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--- tutorial-location-beacon [2024/07/13 02:08] – created w1cdn
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+====== Adding APRS locations to beacons ======
 N6CTA suggests this format for beacons (via Matrix):
 <code>=3405.20N/11748.25WB-0/R -1/B -4/C -5/IRC -7/N DM14cc FARPN</code>
 > 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).
+''!'' means no APRS messaging, ''='' means APRS-message-capable ([[http://aprs.net/vm/DOS/PROTOCOL.HTM|ref]]).
 <code>=3405.20N/11748.25WB</code>
-> This bit is more or less standard. The rest tells you what SSIDs lead to a particular service (N6CTA, Matrix).
+Latitude and longitude coordinates can be converted to the right format using the tool by NA7Q at https://aprs.wiki/converter/.
+The rest tells you what SSIDs lead to a particular service (N6CTA, Matrix).
 <code>0/R -1/B -4/C -5/IRC -7/N DM14cc FARPN</code>