[Xastir] Receiving messages

[Tom Russo]

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 06:02:08PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:42:11AM +1000, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <phillor9 at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > 
> > Also, my station shows up in the "all stations" list but not in the "mobile
> > stations" list. Under "Configure Defaults" I've selected "Mobile Station
> > w/local time".
> 
> As for your query about why your station doesn't show up in the mobile stations
> list, I can't really answer that definitively.  I tried digging through the 
> code quickly to understand how the different lists are populated, but I can't 
> spot how it actually distinguishes between mobile and otherwise --- I'm pretty 
> sure that it figures that out based on whether the station is transmitting 
> course and speed.  Does your mobile station have a GPS attached?

Dug a little more, and XASTIR considers a station "mobile" if it has any track 
points stored.  If your station is configured as a mobile but isn't actually
moving, that might not trigger whatever it is XASTIR is doing to decide
whether to store a track point or not.
-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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