[Xastir] What does "local" mean?

[Juergen Frank]

am 10.01.2003 8:43 Uhr schrieb Jack Twilley unter jmt at twilley.org:

>>>>>> "Reuven" == Reuven Z Gevaryahu <Reuven> writes:
> 
> Jack> I'm looking at "Local Stations" and it's not showing what I
> Jack> thought it should show.  I was under the impression that only
> Jack> stations that were directly received (i.e., not relayed) would
> Jack> be listed there.  What did I misunderstand?  Is there any way to
> Jack> see only direct stations?  Jack.  (trying to measure improvement
> Jack> in antenna)
> 
> Reuven> Local, in Xastir terms, is what you mean, but that menu item
> Reuven> is really "heard via tnc". It would be trivial to make it do
> Reuven> what you want: Edit list_gui.c at line 212 and at line 220,
> Reuven> and change "ST_VIATNC" to "ST_LOCAL". (I havn't actualy tried
> Reuven> this, but it looks right. Famous last words...) I think the
> Reuven> menu name is misleading; and it would take only a few minutes
> Reuven> to make a second menu that does what you want.
> 
> I made the change, but didn't get the results I expected.
> 
> The following station is in my log but not listed as a local station:
> 
> W6CX-3*>WIDE2-1>APRS:!3748.57NN12203.41W#PHG7550/A=002380/Rocky Ridge, W of
> Danville
> 

Should be okay! Because it shows WIDE2-1 you heard it via a digipeater.
Otherwise it would be WIDE2-2.

73 de Juergen db2fm

> It was worth a quick try.  Ah well, back to the drawing board.
> 
> Reuven> --Reuven (KB3EHW)
> 
> Jack.
> (maybe I'll ask -dev about it)

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