I never saw Bill's original post, either. And Xastir posts have priority in my work email config!
gc On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:28 AM David A Aitcheson < [email protected]> wrote: > Curt, > > I also saw Tom's response first. I looked in my spam folder on Gmail; > the original and another Xastir related message from Bill had been > flagged as spam. > > I have noticed this as a trend ever since Microsoft bought up Github... > makes me wonder. > > 73 > Dave > KB3EFS > > > > On 2/21/20 12:21 PM, Curt Mills wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- Gerry Creager NSSL/CIMMS 405.325.6371 ++++++++++++++++++++++ *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.* * Walt Disney* _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
