[aprssig] Re: Fixed station Operator Present Bit

[Patrick Green]

The "live operator" bit is nice but if we have to physically be aware in
setting it, isn't it useless then?

I was thinking more like if say a Kenwood was set to automatic beaconing, it
would say the operator isn't present.  If the beacon was a "manual" posit
have it automagically set the operator to live.  They could do this and this
is more of what I was invisioning with this.  I mean, there is no way for me
to take the TH-D7 type out of my posits.

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.

On 9/17/07, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
>
> OK, I set up APRSdos to send my house with an "O" overlay using
> my root callsign WB4APR.  It is located about 3909N amd 7636W.
>
> No software other than the Kenwoods (maybe) will display the
> "O".  And that is OK for now.  But I want to be sure that all
> software can still see the object and will not ignore this use
> of the overlay.
>
> If so, then we can use the OVERLAY "O" to indicate "Operator
> Present" on almost any object where an operator might likely be.
>
> I asked Kenwood and all future software writers to allow
> overlays on ALL symbols.  That was the original intent of
> overlays back in 1996, but the spec was watered down, since at
> the time, WinAPRS could not do this.  Allowing overlays on all
> symbols (whether displayed or not) will allow billions of symbol
> codes.  The D710 will display this overlay.  (Ill have to go out
> to my car to be sure)...
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
>
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