[Xastir] APRS packet building

Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo.com
Mon Jun 25 15:32:33 EDT 2007


On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Corby Krick wrote:

> Okay... so if I do NOT include the -to_rf and -to_inet... would the
> object then display on my Xastir screen but not ever be transmitted?

Depends.  If you send it with a different callsign and/or SSID than
the running Xastir instance, then I believe that'll be the case.

If you send it with the same callsign/SSID, then Xastir should adopt
it as it's own and (I need to check the code on this though)
transmit it out periodically.

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