Greetings.

This problem is somewhat unclear., and will require further information to resolve.

1. When you saved your beacon settings, was the "enabled" checkbox checked before you clicked the "Save Changes" button? The "enabled" checkbox is part of what would be saved, so if you didn't enable it until after you had saved it, then you probably didn't save the enabling.

2. How many beacon definitions do you have? If you have created additional beacons over and above the default beacon record, each beacon's settings (including its enabled flag) is independent for each beacon definition. Do not keep creating duplicate beacon definitions that are redundant to the ones you already have; extra beacon definitions should be because you need a _different_ beacon definition.

3. On your APRS-IS and KISS-over-TCP ports, are they enabled for transmit? If they can't transmit, then your beacons can't be sent, and therefore will not be heard. And if there are no enabled beacons or no transmit-enabled ports, then the BCN button won't be enabled (why, when there is no way to transmit the beacon?).

4. Are you looking to receive your own beacons back? That will only happen if you are transmitting on RF, and have a digipeater in range to echo your beacon packets back to you. The APRS-IS backbone will _never_ send your own packets back to you (not even if they are heard by some other I-gate).

YAAC's configuration is not stored with the executable code; if you want to clear your configuration, start YAAC with the "-clear" command-line option, i.e.,

java -jar YAAC.jar -clear

to tell YAAC to erase all its configuration data when it starts up.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of n1ukj dan via groups.io <uspt@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 1:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] Beacon not shown on Map 1.0-beta209

the Beacon is not showing on the map.
in the Beacon <TAB> i created a new beacon with - X Enabled station beacon Beacon Type: position, manual lat/lon, Display symbol: \#
the remaining setting are unchanged.
pressed the Save Changes button.

i have enabled this beacon in both APRS-is and KISS over TCP.
and saved those changes as well.

on the Map i do not see my station symbol.
further the BCN does not work - it has gray letters w/ white background.

if i return to the Beacon <TAB> the Enable station beacon - no longer has a check in the box,
the Display symbol - textbox is empty/blank.

i have tried to uninstall the program from the Pi4 by removing the folders - YAAC and yaac_folder.
after reinstalling the program the issues above are still present.

is there another version of YAAC that i can use, if so where is located ?
thanks 73, dan

It won't be any better with the plugin; they both ignore waypoints right now.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Gillins via groups.io <scott@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 11:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] GPS/GPX file points of interest

I have tried two ways but I think they are the same. 1. I go to file->load->drawing and 2. I have turned on the drawing layer then imported from there. I am guessing that it is the same thing. I have not tried the dynamic object plugin. But now I need to.

Thanks,
Scott


On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 7:44?AM Andrew P. via groups.io<> <andrewemt@...<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
One further question: were you reading the GPX file into a drawing in core YAAC, or as a route in the Dynamic Objects plugin?

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From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Andrew P. via groups.io<> <andrewemt@...<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 9:34 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] GPS/GPX file points of interest

Greetings.

That's an interesting question. At the present time, YAAC only reads the tracks from a GPX file (both for the Drawing layer in core YAAC and for routes in the Dynamic Objects plugin), so the waypoints in the file you provided would be ignored.

I could probably add code to read the waypoints and turn them into Private-scope local Objects on the map. Let me look into it and get back to you.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Scott Gillins via groups.io<> <scott@...<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 1:02 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [yaac-users] GPS/GPX file points of interest

Good Evening,

Should Point of Interest in a GPX file show up on the map or just the track section of the file? I can only seem to get the tracks to show up not the included POI. Maybe there is a switch I have missed.

I have attached a sample file for you to review.

Thanks,
Scott - W2KP

One further question: were you reading the GPX file into a drawing in core YAAC, or as a route in the Dynamic Objects plugin?

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrew P. via groups.io <andrewemt@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 9:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] GPS/GPX file points of interest

Greetings.

That's an interesting question. At the present time, YAAC only reads the tracks from a GPX file (both for the Drawing layer in core YAAC and for routes in the Dynamic Objects plugin), so the waypoints in the file you provided would be ignored.

I could probably add code to read the waypoints and turn them into Private-scope local Objects on the map. Let me look into it and get back to you.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

________________________________________
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Gillins via groups.io <scott@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 1:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] GPS/GPX file points of interest

Good Evening,

Should Point of Interest in a GPX file show up on the map or just the track section of the file? I can only seem to get the tracks to show up not the included POI. Maybe there is a switch I have missed.

I have attached a sample file for you to review.

