[drats_users] gps ???

[Francis Miele]

Thanks Mike!

Did you do your tests on your Linux machine or your Windows machine?

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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Mike Heitmann <n0so at att.net> wrote:

> OK, I did a little testing this evening. I am able to receive position
> reports from voice stations - as long as they are reporting position ;-)
>
> That said, I do see LOTS of errors, and those show up as chat data
> because I have the "sniff" and "raw text" options checked in the port
> preferences. If I look in my log file, there are many instances of:
>
> APRS CRC mismatch: 7968 != 0DF7 (N0SO>API92,DSTAR*:!
> ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> and they appear to correspond to the chat messages.
>
> The saving grace for voice stations is: unless your transmissions are
> very short, you get multiple chances to get a good position report while
> the operator is talking.
>
> I saw this even on simplex, near my home while walking the dog, so I
> know I had a good path to the repeater. That supports Dans explanation
> that multi-path is more the source of the problem.
>
>
> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 18:04 -0400, Francis Miele wrote:
> > I tested this on my XP machine with the same results. I did not get a
> > chance to test simplex, but I was only two miles away from the
> > repeater and I was never identified with my call sign by drats.
> >
> > --
> > Fran, W1FJM
> >
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> >
> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mike Heitmann <n0so at att.net> wrote:
> >         Hmmm... I'll test mine as well (Linux and Windows) this
> >         afternoon/evening and let you know what I find.
> >
> >         It's got me wondering...
> >
> >         Mike, N0SO
> >
> >
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