[drats_users] gps ???

Mike Heitmann
Tue Aug 10 17:58:04 PDT 2010


On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 18:27 -0400, Francis Miele wrote:
> I am using ver 0.3.3b2, connecting to a ratflector and my 2629. I am
> having an issue receiving stations properly when they transmit their
> location from their radio (not doing DRATS) which is received by my
> radio. They usually appear as unknown, and if there is more than one
> station, they just overlay each other. once in a while their call sign
> will appear.
> 
> In the chat window I sometimes see their gps data but not always.
> 
> Is this working properly?

How good is your RF path with the radio ? I do the same thing here and I
get good position reports as long as the RF path is good. If it's not
and the data contains errors, I see the GPS data as chat data like you
are describing.

Mike, N0SO




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