Thanks,
Scott - W2KP

Greetings.

That's an interesting question. At the present time, YAAC only reads the tracks from a GPX file (both for the Drawing layer in core YAAC and for routes in the Dynamic Objects plugin), so the waypoints in the file you provided would be ignored.

I could probably add code to read the waypoints and turn them into Private-scope local Objects on the map. Let me look into it and get back to you.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

________________________________________
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Gillins via groups.io <scott@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 1:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] GPS/GPX file points of interest

Good Evening,

Should Point of Interest in a GPX file show up on the map or just the track section of the file? I can only seem to get the tracks to show up not the included POI. Maybe there is a switch I have missed.

I have attached a sample file for you to review.

Thanks,
Scott - W2KP

I think these are the instructions for APRSIS32: http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/en-nws

73,
Eric WG3K
FM18rpPacket: WG3K@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM
E-Mail: wg3k@...

Sent from Proton Mail Android

Note that YAAC ("Yet Another APRS Client") is one of the client programs that supports using the NWS weather zones. I can't say if any other client software can use the weather zone definition files.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric H. Christensen via groups.io <wg3k@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 9:31 AM
To: David W. Mitchell
Cc: APRSSIG; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] [aprssig] New Weather Zones go into effect 18 March 2025

Your APRS client.

73,
Eric WG3K
FM18rp
Packet: WG3K@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM
E-Mail: wg3k@...


On Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 at 19:33, David W. Mitchell <dwmitchell61@...> wrote:

Which client software are we to use these files with?

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 17:49, Eric H. Christensen WG3K via aprssig
<aprssig@...> wrote:
Tomorrow, on 18 March 2025, new National Weather Service (NWS) warning boundaries will go into effect. In order for NWS alerts to continue to be properly displayed on your APRS client (if available), new files must be installed. These files are:

- County Warning Area Boundaries -
- Coastal Marine Zones -
- Public Forecast Zones -

73,
Eric WG3K
FM18rp
Packet: WG3K@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM
E-Mail: wg3k@...

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Your APRS client.

73,
Eric WG3K
FM18rp
Packet: WG3K@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM
E-Mail: wg3k@...

Eric:

Thank you for catching this. Anyone using US NWS zone files should pick up the updates and install them.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric H. Christensen via groups.io <wg3k@...>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2025 8:41 PM
To: APRSSIG; [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] New Weather Zones go into effect 18 March 2025

Tomorrow, on 18 March 2025, new National Weather Service (NWS) warning boundaries will go into effect. In order for NWS alerts to continue to be properly displayed on your APRS client (if available), new files must be installed. These files are:

- County Warning Area Boundaries -
- Coastal Marine Zones -
- Public Forecast Zones -

73,
Eric WG3K
FM18rp
Packet: WG3K@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM
E-Mail: wg3k@...

Tomorrow, on 18 March 2025, new National Weather Service (NWS) warning boundaries will go into effect. In order for NWS alerts to continue to be properly displayed on your APRS client (if available), new files must be installed. These files are:

- County Warning Area Boundaries -
- Coastal Marine Zones -
- Public Forecast Zones -

73,
Eric WG3K
FM18rp
Packet: WG3K@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM
E-Mail: wg3k@...

Check and see how much you are receiving in the Direwolf console window (where it logs every received and transmitted packet) (or in journalctl if you are running Direwolf as a service). It's amazing how much difference the antenna makes. And proper audio levels into the sound card feeding Direwolf.

For example, right now I am running an experiment between my base station APRS (on a dual-band base antenna mounted on top of the house's chimney with a 10-foot mast) and a mobile station I am constructing, presently connected to a second dual-band base antenna mounted on the sewer vent pipe on the same roof (about 12 feet lower, but still 15+ feet above the ground). The higher antenna with properly matched audio levels is getting about 3 times as many stations as the other one (where I can't turn the radio's speaker volume down enough to not overload the mike input of the sound card), and they are horizontally only about 12 feet apart.

Hope this helps.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Niece KA1ULN via groups.io <ka1uln1@...>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2025 6:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] i think i am missing something

PAUL,
SINCE YOU ARE a linux person and have used yaac and direwolf
is it possible to send you an email or shall i just post the specifically directed questions to you?
i am good in qrz.com and email is good there.
i am using raspberry pi 5 yaac, direwolf and running open jdk 17.0.14.
but i think i should see more that what i am seeing now on yaac. i think my direwolf.conf is good.

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