[drats_users] autos qst question

[Dan Smith]

> In playing with several autoqst setups I tried to set up a qst for a
> "Station"  I selected a station from the drop down menu of overlays
> and it generated an autoqst for that station. I then tried to
> manually fire the qst. Nothing happened.

Hmm, that's a bug.  It used to work.

> I assumed that it would send out the station location and information
> at the preset interval. Am I interpreting this function correctly or
> does it wait until it sees that station to fire the qst? If so what
> is the advantage of the qst as the same information would be
> transmitted when the station transmits?

You're interpreting it correctly.  The goal was to be able to beacon the
position of stations that can't do it for themselves, or to extend the
range of a simplex station by allowing others to echo it.

I'll take a look...

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