[Xastir] Re: Fwd: Lingering Info

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Tom Robson wrote:

> Not a big deal, but thought you may be interested.  It seems if there are any
> changes in the data received (by changing comments etc) they remain in the
> 'Station Info' dialog.  The following is my station, but I've noticed other
> stations have similar info.  Perhaps this the way it supposed to be...   I'm
> sure a restart will fix (unless of course it is 'spose to be like this) this,
> but hate to do it unless of course there is a new cvs...
>
> The first listed comment is the current setting.
>
> Packets received: 476     Last Heard: 03/03/2003 09:07:10
> Heard via the TNC on device 0, last via TNC on device 0
> Echoed from: WIDE2 WIDE2 RELAY VE7CFF VE7CFF WIDE2
> Data path: APX114,RELAY,WIDE2-2
> Comments: Tom's LinuX QTH, Delta BC, ve7did at rac.ca
> Comments: Tom's LinuX QTH, Delta BCï`
> Comments: Tom's LinuX QTH, Delta BC
> Current Power Gain: 4W @ 6.1m HAAT, 0dB omni, range 3.4km
> Last Position: 03/03  09:07   49 07 30.1N  122 54 30.5W
> CN89nd *

Yep, it's supposed to be like that!  The reason is that stations can
send multiple comment/status fields (the "Comments" in this case can
be either).

It's also useful for seeing who's expanding Mic-E packets or
otherwise corrupting packets, so they can be stopped.  You'll get
lots of things in the comment fields in Xastir which will make those
packets stand out.

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