[Xastir] Questions

[Bill Vodall]

Back when I was using APRSPLUS as my primary APRS application, I made many
 lists of "wishes" for tweaks to the program that I passed on to Brent.

Now, when working with Xastir, I find I have to be very careful.   Since the
source is available, the response to a "wish" is, as it should be, "send us the patch."  :-)

I'll start the list and start working on the patches...


> > I'm adding the FCC and RAC databases to the Cygwin/Xastir CD.  I have
> > the RAC info now and it works great.  

And now, thanks to the local library and a SanDisk USB drive, I have the FCC
info installed locally and on the CD.  This is very handy. 

Anybody else receive the "callsign not found" message when looking at N7GME-9?  The
call is indeed in the database but Xastir isn't finding it.

> Question is, is there some way to query
> > the database for stations that haven't been heard?   A general lookup feature?
> 
> Nope, but it's on the feature request list.  Feel free to add it and
> send me a patch.  ;-)

Ok.  The patch is in the mail -- along with the cheque...

I tried creating an ITEM with a callsign name and looking it up in station-info.  Xastir
was too smart for me and looked up the info for the station creating the ITEM.


> > Is there any way, in Xastir, to filter out the CWxxxx prefix stations?
> 
> Nope.  Not yet.  I don't think that's on the feature request list
> either.  You can certainly take out all of the weather stations
> and/or weather objects.  That'll do it too.

I don't want to take out the "Amateur" stations..  It's
a little thing that's a personal annoyance.


Bill