First don't use GPS-A. Other DSTAR radios won't be able to see you location.
Then turn on RMC and GCA ONLY in the dv settings Make sure "GPS TX mode" is set to GPS, the "GPS Auto TX Timer" is set to off and the "DV DATA TX" is set to PTT Go to http://www.aprs-is.net/DPRSCalc.aspx, fill in the blanks and copy the "Input into TX Message C1:" into your gps message in your radio. It should work! You can go to http://aprs.fi/ to see if you are being seen. Fran Signature -- Fran, W1FJM <http://www.miele-family.com/weather> <http://www.miele-family.com/weather> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM, ae5pl <p...@ae5pl.net> wrote: > > > The issue is the symbol (or actually the lack of a symbol). The APRS packet > format > !3912.21N08421.72W/ > should actually be > !3912.21N/08421.72Ws > where 's' is a character denoting the symbol used for your station. The > symbol is a setable value in the 2820, consists of 2 characters, usually '/' > (between the latitude and longitude) and another character denoting what > symbol to use. If you manually set this up (I am not fully familiar with the > 2820 programming) to something other than one of the 2820's predefined > symbols, I am guessing that you tried to use a space or something else that > is not allowed and the 2820 choked on it. Try using one of the predefined > symbols in the 2820 and that should take care of it. > > 73, > > Pete AE5PL > > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com <dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.com>, > Steve Lewis <n8...@...> wrote: > > > > Although I won't do it on a permanent basis, I want to be able to > > "broadcast" my location via DPRS. I set the radio for GPS-A, set the > > "unproto" for API282,DSTAR* . > > > > My packets are sorta getting out there, but aprs.fi says this: > > > > 2010-05-23 04:02:09 UTC: > > N8TFD>API282,DSTAR*,qAR,K8BIG-B:!3912.21N08421.73W/ [Unsupported packet > > format] > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > -73- > > > > >
