thanks for info on aprsisce but i have had issues getting mine to work. it kinda got pushed back to back burner with the xastir units i have running. the possiblity of windows based aprs is intriguing but xastir has been for the most part robust. if i could get my aprsisce to work i might use it in future.
jerry kf5aok > On Mar 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > APRSISCE/32 can optionally accept TACTICAL messages over the air or via the > APRS-IS and processes them internally as NickNames. It does not yet transmit > TACTICAL definitions. > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32 > >> On 3/21/2016 11:17 AM, Curt Mills wrote: >> Just another note about this: It is more reliable to NOT have the APRS >> mobiles/portables change ANYTHING in their normal day-to-day settings to >> set up for a special event. If you ask them to, some percentage of them >> won't work properly for the event. >> >> So the idea is to set a tactical callsign in Xastir or other APRS program >> and leave those mobiles/portables alone. Xastir will transmit the tactical >> callsigns over the air or through the internet to other Xastir stations, >> and that same tactical callsign will appear on all screens. I believe we >> are compatible with APRS+SA, and perhaps other APRS programs with respect >> to tactical callsign as well. >> >> >>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Jason Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I will second the warning about overly generic names. It doesn't even need >>> the internet to be a problem. I was the APRS operator for an MS150 Bike >>> Ride when one of our SAGs started appearing about 50-60 miles west of our >>> route. Odd, but not far enough out to be impossible if a driver got lost >>> enough(*). I was probably receiving it over internet, but it was well >>> within my ALOHA circle. It turns out there was another event using SAGs >>> with APRS. Next year we added two more characters to our SSIDs. >>> >>> - Jason >>> (*) - A few years before as a SAG communicator I had to call net control to >>> ask where we were. So it could happen :-) >>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:39 AM Curt Mills <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you're talking tactical callsigns that you put into the callsign field >>>> on the tracker itself, it must be up to six uppercase letters and/or >>>> numbers plus an optional -0 to -15 SSID (nothing in SSID equals -0). >>>> >>>> Stay away from super generic callsigns like "LEAD", "TAIL", etc, so they >>>> don't conflict with someone else's tactical calls that day running a >>>> different event across the world. That way you won't have a conflict for >>>> anyone local who's following it with an internet-only connection, plus >>>> findu.com and aprs.fi won't ping-pong between the multiple events >>> either. >>>> If you're talking about tactical callsigns assigned at the receiving side >>>> (and optionally re-transmitted to other APRS programs) then there are >>>> different rules, perhaps also different between different APRS programs. >>>> For instance you can assign Upper/Lower-case and numbers, probably some >>>> punctuation as well, up to 57 characters in Xastir using that method. >>>> >>>> Good luck. I hope your event goes very well! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Jerry Wetherholt < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> its been a while since i did mods to aprs. what is a good format for >>>>> tactical call signs? we are going to be hosting bike ride upcomming >>>> months >>>>> and didnt know what we could use that would work on any aprs maps. we >>>> plan >>>>> on haveing things like lead vehicle, sag wagons and checkpoints. any >>>>> suggestions on how to format it in place of callsign on track units. we >>>>> have different makes open trackers and kpc setups >>>>> >>>>> jerry >>>>> kf5aok >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Xastir mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Curt, WE7U >>>> http://wetnet.net/~we7u >>>> http://www.sarguydigital.com >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Xastir mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xastir mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
