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Being someone that lives within one or two miles of the border and crosses
over and back many times a day, if I had to change my call on the radio
each time that would be the last time I would use APRS mobile I think.
The fact that I am sending my location every time I transmit I think is OK.
but it would be nice to have some clarification.

Jan
GW7HOH


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From: Bob <g7paf@...>
To: ui-view@...
Subject: [ui-view] smile it's y2k nearly
Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 2:12 AM

Ok roger
here is a wish list :)

it occurred to me while driving over to Rhyl today that when I crossed

the welsh boarder (no one checked my passport and I had it ready) that I
pulled over to the side of the road in a safe and convenient manner to
enter the new callsign of GW7PAF.

could you write it into the next update that when I cross over to GW land

or GM land that the program senses the change in lat/long and alters my
call sign accordingly....!!!!

if you do roger then we should here from you around the year 2010 along

with the up-date to do it hi hi

but seriously those who are running mobile trackers or wot ever dont

forget to change your call if you stray over the border.

easy way to tell is look for the signs on the side of the road saying

WELCOME TO WALES/SCOTLAND/ENGLAND

a quick look at my map tells me a couple of welsh stations have sneaked

across the border and not changed there call signs.

I aint one to spout the regs at people but I thought I would bring it to

light

it caught me unawares a few weeks ago when I was over in welshpool

driving round like lord of the manor with my callsign at g7paf and then not
realising until I was way home that I should have been GW7PAF

ho hum
on another note to anyone with a laptop and if it has usb ports on it the

maplins usb to serial converter works a treat

so you can run the tnc and the GPS at the same time

I have no got my kpc3 my gpsII and the Aisin $20 GPS all hooked up and

running (more like thrown together).

the only faffing about is that I have to remove the IR. port from the

device manger so the entrega usb converter chooses a com port lower than 5
and not reboot the machine if I do then the IR. port is detected and
installed and the entrega com port goes to ether 5 or 6

can anyone shed some light on how I can stop the Infa-Red port being

detected and installed.

if I disable it the comport still goes to 5 or 6 it has to be removed

?????

Regards
Bob Scaife
g7paf@...
ax25 g7paf@gb7jem.#19.gbr.eu
icq 17945619



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Ok roger
here is a wish list :)

it occurred to me while driving over to Rhyl today that when I crossed the welsh boarder (no one checked my passport and I had it ready) that I pulled over to the side of the road in a safe and convenient manner to enter the new callsign of GW7PAF.
could you write it into the next update that when I cross over to GW land or GM land that the program senses the change in lat/long and alters my call sign accordingly....!!!!

if you do roger then we should here from you around the year 2010 along with the up-date to do it hi hi
but seriously those who are running mobile trackers or wot ever dont forget to change your call if you stray over the border.
easy way to tell is look for the signs on the side of the road saying WELCOME TO WALES/SCOTLAND/ENGLAND
a quick look at my map tells me a couple of welsh stations have sneaked across the border and not changed there call signs.

I aint one to spout the regs at people but I thought I would bring it to light
it caught me unawares a few weeks ago when I was over in welshpool driving round like lord of the manor with my callsign at g7paf and then not realising until I was way home that I should have been GW7PAF

ho hum
on another note to anyone with a laptop and if it has usb ports on it the maplins usb to serial converter works a treat
so you can run the tnc and the GPS at the same time

I have no got my kpc3 my gpsII and the Aisin $20 GPS all hooked up and running (more like thrown together).
the only faffing about is that I have to remove the IR. port from the device manger so the entrega usb converter chooses a com port lower than 5 and not reboot the machine if I do then the IR. port is detected and installed and the entrega com port goes to ether 5 or 6

can anyone shed some light on how I can stop the Infa-Red port being detected and installed.
if I disable it the comport still goes to 5 or 6 it has to be removed ?????



Regards
Bob Scaife
g7paf@...
ax25 g7paf@gb7jem.#19.gbr.eu
icq 17945619

Hi,

No comment on Bob's message except that, due to lack of word wrap, it
was difficult to read.

I also had the following line appended after the signature. Did anyone
else have this line appearing?

--
Ken

Keeping to the letter of the licence, then every time you cross you should
use the 'proper' call for the country that you are in (or Principality, but
let's not get that deep here - HI!).

This that follows isnt an argument...more a 2m repeater dribble of thoughts...
<ducks>

Ooo. the Kenwood THD7 doesn't have CWID by the way :)

Personally, since /m you dont need a log - then sticking to your home
call even when (gasp) in Eng-e-land strikes me as a non heinous crime.

Its not as if I'm being imprecise with my actual location?? :)

If I do have to change callsigns then I'll do what PAF did today - run
hell for leather back across the state line but leave a GW 'shadow'
permanently anchored in Cymru. :) Thats MORE misleading n'est ce pas?

I can't actually do it without slapping a terminal prog onto theTNC
and replacing the GPS and deactivating GPS mode and changing MYcall and
then reactivating the GPS mode...etc etc

and then.... what of packet in France. Im GW0TQM there - cos you CANT
put a slash in mycall... <visual imagery goes off the scale>

All this riding the cutting edge of the wave of IT makes yer legs ache...

Vive l'europe.

Happy New Year!

Carl gw0tqm
carl_mail@...
gw0tqm@...

Keeping to the letter of the licence, then every time you cross you should
use the 'proper' call for the country that you are in (or Principality, but
let's not get that deep here - HI!).

Like on voice, having to change each time from GW to G and back again.

In reality, who's going to bother you about it? Only other Amateurs, to
whom it gives something to talk/argue about. :-)

Like some motoring offences, unless you are 'done' for something else as
well, I doubt if the RA are going to patrol the Scottish and Welsh borders
looking for errant UI-View/APRS users. ;-)

Cheers de Dave (G0DJA)

I have seen some funny things on my screen since I started running UI-VIEW. I
saw a buoy just off the Essex coast describing itself as the smallest country
in the world. I have seen a horse. Last night I saw a lost rover! I presume
this was a joke about a lost dog.I suppose tomorow we might see landing
aliens for the new millenium?! Now there is an idea. Unfortunately though I
can not find a suitable symbol. All good fun in the spirit of the season.
73, Simon g7guo

Strangely enough, the "bouy" is in fact genuinely the smallest country in
the world.

The Principality of Sealand.



Keith.
--
Keith Maton, G6NHU
Hub Captain, Noble Air London Heathrow Hub
feek@...
ICQ: 1776683

In a message dated 31/12/1999 11:26:22 GMT Standard Time, feek@...
writes:

<< Strangely enough, the "bouy" is in fact genuinely the smallest country in
the world.

The Principality of Sealand.
>>
Yes, Thanks for that Kieth. I realized that after checking it out. It is the
site of an old marine defence fort I believe similar to the ones used by some
of the 1960's pirates. Nice to see it on the map!

Watch out for those aliens!

73, Simon g7guo