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Old 03-03-2018, 08:07 PM   #4
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When you say you "received the beacon", do you mean you were able to see a plot on a map display, or do you just mean you heard the "brrrrp" through the speaker?

I ask this because I suspect you don't have it completely set up. At a minimum, you'd have to enter your APRS ID, something like KN4JPD-1 for example. It'll be your callsign followed by a hyphen and a number, usually 1 though 15. I am totally unfamiliar with the app,but there is more to set up than just the callsign. Things like beaconing interval, corner-pegging if the app can do that, what symbol to display on maps to represent you (I use a little pic of a car for NN5I-1, a pickup for NN5I-2, and an RV for NN5I-3 if I recall correctly, which is improbable). None of my trackers are currently installed anywhere, and I actually don't know where I put'em away.

Anyway, is it fully set up?
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