Hi Jim, some of us wanted to do exactly the same thing a while ago and Matt kindly included the function as a standard feature in DStarComms:
http://www.dstarcomms.com/ 15) *GPS Beacon Emulator* This has two features. The first you can take the NMEA from a third party GPS receiver, like a bluetooth device, and then broadcast it with callsign and gps message, as a dstar radio with a gps receiver would. Useful for those that dont have a Icom dedicated gps receive The second feature allows a user to broadcast a fixed GPS location by entering their co-ordinates into dstar comms. This is also useful for those that dont have any means of receiving GPS data but would like to broadcast their location. Both methods send GPRMC as well as GPGGA which means that the GPS data, along with callsign and gps message will show on the receiving stations dstar radio POSI screen. 73 de Darren G7LWT On 19 February 2010 16:09, jkvochick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a 2820 installed in a place where receiving a GPS signal would be > very, very, difficult. > > Sadly, without receiving a valid GPS signature, some of the other cool > features, like distance to station doesn't work. > > Since this radio is installed in a fixed location, I was wondering if you > could inject an appropriate rs232 signal from say an Arduino microprocessor > board, so that the internal units believed they had valid psiiton data? > > Jim WB8AZP > > >
