[drats_users] Static input of GPS

[Don Poaps]

I added the minus in the Longitude. And I'm showing where I live however my
gps with the radio show me in the church parking lot when I'm in front of
Don's Senior Hang Out.

Thank You John for pointing me in the right direction.

73

On Thursday, March 14, 2013, Don Poaps wrote:

> Hi John
>
> I'm not sending the info I sent your email. For some reason even the
> decimal has me out in Russia. I can't even get look up address to work.
>
> I may get a twin serial cable and see if the GPS data going to my Icom
> 880H can be sent to D-rats to the PC. I'm not sure how other 880H are doing
> it. Run D Rats and GPS  at the same time. I know it can't send data but
> using wifi on a laptop to a router or IPhone as an Internet access. Using
> the Internet preference I guess one can use that.
>
> Not sure what the problem is but we will keep playing with it....
>
> 73
>
> Don va7dgp
>
> On Thursday, March 14, 2013, John K9IJ wrote:
>
>>  At 08:02 PM 3/14/2013, you wrote:
>>
>> I'm having a bad hair day in putting the latitude and longitude in
>> preference > GPS
>> 49degree12'02''
>> 122degree57'14''
>>
>> I've added + signs and I'm still in Russia or china. And I do the space
>> bar to do degrees etc
>>
>>
>> Don,
>>
>> Lat/Lon Coordinates for D-Rats are input in 'decimal' degrees.   For
>> example, my coordinates for D-Rats
>> are  Lat: 42.211251   and Lon: -88.108460    for my location in the
>> chicago area.
>>
>> You can find an online converter from deg/min/sec  at
>> http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> John - K9IJ
>> **
>>
>> ** -
>>
>> John Rice  K9IJ
>> john at k9ij.net
>> Webmaster, Network Admin, Janitor
>>
>
>
> --
> Don Poaps
> New Westminster, BC
> VA7DGP
> Satern Member
> Vector Member
> Surrey Amateur Radio
> Metrotown Salvation Army Community Church Member
>
>
>
>

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Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
VA7DGP
Satern Member
Vector Member
Surrey Amateur Radio
Metrotown Salvation Army Community Church Member
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