[Xastir] Help with TH-D72

[Harry Bloomberg]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:04 AM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Harry Bloomberg <hbloomb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This makes no sense to me either but I'm seeing something similar with my
> > TH-D72!  When the HT is in APRS or non-digital mode (no D on display),
> I'm
> > seeing *lots* of GPS data.  But when the rig is in Packet mode, I see no
> GPS
> > data.
>
> I get GPS data on the pseudo serial port provided via the USB
> connection, but nothing getting passed out the COM port.
>
>
If others can confirm that when the TH-D72 cannot output GPS data when the
HT is in packet mode, would this be considered a bug in the firmware?  Or is
this a feature for which I do not understand the benefit?  Should somebody
(I'll nominate myself) attempt to contact Kenwood and open a bug against the
rig?  An important feature of the TH-D72 is that the software is
field-upgradable, so maybe this could be corrected.

73,
Harry Bloomberg W3YJ
hbloomb at gmail.com