[Xastir] Position rate question

Earl Needham via Kubuntu needhame1 at plateautel.net
Sun Jul 8 03:05:05 EDT 2007


James Ewen wrote:
> When do you plan on getting your 18 wheeler up to 240 MPH? If you want
> one position report every 5 miles at highway speed, why not set your
> high speed to 60 MPH, and high rate to 300. When you exceed the high
> speed, your beacon rate will not go less than 300 seconds. I guess you
> will always beacon every 5 miles, where my settings beacon closer than
> every 5 miles when exceeding the high speed rate.

	Oh -- I've been using 240 as the high speed for some years now. 
Originally with the idea that I might get my HamHUD up in a Cessna at 
some point.  It's never happened, but it might.  Someday.

	7 3
	Earl


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Earl Needham KD5XB
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