I'm thinking the "B" is part of an APRS flag that says "this packet is a beacon".<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Mike Watkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:WATKIJM@auburn.edu">WATKIJM@auburn.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma">I simply cut and pasted the packet traffic as I received it. I saw the same thing from the K4RY
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<div style="direction:ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Kris Kirby [<a href="mailto:kris.kirby@gmail.com" target="_blank">kris.kirby@gmail.com</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 09, 2012 7:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Watkins<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:K4RY@eng.auburn.edu" target="_blank">K4RY@eng.auburn.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [K4RY] Further ping testing...<br>
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<div>Are there unprintable characters in the compressed packet? <br>
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<div>Situation. My station is 5.4 miles away from K4RY. I do not have my IGATE on.
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<div>10 Direct Pings from my station WX4AL-1 to K4RY. Result: 0/10</div>
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<div>10 Pings via KE4LTT-2 from WX4AL-1 to K4RY. Result: 4/10</div>
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<div>It's an improvement.</div>
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<div>I received th is beacon via KE4LTT-2:</div>
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<div>K4RY>BEACON,W4LEE-1,KE4LTT-2*: <UI>:</div>
<div>KANTRONICS PACKET CONTROLLER II V2.85</div>
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<div>Then this one just 2 minutes ago:</div>
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<div>KE4LTT>APU25N,W4LEE-1,WIDE2*: <<UI>>:</div>
<div>}K4RY>APU25N,TCPIP,KE4LTT*:=\>"108qjE- BAuburn University ARC iGate </div>
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<div>I am not sure why the B is in front of Auburn. I didn't check the IGate Alias or ID while</div>
<div>I was there. Perhaps some others can when they are there.</div>
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<div>Respectfully,</div>
<div>Mike</div>
<div>WX4AL</div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <<a href="mailto:kris.kirby@gmail.com">kris.kirby@gmail.com</a>> <br>