for the GATE icon with the "I" overlay? I can't seem to
find it in the APRS Protocol Reference.
Adi
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Adi Linden | va3adi | va3adi@adis.ca | http://adis.ca
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IRLP Node 2590 in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
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Subject: aprs dos maps
From: wes@johnston.net
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 2
Is there some utility to take WINAPRS maps and down convert them to dos
maps? I think I remember some such util... and I think it even made the
hierachry tree too...
Wes
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Subject: Re: Cannot get a Kenwood TH-D7 to work with a Magellan GPS
From: Henk de Groot <henk.de.groot@hetnet.nl>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:36:48 +0200
X-Message-Number: 3
Hello Micah,
At 21:14 25-6-03 +0000, Micah Goodman wrote:
>The D7 is not upgraded(1998 TNC), and I have tried a full reset on the d7
>many times
The original TH-D7 expects the GPS to output a position NMEA string which
has minute fields with only 3 decicmals. Newer GPSses output a higher
precision, 4 decimals or more in the minute fields (my eTrex does 4
decimals). Since the TH-D7 seems to have this format hardcoded, instead of
looking for the comma separator in the NMEA sentence, it doesn't work. For
people with an e-Trex it is possible to downgrade to older firmware which
still had 3 decimals precision, I don't know if that is possible for your
GPS receiver.
The only other solutions I know is either to upgrade the TH-D7 or to have a
PIC or basic-stamp between the GPS and TH-D7 which strips off the
additional decimals.
Kind regards,
Henk.
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Subject: WinAPRS and PMAP 5.0
From: "Joe LaGreek" <balloon636@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:8:42
X-Message-Number: 4
Having trouble with PMAP 5.0 and WinAPRS 2.7.2. Using PMAP instead of Tiger
data due to size of the Tiger data.
I have a folder named PMAP50 under that folder is a sub-folder named STATES
with all the states in it. I have the latest OCX file and have run the bat
file. After the bat file runs I received the message that the OCX is
registered.
When I start WinAPRS I get a PMAP window and Interstates. As I zoom down, I
do not get street level detail. The PMAP options window does point to C: as
the drive. As far as the doc goes it looks like everything is correct. So
what did I miss?
Second problem, if I open a NEW PMAP WINDOW, I get a message that the OCX
is not registarted.
This PC did have PMAP 3.0 installed. I un-installed PMAP 3.0 before
installing 5.0. Also upgraded WinAPRS to 2.7.2 from an older release.
Thanks in advance for any help. Trying to chase balloons without street
level detail is tough.
73
Joe
N0OTM
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Subject: Re: Cannot get a Kenwood TH-D7 to work with a Magellan GPS
From: "Micah Goodman" <kd7khu@mail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:29:26
X-Message-Number: 5
Makes sense now about the 4+ digits, I see it doing that now. Does the d7
update address this issue? Is there a way to update the firmware yourself
if you have a PIC programmer? Can you do it without desoldering any
chips?Is it possible to program a GPS unit with one? If it's not fixed in
the update, has someone else already made a PIC or basic stamp to do this?
Also on a side note, how does the PC cable for the d7 know to open one of
the wires when it gets plugged into the d7?
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Subject: Re: Cannot get a Kenwood TH-D7 to work with a Magellan GPS
From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@cedar.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:54:49 -0500
X-Message-Number: 6
At 12:29 PM 6/26/2003 +0000, Micah Goodman wrote:
>Makes sense now about the 4+ digits, I see it doing that now. Does the d7
>update address this issue?
>Is there a way to update the firmware yourself if you have a PIC programmer?
There are many other microcontrollers besides PICs.
The D7 uses one of those.
So, no.
>Can you do it without desoldering any chips?
Kenwood hasn't seen fit to let us do this.
You'd need new firmware files, and the software/hardware to load them into
the HT.
>Is it possible to program a GPS unit with one?
Most garmin GPS's will accept new firmware from a utility that garmin
supplies, over the NMEA port. However, it's unlikely that Garmin provides
firmware to "dumb down" their GPS.
>If it's not fixed in the update, has someone else already made a PIC or
>basic stamp to do this?
Regardless of the micro used, it would take a uart, with the receive side
connected to the GPS, and transmit side connected to the HT. You would take
in the GPS data as is, mung it as you like, and shove it out to the HT.
>Also on a side note, how does the PC cable for the d7 know to open one of
>the wires when it gets plugged into the d7?
???
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Subject: findu - breadcrumb on MapBlast map?
From: Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:01:36 -0500 (CDT)
X-Message-Number: 7
Is it possible to produce a breadcrumb trail using a mapblast map on
www.findu.com? I seem to be having a real hard time getting anything
useful out of the cgi's requiring a geo= parameter...
Adi
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Adi Linden | va3adi | va3adi@adis.ca | http://adis.ca
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IRLP Node 2590 in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
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Subject: Re: findu - breadcrumb on MapBlast map?
From: James Jefferson <jj@aprsworld.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:09:41 -0500
X-Message-Number: 8
You can use aprsworld.net
http://db.aprsworld.net/datamart/search.php
Then select track below the results for your station.
-Jim
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Subject: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
From: "Ev Tupis (W2EV)" <w2ev@arrl.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:22:44 -0400
X-Message-Number: 9
I've got a TT-II kit that I'm ready to put to use...any suggestions as to
enclosure mounting this little puppy? Links with pics are always cool. :)
Ev, W2EV
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Subject: Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
From: "Scott Miller" <scott@opentrac.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:40:29 -0700
X-Message-Number: 10
Well, my favorite electronics enclosure material of all time has to be
quick-dry expanding foam. I was going to make a computer case with it, but
someone stole my idea.
http://www.g-news.ch/articles/nhp200nc/
Scott
N1VG
(Or you could just use the Serpac C-6 that it's intended to go in
(http://www.serpac.com/c_series_displayitem.asp?IID=13) - I even got Serpac
to send me a couple of free samples.)
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Subject: Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
From: Randy Allen - KA0AZS <ka0azs@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:27:56 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 11
Don't have any pics posted at this time, but Altoids tins worked for me!
Randy Allen, KA0AZS
EC, Montgomery County OH
www.qsl.net/ohd3ares
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Subject: Re: findu - breadcrumb on MapBlast map?
From: Steve Dimse <k4hg@tapr.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:36:33 -0400
X-Message-Number: 12
On 6/26/03 at 4:01 PM Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca> sent:
>Is it possible to produce a breadcrumb trail using a mapblast map on
>www.findu.com? I seem to be having a real hard time getting anything
>useful out of the cgi's requiring a geo= parameter...
You used to be able to (by not specifying a geo file), until Vicinity
changed the terms of use. They now say a user can't "modify, distribute,
or transmit" their maps about a year ago. At that point I had to remove
that option, since I needed to get the map from them, alter it, and
transmit it to the user.
Note that this is very different from the way the maps are used now, all I
do is to provide a url, it is your browser which requests the maps, and
they are transmitted directly to you from vicinity. This is not against
their terms of use.
Have you looked at N1BQ's tracking page?
http://www.wulfden.org/APRSTracking.shtml
He provides some nice maps there, though some seem to have come from
MapBlast, and I cannot endorse using those, there are others which do not
contain copyright notices.
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/track.cgi?line=1&call=k4hg-8&geo=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.
wulfden.org%2Fmaps%2FMidLant01.geo&start=2160&length=2160
Steve K4HG
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