[FADCA] ZIP

Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:15:42 -0500

The KAM is probably parsing the NMEA strings wrong.
Can you send me a text file of both data dumps? I do
not want to see the screen images, I want to see the
data as it comes off of each device.
(Alenco and KAM)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Freeman Crosby [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 08:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [FADCA] ZIP
> 
> 
> Hi Chuck,
> 
> It also drove me nuts at first, the GPS stream puts me right 
> on the money 
> using my Alinco but if I enter the same data in Winaprs using 
> the KAM it is 
> way off.
> 
> There is no option I can see to change it.
> I tried entering it differently but it wont accept it.
> 
> Example:
> 
> My Lat Lon is 26' 55.73 N / 82'21.44 W
> 
> Funny thing is if I enter 26 55' 44 N & 82 21' 44 W  in the 
> Winaprs boxes 
> it shows 2655.73N 08221.73W a bit to the left.
> 
> Cant send attachments or in-line images on the list so view 
> the screen shot at:
> http://www.fcrosby.com/public/aprs_input.gif
> 
> It took some experimenting to get the right figures but I now 
> know what to 
> use here at my QTH.
> 
> Thanks
> 73/Free
> W1NPR
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:51 AM 12/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Free,
> >Check and see what format that WinAPRS wants that data in
> >you may have entered it in one format and it tried to interpret
> >it as another, I have done that so many times it is no longer
> >a joke. The final result is I am out in the bay, gulf, or inland
> >somewhere, no where near where I am supposed to be. The usual one
> >is inputing DDMM.mmm format into a register which is looking for
> >DD.dddd format, or trying to enter DD:MM:SS.ss format into one
> >of the others, most of these programs do not do any format checking
> >they just try to interpret it as best they can and put you where
> >they think you said you were.
> >
> >Also many of them will not accept the DDMM.mmm format as DD'MM.mmm
> >you have to put the degrees and minutes in run together.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Freeman Crosby [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 06:11 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: RE: [FADCA] ZIP
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Guys
> > >
> > >  From my Garmin Street Pilot I get the following.
> > >
> > > Call                Zip        Lat                         Lon
> > >        Datum
> > > W1NPR       34223      26'55.730 N            082'21.733  
> W     WGS84
> > >
> > > However when I put these in my Winaprs program it locates me
> > > out in the bay
> > > so I had to fudge those entries till I arrived on my street.
> > >
> > > Guess that may have something to do with the Datum used by
> > > Garmin and that
> > > used by Winaprs ?
> > >
> > > I contacted Garmin to determine the Datum, they said it was
> > > not selectable
> > > in the unit I have but is in some.
> > >
> > > 73/Free
> > > W1NPR
> > >
> > >
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