[Xastir] Status text

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 07:13:42PM -0600, Roger Banks wrote:
> I've got my Xastir station configured to transmit 'Station Position 
> /Weather'. I notice when configured this way the only comment that is 
> included with the report is 'XRSM'. I can see the logic of such a short 
> comment as the wx packet is long enough as it is. My question is whether 
> or not there is a way to force Xastir to periodically transmit a 
> 'status' packet. A packet without the weather or position information 
> but with a more descriptive comment.

If you are running ax25d, you can do this with a beacon command, 
independently of Xastir.

Bob, N7XY