I am having trouble with UI-View updating my position on APRS-IS and APRS-fi. The last position update for my station (K4RSU) was on 4/30/2020. I do not know what is causing it to not update. All other stations near me are updating fine with the latest date. I am wondering if there could have been a Windows 10 update of some kind that might be causing this. I have had issues before that were caused by a Windows update. Further I think UI-View may be just too outdated for me who uses a soundcard TNC.
Here is my setup:
Acer Aspire V5-131-2680 computer running Windows 10
UI-View 32 Version 2.03 APRS software
Soundcard TNC Software (UZ7HO Version 1.05)
Rascal Optical Interface between computer and ICOM IC-2100H Radio or ICOM HT
This setup has worked great for me for years until now. Have also used it for Winlink,, EasyPal, FLDigi and etc. as well as with analog applications.
When a beacon is sent out on 144.39 MHz here is what it looks like from the UZ7HO Soundcard TNC software:
1:Fm K4RSU To APU25N Via WIDE2-2 <UI C Pid=F0 Len=49> [08:07:55T]
=3842.59N/07722.63W-Zach in Manassas,VA {UIV32N}
I cannot find any, easy to understand, documentation with examples that tells what my beacon is saying. What is the destination APU25N mean? Where is the symbol for the map determined? I see the grid coordinates. Where does this burst enter the internet for display on APRS-fi? Is it the gateway or from the originating station? In my case I think that would be my gateway N3HF-1 as I see relays thru this gateway for hams near me but it is not updating my house symbol on APRS-fi
It is posting correctly generated by UI-View on my computer and I can listen to the signal going out on my HT. It sounds fine. Reduced output volume to the radio and that did not help. My normal Gateway station I think is N3HF-1 which is about 3.1 airline miles away. Went to the N3HF-1 home location to ensure I was getting into his site okay and I appear to be full quieting there but did not see any beacon going out from N3HF-1 on my signal. How does the gateway get information to the internet? I guess in batches over a wireline connection at the gateway to their router?
Here is a screen print of the UI-View Station Setup page:
(See attachment)
I changed the symbol from a house to a circle with a zero in the center at someone¡¯s suggestion and that did not help. It still did not update on APRS-fi.
Here is a screen print of the Miscellaneous Setup and the APRS Server Setup Pages:
(See attachment)
I wonder if anyone else is having this problem? Maybe something has changed that I do not know about.to my knowledge. I had not made any changes that might initially to have caused this. I checked other applications that use the soundcard TNC and they are working fine so I am asking for any help someone can offer because I have not been very good at finding my problem. Also I would like an explanation of how all of this information to APRES-IS is routed.
