[Xastir] findy trails

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, soldering fun wrote:

> My question is, what would cause findy data to show on findu.com
> but not xastir?

> I really appreciate any suggestions.. I am stumped.  Does xastir
> pull this data from findu on the web or via telnet? I haven't had time
> to read thru the src as of yet.

This is an example packet:

N4YLC-1>APT311,W6CX-3*,wIDE2-2,qAR,AA6VN-5:/230323h3746.27N/12223.84Wk349/042/A=000052/soldering fun!

I'd have to look at the spec to see what's going on, but perhaps
somelse with a keen eye will see a problem.

Here's what I see so far though:

Path:  Looks ok to me.

Payload:
--------
/230323h3746.27N/12223.84Wk349/042/A=000052/soldering fun!

It starts with a '/'.  That seems wrong.

Time/date stamp seems ok, as does the lat/long and the symbol/symbol
table.

349/042 are course/speed.  Looks ok.

/A=000052 is altitude in feet.  I'd check the number of digits
against the spec, but probably ok.

"/soldering fun!" is a comment.  Should be ok.

So, the beginning character is the main thing I'd investigate,
comparing it to the spec.  If nobody else gets to that right away
I'll try to check it out later.

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