I didn't see the original message come across the list, only Tom's response.
You can turn off display of such rectangles here: Station -> Filter Display -> Display Position Ambiguity On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 8:08 AM Tom Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's a station transmitting with position ambiguity (truncated precision > position). The box represents the range of positions that the station could > be in given the limited amount of data it transmitted. > > > http://blog.aprs.fi/2011/01/position-ambiguity-support.html > > http://www.aprs.org/symbols.html > (APRSdos used circles for ambiguity) > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:05:16AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > Hi, > > > > In the St. Louis, MO area I see from time to time on my Xastir map (rf only) > > a very large rectangle (more than 50 miles in North/South direction) with an > > X on the station AC0MW-7.?? The X goes from corner to corner of the > > rectangle.?? The X and the rectangle are made of dashes.?? I have been using > > APRS since APRSdos and continue to enjoy it.?? The current Xastir map is > > shown on my website, www.billbird.com.?? I've tried to discover the answer > > on my own but have not been able to. > > > > Thanks and 73, > > > > Bill Bird > > KG0YJ > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > -- > Tom Russo KM5VY > Tijeras, NM > > echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m] > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- Curt, WE7U http://xastir.org http://www.sarguydigital.com _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
