I see these packets on the air locally, displayed both on my D700 and on my xastir rig: KE4ROC-7>APRS,W4GPS-7,WIDE1*,WIDE2-2:}KE4ROC-5>APRS,DSTAR*:!3442.36N/08636.56Wj360/042 ED'S D-STAR/A=000636 Not sure what's causing your problem, but xastir doesn't have anything against DSTAR. (: -Jason kg4wsv