[Xastir] Emergency in beacon

[Earl Needham]

         I've been having a conversation with KC5FM-9, and not sure 
what to think here.

         Thursday, when I was home, I was using Xastir with the 
internet feed, and KC5FM-9 had the word "EMERGENCY" in his position 
comment field -- I think it originally said "EMERGENCY MANAGER" or 
something similar.

         Every time I'd receive his position, Xastir would pop up a 
window asking if I wanted to find that station.  I finally asked a 
friend of mine, who lives close to him, to ask him to change the 
beacon.  I get the impression that I offended him, and the last thing 
I got from him was:

>The Status text has been changed.
>
>The more I think of this, the more I am convinced that your choice of
>software is the culprit.  I don't show up in the emergency beacons at
>
>http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/emergency.cgi
>
>as well as UI-View over the internet and the Kenwood radio in the EOC.
>
>I am interested (and will check soon) what effect the emergency beacon
>that triggers the Findu output has on the software and radios.  I am
>told that the Kenwood locks up until the operator attends to the
>alarm.  I am also told other software reacts differently, from Bells
>and Whistles to nothing at all.
>
>Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
>
>73

         So, MY question -- is Xastir perhaps "too sensitive" to the 
word "EMERGENCY"?  Is this something that needs to be looked into?

         I'm currently running version 1.9.1 under VMWare.

         7 3
         Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
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