[K4RY] Further ping testing...

[Kris Kirby]

I'm thinking the "B" is part of an APRS flag that says "this packet is a
beacon".

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Mike Watkins <WATKIJM at auburn.edu> wrote:

>  I simply cut and pasted the packet traffic as I received it. I saw the
> same thing from the K4RY
> station when I was there yesterday.
>
>  Mike
> WX4AL
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Kris Kirby [kris.kirby at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2012 7:15 PM
> *To:* Mike Watkins
> *Cc:* K4RY at eng.auburn.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [K4RY] Further ping testing...
>
>  Are there unprintable characters in the compressed packet?
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Mike Watkins <WATKIJM at auburn.edu> wrote:
>
>>  Here is a test that I did tonight:
>>
>>  Situation. My station is 5.4 miles away from K4RY.  I do not have my
>> IGATE on.
>>
>>  10 Direct Pings from my station WX4AL-1 to K4RY.  Result: 0/10
>>
>>  10 Pings via KE4LTT-2 from WX4AL-1 to K4RY. Result:  4/10
>>
>>  It's an improvement.
>>
>>  I received th is beacon via KE4LTT-2:
>>
>>  K4RY>BEACON,W4LEE-1,KE4LTT-2*: <UI>:
>> KANTRONICS PACKET CONTROLLER II V2.85
>>
>>  Then this one just   2 minutes ago:
>>  KE4LTT>APU25N,W4LEE-1,WIDE2*: <<UI>>:
>> }K4RY>APU25N,TCPIP,KE4LTT*:=\>"108qjE-  BAuburn University ARC iGate
>>
>>  I am not sure why the B is in front of Auburn. I didn't check the IGate
>> Alias or ID while
>> I was there. Perhaps some others can when they are there.
>>
>>  Respectfully,
>> Mike
>> WX4AL
>>
>>
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-- 
Kris Kirby, KE4AHR  <kris.kirby at gmail.com>
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