<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 27/02/2011, at 11:31 PM, Scott Evans wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div> On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 23:16 +1100, Grant Diffey wrote:<br> <blockquote type="CITE" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "> What's the consensus on aprsdroid vs U2APRS for android?<br> </blockquote> <br> Well I'll give this one a try, but I've used APRSDroid and it does the job, but there's no eye candy to look at as it's simply text (I don't mind that) So I'll report back in a day or so of using ...<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I've tried APRSDroid but can't get it to beacon (or at least, the beacons don't show up on aprs.fi, and the app's The Map view doesn't show any other stations.)</div><div><br></div><div>Presumably one or more of my server settings are wrong: I've tried all the possible connection settings (UDP port 8080, HTTP POST, TCP. Didn't bother with AFSK via speaker), and server <b>rotate.aprs.net.au</b> (by itself, and also tried with :14579 and :14580.)</div><div><br></div><div>The APRS-IS validation passcode I copied from my UI-View, so that should be OK.</div><div><br></div><div>Am I missing something obvious?</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, these difficulties notwithstanding, I think I prefer U2APRS, for its easier setup, messaging ability, switching between manual and auto beaconing. Your mileage may vary, of course.</div><div><br></div><div>73 Richard VK2SKY</div></body></html>