[Xastir] Compressed Posit incorrect

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, KK6RW wrote:
>
> > Sending a compressed posit report beacon is incorrect, showing my location
> > as South latitude rather than North as set in station setup. Sending a non
> > compressed posit works fine. The following is the incorrect compressed
> > posit:
> > KK6RW-6>APX142,WIDE2-2,qAR,GHGATE:=/fIV=/L&xx{.CXASTIR
> >
> > Non compressed posit is:
> > KK6RW-6>APX142,WIDE2-2,qAR,GHGATE:=4722.93N/12244.17WxPHG4040XASTIR
> >
> > I'm using the latest CVS download (downloaded 3-15-05)
>
> What are you viewing the incorrect compressed position on?
> Aprsworld?  Findu?  Xastir?

I put those two into a log file with different SSID's for each and I
now see what you're talking about.  The compressed one shows up a
bit south of us, the other is at your house.

I'll do some checks to see what's going on.  It could be Xastir
generating an incorrect string, decoding it incorrectly, or a digi
in your area corrupting it.  A quick test of putting in your
lat/long and seeing what the transmit string is will knock out that
last possibility.

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