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Position Decoded without problems

N0CALL-9>APDR16,N0CALL-3*,WIDE2-1,qAR,N0CALL-10:=4903.50N/07201.75W>088/036/A=001234 On the road

Header

  • Source N0CALL-9 The station that sent it N0CALL-9
  • SSID -9: by custom a main mobile, usually able to message The APRS SSID list is a custom, not a rule. -9
  • Destination Tocall APDR16: APRSdroid (Android) APDR16
  • Path Heard on the air by N0CALL-10, then passed to APRS-IS (qAR) N0CALL-3*,WIDE2-1,qAR,N0CALL-10
  • Digipeaters 1 named itself TNC2 writes one * after the last hop used; every hop before it was used too. N0CALL-3*,WIDE2-1
  • Hop 1 N0CALL-3 N0CALL-3: a digipeater that repeated it N0CALL-3*
  • Hop 2 WIDE2-1: asks for up to 2 hops, 1 still to go (not used) WIDE2-1
  • q construct qAR: Heard on the air by the igate named next, which sent it to APRS-IS on a verified login. qAR
  • Igate N0CALL-10 N0CALL-10: the igate that heard it on the air N0CALL-10

Data type

  • Data type Position without a timestamp, and the station can do messages =
  • Messaging Yes: '=' says it takes APRS messages =

Position

  • Latitude 49.058333° N (49° 03.50′ as sent) 4903.50N
  • Longitude 72.029167° W (72° 01.75′ as sent) 07201.75W
  • Symbol table '/': the primary table /
  • Symbol '>': Car >
  • Coordinates 49.05833, -72.02917 4903.50N/07201.75W
  • Data extension Course and speed (CSE/SPD) 088/036
  • Course 88° 088
  • Speed 36 knots 036

Comment

  • Altitude 1,234 feet (/A=) /A=001234
  • Comment On the road On the road

Device

  • Runs APRSdroid (Android) APDR16
  • Maker Open Source APDR16
  • Model APRSdroid APDR16
  • Kind Mobile app APDR16
  • Matched Tocall APDR?? in the APRS device identification database APDR16