[aprssig] Dear Mr Kenwood

[Andrew Rich]

My point exactly

There is a big gap between making a kit and designing a kit


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Miller" <scott at opentrac.org>
To: <bruninga at usna.edu>; "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at tapr.org>
Cc: "'Andrew Rich'" <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Dear Mr Kenwood


>> Decoding the Mic-E format is very simple, and especially in a
>> pic chip.  A simple offset subtraction of the binary value of
>> the Mic-E character yields the numeric value of latitude or
>> longitude etc...
>
> Especially in a PIC chip?  How do you figure?
>
> My decoder is around 36 lines of C code.  I suppose it's better than the
> Base91 format for embedded use - there, lookup tables are about the only
> practical option.
>
>
> Scott
> N1VG


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