[Xastir] Help with TH-D72

[kb8uih at charter.net]

My opinion is that in packet mode, the radio is looking for gps data either from an outside source(external gps) or you have to tell the HT to get gps data through whatever packet program you are running. Have you done this?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Bloomberg <hbloomb at gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:33:07 
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion<xastir at lists.xastir.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xastir] Help with TH-D72

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
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