[OZAPRS] Does any APRS client actually detect anemergencystatus??

[vk3hjq John]

Hi Geoff ,

I just tried it on a Simplex channel with another station using UI-View &
after changing his beacon to Emergency & then beaconing a couple of
times,
it came up in the APRS Emergency software screen but did not activate it,
it
doesn't work at all, I wonder WHY ???

John vk3hjq



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vk3hjq John" <vk3hjq at hotmail.com>
To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Does any APRS client actually detect
anemergencystatus
??


> Hi Again,
>
> I have just e-mailed Giuseppe iw2jzq who wrote APRS Emergency to see
what
> the go is when using a Kenwood TM-D700, (New TM-D710A) or TH-D7A.
>
> See what I get back from him.
>
> But you would think it would work OK wouldn't you, although I have never
had
> an Emergency here to see if it works, maybe I will get someone local to
> beacon an Emergency ( on Simplex ) to see if it really does work, I will
let
> you know how I get on....
>
> John vk3hjq
> vk3hjq at hotmail.com
> www.vk3hjq.ne1.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "vk3hjq John" <vk3hjq at hotmail.com>
> To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Does any APRS client actually detect an
> emergencystatus ??
>
>
> > Hi Geoff,
> >
> > Just for a matter of interest there is a new version of APRS Emergency
out
> > Version 1.20, there is a link from my website at  www.vk3hjq.ne1.net
and
> > just scroll down to the APRS page.
> >
> > John
> > VK3HJQ
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <geoff at gatwards.org>
> > To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:58 PM
> > Subject: [OZAPRS] Does any APRS client actually detect an emergency
status
> > ??
> >
> >
> > > I've been doing some testing of APRS EMERGENCY beacons
> > > (On a private frequency into Dummy Loads - NOT on the APRS net!!)
> > >
> > > The tests were done using a TM-D700, TH-D7A and a UI-View setup with
> "APRS
> > > Emergency 1.12".
> > >
> > > Test 1 - Emergency status sent from D700:
> > > - D7A displayed a ] symbol, no reference to emergency.
> > > - APRS Emergency ignored the beacon (it did receive it as it shows
up
in
> > > the monitor window).
> > >
> > > Test 2 - Emergency status sent from D7:
> > > - D700 displayed EMERGENCY and went nuts beeping about it
> > > - APRS Emergency ignored the beacon (it did receive it as it shows
up
in
> > > the monitor window).
> > >
> > >
> > > I will do some further testing with some other apps like Xastir
later,
> but
> > > I'm wondering if anyone has tested this "APRS Emergency" addon for
> UI-View
> > > and had it working?   I notice a lot of users have it installed, but
its
> > > pretty useless if it ignores emergency beacons.
> > >
> > >
> > > So far, if you need to send an EMERGENCY beacon, you'd better hope
that
> > > someone has a TM-D700, as that seems to be the only thing that
alerts
> you.
> > >
> > > Geoff
> > > VK2XJG
> > >
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