This was the most helpful reply received. Starting digging into GPS-A...figured out that if I have my "symbol" in the radio set to "Other" -- "Other" becomes nothing and you miss a character.
So, set your "symbol" to anything OTHER than "Other" and it will be fine. "I can hear me now". :-) -73- On 5/23/2010 10:08 AM, ae5pl wrote: > > > The issue is the symbol (or actually the lack of a symbol). The APRS > packet format > !3912.21N08421.72W/ > should actually be > !3912.21N/08421.72Ws > where 's' is a character denoting the symbol used for your station. The > symbol is a setable value in the 2820, consists of 2 characters, usually > '/' (between the latitude and longitude) and another character denoting > what symbol to use. If you manually set this up (I am not fully familiar > with the 2820 programming) to something other than one of the 2820's > predefined symbols, I am guessing that you tried to use a space or > something else that is not allowed and the 2820 choked on it. Try using > one of the predefined symbols in the 2820 and that should take care of it. > > 73, > > Pete AE5PL > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.com>, Steve Lewis <n8...@...> wrote: > > > > Although I won't do it on a permanent basis, I want to be able to > > "broadcast" my location via DPRS. I set the radio for GPS-A, set the > > "unproto" for API282,DSTAR* . > > > > My packets are sorta getting out there, but aprs.fi says this: > > > > 2010-05-23 04:02:09 UTC: > > N8TFD>API282,DSTAR*,qAR,K8BIG-B:!3912.21N08421.73W/ [Unsupported packet > > format] > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > -73- > > > > ------------------------------------ Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
