<p dir="ltr">Not sure why but that's what it does.<br>
Maybe ask Byonics!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 04/09/2014 7:11 pm, "Ian Bennett" <<a href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Why send just the callsign if there is no valid position to link it to?? I'm curious as to why you<br>
would do this.<br>
This behavior means you have to have an antenna or dummy load connected when the TT is powered on<br>
(unless the radio is powered separately).<br>
<br>
Ian<br>
<br>
On 04/09/14 18:45, Dom Dahl wrote:<br>
> The tt3 does beacon when powered on but it doesn't send out a position till GPS is locked. So its<br>
> just the callsign that beacons when powered on. As soon as the GPS locks its send another packet<br>
> with position data.<br>
><br>
> Cheers<br>
><br>
> Dom<br>
> VK2HJ<br>
><br>
> On 04/09/2014 5:30 pm, "Ian Bennett" <<a href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Putting on my OpenTracker hat, they already do this; all my installations use it. Very handy when<br>
> testing.<br>
> The opentrackers also "beacon on power on"; still waiting for that feature to be written into the<br>
> TinyTrak 4 when in Smart Beaconing mode (18 months and counting).<br>
> Another annoying habit of the TT3 is it will transmit on power on without GPS lock (even though it<br>
> was programmed not to). I noticed this on a TT3 buried in a radio borrowed from a mate. No feedback<br>
> as to when this will be fixed.<br>
> Rant over.<br>
><br>
> Ian<br>
><br>
> On 04/09/14 17:18, Ian wrote:<br>
> >> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:28:50 +1000<br>
> >> From: Richard Murnane <<a href="mailto:richard.murnane@internode.on.net">richard.murnane@internode.on.net</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:richard.murnane@internode.on.net">richard.murnane@internode.on.net</a>>><br>
> >> To: Australian APRS Users <<a href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>>><br>
> >> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Desert trekking<br>
> >> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net">B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net">B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net</a>>><br>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br>
> ><br>
> > ~Snip ~<br>
> ><br>
> >> I've always thought it would be nice to have a ?beacon now? button<br>
> >> on the TT3, for those times when you want everyone to know where you<br>
> >> are right now. Of course, one can always cycle the power and wait a<br>
> >> minute for the GPS to lock again.<br>
> ><br>
> >> 73 Richard VK2SKY<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I'm going from memory, but didn't some models of the Tinytrack have a 'PTT In' pin on the<br>
> DE-9, and you could configure it to send off a beacon after the PTT was released? You could<br>
> connect a push button to ground and a pullup resistor to that, tweak the settings (possibly<br>
> under MIC-E?) and see how you go.<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards,<br>
> > Ian ZL1VFO<br>
> ><br>
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