[OZAPRS] Why so long for stations to show on UIview map

Fri May 28 07:06:18 EST 2010

Hmmm you pose a good question maybe they are status frames, I'll have  
to check.

Mean while PE Pro and Signallink still refuse to get along.

Got to love PC's

David

On 27/05/2010, at 11:51 PM, Tony Hunt wrote:

> I have never heard of this David. So your saying that your seeing  
> Position
> frames from stations and they take 30 mins to show up on the map ?  
> Sounds
> odd.
>
> The only thing I can think of is Status frames. You may be seeing  
> status
> frames from stations. These dont contain positional information.  
> UiView
> stores the status frame info until it has a Position frame that it  
> can plot
> onto a map and then it matches the Status frame info together with  
> the posit
> and gives you the whole picture.
>
> If you dont understand the difference between Status frames and  
> Posit frames
> then have a read of the APRS spec
> http://www.aprs.org/doc/APRS101.PDF
>
> Also make sure your "Expire time" is set to 30 mins or more . This  
> is in the
> Misc settings on Uiview. Most of us run 30 mins.
>
> Tony Hunt VK5AH
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:23:20 +1000
>> From: David and Justine Olsen <davejust at bigpond.net.au>
>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Why so long for stations to show on UIview map
>> To: Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
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>> I see stations appear in the iGate window but they don't appear on
>> UIview's map for over half an hour. Can I change this?
>>
>> David
>>
>> VK4MDX
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 08:42:40 +1000
>> From: "JandG" <somewhereinoz at bigpond.com>
>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Great website for APRS over PSK63
>> To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> Message-ID: <43865DD38D41427CB58E2EEA97805F5D at GerardsLapTop>
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>> G'day all,
>>
>> Stumbled across this web page recently and thought it might be  
>> useful to
>> others as well if you happen to be interested in APRS over PSK63.
>>
>> http://wa8lmf.net/APRS_PSK63/index.htm
>>
>>
>> It's a great site in my opinion.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Gerard
>> VK2JNG
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>> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:29:59 +1000
>> From: Gerard Hill <vk2io at exemail.com.au>
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Had all I can take of SignalinkUSB and PEPro
>> To: Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
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>> Its really interesting to see the various comments on this.
>>
>> Recently I tested MixW 2.19, AGW PE 2010.414, AGW PE Pro 2007.514  
>> and my
>> MFJ 1276 TNC. All were set up to receive 300 bps FSK at ~2100/2300  
>> Hz. A
>> narrow filter was used in the HF radio which was tuned to 40m. MixW  
>> was
>> set to defaults - 400 Hz filter. The sound card line in was  
>> interfaced
>> to the radio's line out via a 1:1 audio transformer from Jaycar.  
>> TNC and
>> sound card were connected simultaneously to the radio.
>>
>> My experience when decoding packets was that AGW PE and AGW PE Pro
>> decoded best and could not be separated. The MFJ 1276 was next best  
>> and
>> then MixW trailed behind. This was a little surprising as I have read
>> much praise for MixW.
>>
>> If anyone wants to try this I found the best dial frequency to use is
>> 7039.68 kHz where the BBSs operate. At certain times there is almost
>> continuous traffic with a mix of short and long packets.
>>
>> Cheers ... Gerard, VK2IO
>>
>> vk5ex.andrew at gmail wrote:
>>> I dont know what other peoples thoughts are. But I reckon that  
>>> MixW seems
>>> to
>>> decode HF packet a bit better that AGW.  However, It might be just  
>>> my
>>> setup
>>> here perhaps. Currently using a Rig Expert Standard into a TS2000.
>>>
>>> Regards .. Andrew .. VK5EX
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David and Justine Olsen" <davejust at bigpond.net.au>
>>> To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:46 PM
>>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Had all I can take of SignalinkUSB and PEPro
>>>
>>>
>>>> i used to run a complex port emulation and TNC emulation with  
>>>> MixW and
>>>> UIView for HF APRS. PTT was controlled by a Cat cable.
>>>>
>>>> I then decided to do away with Mix W and use a SignalinkUSB,  PEPro
>>>> and UIView. Since I made that decision I have regretted it.
>>>>
>>>> My gripes are
>>>>
>>>> 1. PEPro will not hold the KAM seting and requires a restart  
>>>> twice -
>>>> very annoying when you consider the points below.
>>>> 2. The SignalinkUSB seems to not have enough audio to drive the  
>>>> 703 as
>>>> well as the internal sound card.
>>>> 3. The Signalink USB just stops Txing for no known reason.  
>>>> Sometimes a
>>>> delete and reinstall of the AUDIO Device fixes the problem, and
>>>> sometimes it doesn't. SOmetimes a delete of the .ini files in PEPro
>>>> fixes it and sometimes it doesn't.
>>>>
>>>> A million restarts later- I think I'll go back to the complexity of
>>>> Mix W
>>>>
>>>> David VK4MDX
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