[Xastir] New script: ads-b.pl for snagging airplane positions

David Brooke G6GZH xastir at dbrooke.me.uk
Thu Feb 25 16:37:11 EST 2016


On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 01:11:25PM -0800, Curt Mills wrote:
> I should have thought of that! If you're using the same callsign to inject
> as you're using in your Xastir instance, Xastir "adopts" those APRS Items
> as its own and starts retransmitting them. We use that to good effect in
> some instances to get Xastir to do that very thing.

Ah OK. I've not really used Items but that would explain the delay if
it's maintaining an Item it thinks it is responsible for.

> Switch to a different SSID for injection and that problem should go away.

Thanks for the explanation. I'll do that.

It might be worth a warning in the comments so that others can be saved
from the same embarrassment. 8-)

David G6GZH



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