[Xastir] Objects on D7AG

[Josh Keller]

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 13:20, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> 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.
> 
That would be fairly easy to do if I'm not mistaken....I've not gotten
into the Xastir source but I'm thinking about trying....I'm completly
self taught and not very far along :-)

> 
> > 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.
> 

I can understand that completly and feel the same way normally. I have
found there are deficiencies in the D7 that I've not been able to work
around. I'm new to this, but so far the D7 does seem to be the easiest
way to get APRS integrated with SAR and Xastir IMHO is the best solution
on the mapping side for integration. 

> 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.
> 

I've got a Garmin Rhino which is the same as the etrex units on the GPS
side if I'm not mistaken. I will find the cable for it and give that a
shot and reply with my results.

The D7 has a number of options in it for sending waypoints to GPS. There
are a few as I understand it for normal NMEA which will allow up to 9
characters from the callsign. In addition there is a special "6digit
MGN" option which makes it work with Magellan GPS units, the standard
NMEA options will not work.

Thanks,
Josh
KD7ZYW


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