[Xastir] Fetching a trail

[Earl Needham via Kubuntu]

On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:20:12 James Ewen wrote:
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> KD5XB-11 shows a trail when I download the last 120 hours, just pulled
> it in on Xastir.
>
> > It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of
> > my current position -- did I goof something up??
>
> So, we now know that the station you are fetching data for exists, and
> has track information that covers a significant distance, which is
> able to be grabbed and displayed by Xastir for at least one other
> person.
>
> What callsign do you use for your Xastir client? It shouldn't make a
> difference, and I am fairly certain that I have pulled in historical
> data for VE6SRV-15 on an instance of Xastir running as VE6SRV-15, but
> lets double check.

	I use KD5XB-11 for almost everything, only changing to KD5XB to check out 
this problem.

> What zoom level were you at? If you were zoomed out far enough, the
> trail may have appeared to all be on one spot. If you were zoomed in
> real close, you might have missed the trail being plotted out of view,
> and assumed that it was plotting on your current location.

	You just happened to send this while I am in Kubuntu with Xastir running, so 
I can check this quick.

	My zoom is set to 128 miles, showing a map from Gallup, NM in the west to 
Ardmore, Ok in the east, and I-20 across Texas in the south to Liberal, Ks in 
the north.

	With my Xastir call set to KD5XB-11, I click on "fetch..." and fill in the 
data for KD5XB-11, for the last 120 hours.  After several seconds' delay, the 
window comes up telling me the track has been received, and then, right next 
to the icon already on my map, I see MANY MPH readings flashing by.  No trail 
on the map, just all the MPH readings going by.

	When I set the Xastir call to KD5XB, and follow the same procedure, I see the 
icon for KD5XB-11 moving over the map - starting on I-20, coming into the map 
from the east, across to US84 at Sweetwater, Tx, up to Clovis using US84, 
etc, and all the while leaving a nice trail on the map.

	Changing the Xastir call back to KD5XB-11, the trail remains, even through 
zooming the map in and out.  In fact, if I zoom out to the 512-mile range, I 
can see my trail all the way back over to Shreveport, La.

	Maybe the "configuration position" overrides the position from the Findu 
trail?

	Thanks,
	Earl
-- 
Earl Needham KD5XB
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk