Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread Phil
On 18/5/23 11:26, Tom Russo wrote: A dialog box will open up automatically when you receive one. Ah, I see. Thank you Tom. -- Regards, Phil ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread Tom Russo
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 11:22:12AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > > On 18/5/23 11:00, MJ Inabnit wrote: looks > > > Yes, xastir receives message very well. > > Thank you Jay, > > Under the menu item "Messages" I can see how to send a message but no

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread MJ Inabnit
Hi agn Phil, Name is Jaye, not Jay What's your call and what SSID are you using? I'll transmit a test message in your general direction. :) 73 Jaye On 5/17/23 6:22 PM, Phil wrote: > > On 18/5/23 11:00, MJ Inabnit wrote: looks > >> Yes, xastir receives message very well. > > Thank you Jay

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread Phil
On 18/5/23 11:00, MJ Inabnit wrote: looks Yes, xastir receives message very well. Thank you Jay, Under the menu item "Messages" I can see how to send a message but not how to receive one or how to be notified if I have received a message. -- Regards, Phil __

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread MJ Inabnit
Hi Phil, I run the Humboldt APRS net every Monday. I receive dozens of check-ins each week. Yes, xastir receives message very well. I even added a sound file that notifies me on each arrival with an R2D2 beep beep! :) 73 Jaye On 5/17/23 4:04 PM, Phil wrote: > > On 17/5/23 21:27, st...@coas

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread Jason KG4WSV
It is definitely possible to send and receive messages with xastir. If it isn’t working for you then you have some troubleshooting ahead of you. -Jason > On May 17, 2023, at 6:05 PM, Phil wrote: > >  >> On 17/5/23 21:27, st...@coastaldatasystems.com wrote: >> There is also the point that th

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 04:17:09PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > > Yes, it's possible. Yes, it's absolutely possible to receive messages in Xastir, and I had overlooked one question in the original post that I should have responded to much earlier

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread David Ranch
Yes, it's possible. --David KI6ZHD On 05/17/2023 04:04 PM, Phil wrote: On 17/5/23 21:27, st...@coastaldatasystems.com wrote: There is also the point that the mobile station may be, well, mobile. I'm not going to be trying to type a reply to a station when I'm doing 60-70 mph down the roa

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread Phil
On 17/5/23 21:27, st...@coastaldatasystems.com wrote: There is also the point that the mobile station may be, well, mobile. I'm not going to be trying to type a reply to a station when I'm doing 60-70 mph down the road. What I really wanted to know if it's possible to receive a message via X

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-17 Thread st...@coastaldatasystems.com
8:02 PM To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion Subject: Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages An inordinate fraction of mobile stations are basically configured as trackers that don't even display received messages. Odds are good that you're trying to communicate with one of those. APRS

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-16 Thread Phil
On 17/5/23 10:14, Tom Russo wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 06:02:08PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: Dug a little more, and XASTIR considers a station "mobile" if it has any track points stored. If your station is configured as a mobile but isn't ac

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-16 Thread Tom Russo
On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 06:02:08PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:42:11AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the flavor, containing: > > > > Also, my station shows up in the "all stations" list but not in

Re: [Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-16 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:42:11AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > I'm currently in an area with an APRS repeater and so I've been motivated to > have a play with Xastir again. > > During the past few days I've tracked some mobile stations with a call

[Xastir] Receiving messages

2023-05-16 Thread Phil
I'm currently in an area with an APRS repeater and so I've been motivated to have a play with Xastir again. During the past few days I've tracked some mobile stations with a call sign that is known to me. Using Xastir, I've sent these stations a message but I've never received a reply. The pro