I just found what I was looking for. http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs/EmergencyCode.txt

Eric W4OTN


Eric Christensen wrote:
Gerry,
I THINK Steve captures the EMERGENCY beacons based on the MIC-E format that is used on the D7/D700 radios (modified MIC-E?). I haven't been subscribed to any APRS SIG lists in quite a while so this is an observation from a few years ago... from memory. Has the APRS Spec been modified to include an additional means for transmitting an EMERGENCY packet?

Eric W4OTN


Gerry Creager wrote:
In a week or so, when he's back, I'll ask Steve Dimse about how he captures EMERGENCY on findu unless I can divine it otherwise first. That'd be the definitive case. Comparing Xastir to a piece of software that isn't under maintenance and never will be (UI-view) isn't too good an idea in my view. He sounds like someone who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and doesn't want to admit it.
gerry

Earl Needham wrote:

I've been having a conversation with KC5FM-9, and not sure what to think here.

Thursday, when I was home, I was using Xastir with the internet feed, and KC5FM-9 had the word "EMERGENCY" in his position comment field -- I think it originally said "EMERGENCY MANAGER" or something similar.

Every time I'd receive his position, Xastir would pop up a window asking if I wanted to find that station. I finally asked a friend of mine, who lives close to him, to ask him to change the beacon. I get the impression that I offended him, and the last thing I got from him was:

The Status text has been changed.

The more I think of this, the more I am convinced that your choice of
software is the culprit.  I don't show up in the emergency beacons at

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/emergency.cgi

as well as UI-View over the internet and the Kenwood radio in the EOC.

I am interested (and will check soon) what effect the emergency beacon
that triggers the Findu output has on the software and radios.  I am
told that the Kenwood locks up until the operator attends to the
alarm.  I am also told other software reacts differently, from Bells
and Whistles to nothing at all.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

73

So, MY question -- is Xastir perhaps "too sensitive" to the word "EMERGENCY"? Is this something that needs to be looked into?

        I'm currently running version 1.9.1 under VMWare.

        7 3
        Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
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