[Xastir] GPS waypoint question

[Jason KG4WSV]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Fred Hillhouse <fmhillhouse at comcast.net> wrote:
> Please enlighten me.

What if it is beneficial (mobile operator, fault tolerance,
redundancy, etc) to have _both_ the radio display _and_ the xastir
display (and, with a bit of hacking, the GPS waypoint display as
well)?

Example: driver of vehicle operating solo.  Use D700 display for quick
status while driving; computer display is too detailed to safely take
in anything useful while driving.  xastir display is available for
detailed info when vehicle is stopped and driver can safely operate
the computer.

I personally experienced this one weekend before last.

My current solution to the problem is a little PIC decoder on the D700
audio port to decode the packets for xastir, or if I have room and
hardware throw a separate radio into the mix for 144.39/xastir use.

-Jason
kg4wsv