[Xastir] Tracking with Xastir using NMEA tracker

[Kurt]

Hi Bill,
I have three of the Beeline GPS trackers on 70cm.  I'm not interested in getting packets placed on -IS as I just want to get my rocket back and the rest of the world likely doesn't care on .390.  High rate, once per 5 seconds packet would likely tick off a large number of people if a rocket ended up in an inaccessible place and if on 144.390 and close toa Digi, would mess up the local network till the battery dies.  That's not being courteous. (As I aim to be.)The high altitude balloon guys don't transmit that frequently and use reasonable path statements so not to clog up the national system.  Oh boy, there is heck to pay if one has their settings too liberal.  I remember some years agosome folks on the balloon groups had some testy posts for a flier who got it wrong!
Kurt KC9LDH



      From: Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com>
 To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org> 
 Sent: Monday, July 3, 2017 2:10 PM
 Subject: Re: [Xastir] Tracking with Xastir using NMEA tracker
   
>> I've been trying to get some of the electronics oriented rocket guys to come up with ham band NMEA trackers that would have better range and just inject a callsign here and there in an NMEA string.

Isn't that the Big Red Bee?  http://www.bigredbee.com/blgps_2mhp.htm

It works great with a 8 second transmit time and WIDE1-1 fill in path.  :(

Also check https://altusmetrum.org/

Bill
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