[Xastir] Objects on D7AG

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Josh Keller wrote:

> I've been playing with objects in Xastir and it brought up a question
> that I haven't been able to figure out....for a little bit of
> background, my SAR unit purchased a few TH-D7A(G) units to pair up with
> Magellan Meridian GPS units. We also got a couple of D700s for base and
> a mobile digi to be used on searches.
>
> When the D7 hears a station it automatically puts that station onto the
> GPS as a waypoint using the first 6 digits of the call. The next time it
> hears that station it updates the waypoints location on the GPS. This
> feature comes in handy when two teams are trying to meet up while going
> x-country and many other things.
>
> Playing with objects tonight it finally clicked that the D7 can get
> objects from Xastir, but it doesn't seem to send objects to the GPS like
> it does with stations. Am I doing something wrong, or is there any way
> to make this happen? If the D7 won't send the objects to the GPS is it
> possible/legal to have Xastir send an object out as if it ware a
> stations position report? As far as I can tell this isn't possible with
> Xastir at the moment, would it be legal to do?

Yea, you'd just need to put the callsign in the comment to make it
legal, FCC-wise.  Don't know about rules in other countries.


> It would be a quick and easy way to get coordinates out to the team and
> into their GPS automatically.

Yea, but I really hate trying to program around deficiencies in
fixed-firmware radios.  Because of the SAR slant though, I might be
willing to work on this.

Is it possible that a Garmin GPS would work with the current Kenwood
firmware, but the Magellan's might not?  I have no way to test this.
Heck, I didn't even know the Magellan's would work with the Kenwoods
in this manner.  I thought only the Garmin's would.

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