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--- tutorial-location-beacon [2025/06/06 17:52] – w1cdn
+++ tutorial-location-beacon [2025/06/06 17:59] (current) – w1cdn
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 > This bit is an uncompressed APRS compatible location and APRS icon for a BBS (N6CTA, Matrix).
-> The "!" and "=" at the front have different meanings as well, per the spec, whether or not you can receive APRS messages (VE3QBZ, Matrix). This bit is more or less standard.
+> The "!" and "=" at the front have different meanings as well, per the spec, whether or not you can receive APRS messages (VE3QBZ, Matrix).
-<code>=3405.20N/11748.25WB</code>
+''!'' means no APRS messaging, ''='' means APRS-message-capable ([[http://aprs.net/vm/DOS/PROTOCOL.HTM|ref]]).
+<code>=3405.20N/11748.25WB</code>
 Latitude and longitude coordinates can be converted to the right format using the tool by NA7Q at https://aprs.wiki/converter/.