[Xastir] Possible Feature Suggestion

[Chip G.]

I'm not up for attempting to code this right now, but just thought I'd mention it in case any one was interested. One of the many functions/features of Xastir and APRS is the ability to send messages to other APRS users. But often the station you'd like to send a message to is not there at the time. Xastir has a good decay routine for resends, but the delay between attempts can get quite long. What if there was the ability to send a delayed message. And because APRS has the ability to know when a station "checks-in," why not link the message send to the receipt of a new position (or other) packed from the desired station.

So for example, if I want to send to my wife's car (N1MLG-4), but she hasn't left work yet. I would bring up the delayed message window. I would enter in her callsign & SSID and then the message and click send. Xastir would begin to monitor and as soon as the next packet was received it would send the message back by either the default path, by the return path, or by a path I specify. A fancy variation would include an abort option (if not sent within the specified time it aborts lets the user know).

Thanks for considering the idea,


73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn