[Xastir] Tx'd power/gain info

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Mike Markowski wrote:

> I'm using the latest CVS snapshot of xastir and notice that my
> transmitted station info is always the default "Current Power Gain: 4W @
> 40ft HAAT, 2dB omni, range 3.4mi" regardless of how I set the config
> info.  Yet when I go into File => Configure => Station it shows the
> correct non-default power, height, gain info I've previously set.  Has
> anyone else noticed this?
>
> Also, after going into the config/station menu, the map display area
> then correctly shows my power/gain circle (when it's being displayed),
> but drops back to the 4W/40'/2dB circle after the next ax.25 tx.  Just
> wondering if I've set up something wrong, or if it's a glitch in the code.

Are you using compressed posits?  We might not send the PHG info in
that case.

Have you looked at your raw packets to see whether the PHG info is
getting sent?  You can look at it on Findu, or if you're running the
latest-latest CVS you can look in the View->Incoming packets dialog.

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