<div dir="ltr">The TinyTrak does have a setting for "No startup packet" which I guess it's purpose is like announcing on a repeater "VK2ADF listening"...<div><br></div><div>Also from memory, you can trigger a TT beacon by flicking between primary and secondary digi-paths momentarily, if you have built the switch into your interface cable.</div><div><br></div><div>Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Phil Shields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shields_phil@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">shields_phil@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I have used both Byonics and Argent. I quite like Argent because the documentation is good, the USB connector is handy and i like the scripting facility. <br></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span>Phil<br></span></div></font></span><div><div class="h5"> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Thursday, 4 September 2014,
19:11, Ian Bennett <<a href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au" target="_blank">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div>Why send just the callsign if there is no valid position to link it to?? I'm curious as to why you<br clear="none">would do this.<br clear="none">This behavior means you have to have an antenna or dummy load connected when the TT is powered on<br clear="none">(unless the radio is powered separately).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ian<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 04/09/14 18:45, Dom Dahl wrote:<br clear="none">> The tt3 does beacon when powered on but it doesn't send out a position till GPS is locked. So its<br clear="none">> just the callsign that beacons when powered on. As soon as the GPS locks its send another packet<br clear="none">> with position data.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Cheers<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Dom<br clear="none">> VK2HJ<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On
04/09/2014 5:30 pm, "Ian Bennett" <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au" target="_blank">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ibennett@tpg.com.au" target="_blank">ibennett@tpg.com.au</a>>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Putting on my OpenTracker hat, they already do this; all my installations use it. Very handy when<br clear="none">> testing.<br clear="none">> The opentrackers also "beacon on power on"; still waiting for that feature to be written into the<br clear="none">> TinyTrak 4 when in Smart Beaconing mode (18 months and counting).<br clear="none">> Another annoying habit of the TT3 is it will transmit on power on without GPS lock (even though it<br clear="none">> was programmed not to). I noticed this on a TT3 buried in a radio borrowed from
a mate. No feedback<br clear="none">> as to when this will be fixed.<br clear="none">> Rant over.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ian<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On 04/09/14 17:18, Ian wrote:<br clear="none">> >> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:28:50 +1000<br clear="none">> >> From: Richard Murnane <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:richard.murnane@internode.on.net" target="_blank">richard.murnane@internode.on.net</a><br clear="none">> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:richard.murnane@internode.on.net" target="_blank">richard.murnane@internode.on.net</a>>><br clear="none">> >> To: Australian APRS Users <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>
<mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a>>><br clear="none">> >> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Desert trekking<br clear="none">> >> Message-ID: <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net" target="_blank">B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net</a><br clear="none">> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net" target="_blank">B4B8C132-74A7-4274-B980-17087C8835F4@internode.on.net</a>>><br clear="none">> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > ~Snip ~<br clear="none">>
><br clear="none">> >> I've always thought it would be nice to have a ?beacon now? button<br clear="none">> >> on the TT3, for those times when you want everyone to know where you<br clear="none">> >> are right now. Of course, one can always cycle the power and wait a<br clear="none">> >> minute for the GPS to lock again.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> >> 73 Richard VK2SKY<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > I'm going from memory, but didn't some models of the Tinytrack have a 'PTT In' pin on the<br clear="none">> DE-9, and you could configure it to send off a beacon after the PTT was released? You could<br clear="none">> connect a push button to ground and a pullup resistor to that, tweak the
settings (possibly<br clear="none">> under MIC-E?) and see how you go.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Regards,<br clear="none">> > Ian ZL1VFO<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> > OZAPRS mailing list<br clear="none">> > <a shape="rect" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a>><br clear="none">> > <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" target="_blank">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> OZAPRS mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a>><div><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" target="_blank">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> OZAPRS mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" target="_blank">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">OZAPRS mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" target="_blank">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" target="_blank">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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