[Xastir] pos file

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 22 May 2009, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> A quick search via Google yielded this:
>
>    http://www.rberger.com/radio/protocol.htm
>
> Which says:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> "ITEMS:  Items are the same as objects, except that the Format
> identifier
> is a ), there is no time stamp, and the item name is variable length
> from 3 to 9 bytes followed by the standard ! format posit.
>
>    )ITEM!DDMM.hhN/DDDMM.hhW$...
>
> This is the same format as the .POS files in the .POS directory."
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> In case anyone doesn't recognize what this means, Xastir _does_
> handle items just fine, so try sucking in the .POS file as an Xastir
> log file (File->Open Log File) and see if you get items showing up
> on your map.  Turn off transmit of objects/items (Interface->Disable
> Transmit:Objects/Items) and you're set.
>
> Try it and see.  I don't have any handy and haven't found any in
> some quick searches.

Found one:  No go.  They're not item format in the one I found.

     http://paara.org/resources/aprs/

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