[aprssig] parked cars

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Scott Miller wrote:

> > day...  A car with a GPS turned off and a tracker left on will beacon
> > the same position all day long.  Since it would make the same packet
>
> Which trackers do that?  I think the TT3 lets you transmit only when it's
> got a valid position, and that's the default behavior in the OpenTracker.
> SmartBeaconing will also knock the beacon rate way down if it's configured
> right.  The OpenTracker will also let you switch profiles based on speed.

Dumb TNC's sending NMEA strings.

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