http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/ PicoDopp Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:18:49 GMT R. Simmons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/897 Thanks but I'll decline... I think I've got all the info I need right now, but now it seems like it needs to become something different ( something with no TX Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:14:56 GMT Clay Melhorn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/896 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/896 Hey Bob, I know the last thing you probably need right now is to join another e-mail group but there is a wealth of aprs information to be obtained on the Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:32:31 GMT R. Simmons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/895 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/895 Thanks Tom... I guess I assumed the messages would be relayed by a regular voice repeater, since the idea ( as I saw it ) was to provide APRS reporting ability Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:03:30 GMT Tom Russo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/894 ... If the spec says "any printable ascii character" then that's the answer and you should ignore anything I say that conflicts with it. My statement was Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:10:58 GMT R. Simmons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/893 Tom... You say the OBJECT name must be alphanumeric, but the APRS spec says "any printable ASCII character, which would include the ampersand ( @ ) I Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:34:45 GMT Tom Russo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/892 ... APRS is pretty much a broadcast protocol, everybody listens to everything that's sent, there is no meaning to the "TO" address. ... Yep. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:18:28 GMT pelican2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/891 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/891 OK that's interesting, I hadn't thought of that... I thought "unconnected" simply meant there was no verification of reciept, I didn't thnk it meant a total Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:23:28 GMT Tom Russo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/890 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/890 ... This seems to be right, insofar as I understand raw AX.25 frames. I usually only work with the information field (from your F NNNNNN... up to but not Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:09:37 GMT pelican2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/889 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/889 OK, I'll take your suggestions under heavy consideration... as I said, it is not a question that immediately needs to be answered, but maybe soon. ( within a Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:25:32 GMT Tom Russo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/888 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/888 ... Reasonable. ... Also reasonable, so long as it's understood by all those receiving the thing that they can't take the Q number at face value. Picking a Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:17:52 GMT pelican2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/887 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/887 OK, well this is the kind of detail I wanted to avoid... it isn't really a question that needs to be answered right now, but I might simply make NRQ a fixed Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:11:27 GMT Tom Russo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/886 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/886 ... That is not strictly true. Q has a very specific meaning according to the spec, and is generally expressed as a "beamwidth" --- although it should be more Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:38:07 GMT pelican2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/885 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/885 It appears ( after a 2nd look ) the NRQ items are fully characterized, but the Q item ( in particular ) is not used by any automation, and is therefore Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:49:38 GMT kostas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/884 Bob WB6JPI I agree completely with your comments. My vision was similar to GPSS & Agrelo format. With wide search will take 2 driving stations to pinpoint the Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:59:03 GMT pelican2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/883 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PicoDopp/message/883 Thanks Bob... your comments very true, but that begs the question... who generates the quality number ? There certainly is no way to automate it.... and there