New Stuff Added in Each Version
APRS796 dated 16 July
- FIxed blue WX box showing up with no WX if no WX station was selected
- Fixed not being able to save a cfig file with an ALT Vehicle type in HSP
- Fixed WX rain display for remote U-II's
- Added Tropical Storm wind Radii to DOT symbol too for predicted posits
APRS796
- Added g... for remote U2kr's so they have consistent format
- Made HOOK-EDIT on POSIT list also prompt for new LAT/LONG
- Added MANUAL WX prompt for GUST wind
- Fixed WX-ALARMS-CLEAR problem
- JUST command on the P-LIST now does one page at a time and is YELLOW
APRS795
- Fixed WX bug that caused P000 even if there was P0XX rain
- Fixed DF bug that prevented DF data if HEADING was 000
- Fixed random reset of Precipitation to 000
- NEXT-WX now autoupdates
- F1-SYMBOLS and MAPS-PLOTS-BORDERS now line up correctly on CGA
- Changed to 10 outgoing instead of just 9 outgoing messages
- Fixed no LEADER and no DR on own station for manual updates
- Added WORKzone symbol to SYMBOL menu
- AddedMAPS-OVERLAY-OTHER-2M-VOICE.POS file for displaying locations
of real wide area voice 2m repreaters for travelers
APRS794 dated 26 June 97
- Fixed a lockup condition affecting N7LUE DF interface
- THis fix may also improve WX overflows too...
- Added paging capability for the JUST command on the P-LIST
APRS794 dated 25 June 97
- Fixed beta9 that did not start on map page
- QUIT-ESC will now exit APRS with no saving of anything for quickness
APRS794 dated 23 June 97
- NOW transmits FIXED POSITS as "=" without any TIME field for brevity and
to minimize problems with wrong clocks.
- FIxed CW so that it checks DOZ too and wont mess up background
- Added SEND to L-LIST HOOKED commands
- Fixed WX station so that first WX posit is not old WX
APRS794 dated June 19th
- Changed many beeps to CW AND made it so alt-S-OTHER-BEEPS can turn em off
- Added CONTROLS-FILTERS-!FIXED which avoids saving FIXED DIGIPEATERS and
TNC's to the STATUS page. THis allows increasing the size of the P-LIST
by 50% while decreasing the size of the L-LIST by one page. Default ON.
- WX reports now completely overwrite old POSIT text
- Extended NEXT-WX display 4 bytes to fit everything in. ToGo is smaller
- NEXT-WX command now interprets all old Baro readings...
- NEXT-WX now displays Pxxx rain count if Hourly Rxxx is zero
BETA8
- Fixed big bug that 793/4 would ignore WX after first report from old
units and old units would ignore 793/4 after first... Old units will
still ignore new units after first report, so old units must upgrade.
- Increased Baromoeter to full 5 digits
- Removed extra g from gg showing on WX display on maps
- Changed sequence of WX data to put GUSTS next to WIND speed
- Made the NWS symbols capable of Numeric Overlays so that we can show
X for NEXRAD sites, F for WFO's etc...
- Added .2mm set up option for Rain gauges. Now can be .2, 10 or 100
- DX cluster mode was showing Firestations for DX. Fixed back to circle.
APRS794
- Now receives new WX format without POSIT
- Added TAF's to WX-GET-METAR
- Removed Baudot
- Added QUIT-eXit option for 2 key default exit...
- New DFjr processing works BEAUTIFFULLY in AUTOMATIC..
- Think I found the HEARD log duplication problem and fixed it
- Sure I found the "stealing posit" and fixed it..
- FIxed Balloon bug >32,768 feet AGAIN!
- Added POSIT back into the !QRT message in TNC on shutdown
- Added DFjr filter to ignore stale duplicate old bearing lines
- DF bearing OBJECT saved to P-LIST is no longer auto-uplinked
- Added INPUT-UP-pos to allow for controlled UPLINKING of SAVE-POS objects
- Added map of North Arkansas
APRS793 dated 06-08-1997:
- MAPS-PLOTS-RANGE now works to .001 STATUTE mile
- WX-GetMETAR will now update your P-LIST with the latest METAR data
- Quit TNC-BEACON time is now entered in Minutes (was 10secs in 793)
- OPS-FIND-[gridsq did not work in all prior versions after 783
- Old 793 showed GUST data in NEXT-WX box but with no label
APRS793 dated 06-07-1997:
- Added alt-S-GPS-WAYPOINT command which will upload POSITS to ur GPS
- Removed all MAPLISTS that I am not the owner or from my basic APRS
distribution so that it does not overwrite your newer files. But please
if you do maps for your area, make sure you are listed in my MAPS.HTM.
- Added FREQS.POS file that shows frequencies in areas of the country
- Moved MAPS-OVERLAYS back up to MAPS menu, added MAPS-SHOW menu
- Fixed bug preventing trackers from using any of the alternate table symbols
- NOW YOU CAN PUT MAPS in SUBDIRECTORIES in the MAPS directory. Just be
Doubled time between INITTAPR.TNC commands to solve TNC INIT probs
- Edited PICO specific commands into INITPICO.TNC file
- Start up option now asks for type of TNC...
- Added filter to ignore absurdly high rain and wind gust glitches...
- ****** NO more limit on the number of pages for unregistered users!*********
- Fixed Remote Ultimeter Rain and Wind GUST readings
- For MOVING DF stations, each DF report puts a fixed DF object on the map
at that point for self-triangulation and does NOT then keep moving with U.
- Fixed QRT TIME in BText when you shut down
- Fixed crash if you bump your RIght mouse button in F10 mode.
- Finally found the "No>" bug if you were in WX mode
- Found bug where some TNC's dont get the RESTORE.TNC correctly
APRS792: Dayton 97 release *** DOes not work well with Dayton PICO TNC ***
- DX cluster spots were not showing with the purple circle. Fixed
- Re-arranged MAPS-OVERLAYS command for more possibilities...
- Changed MAPS-GO to MAPS-HOME since "H" was now available
APRS791: Hopefully Dayton97 release.
- FULLY NEW-Mic-E compatible. 790 only decoded NEW Mic-E's with TELEMETRY
and had errors between 100 and 109 deg longitude
- Added INTERRUPT 2F so that APRSdos releases 90% of its time to Windows
- Fixed MAPFIX32 problem saving NORMAL maps if points outside...
- Fixed UTC problems on the 30th of 30 day months
- Hot Key Maps now reset the LABELS scale factor
- MAP-OVERLAY objects now ADDED to P-LIST get current time
- Now accepts Mac/Win WX data from other station symbols besides "_"
- Now will update time stamp on WX or NWS stations NOT sending WX.
- Now posits beginning with "!" will be light gray (no APRS online)
and posits beginning with "=" will be white indicating APRS online
- Added symbols for Coast Guard, Camps and Parks.
- Described easy way to operate APRS on a dual floppies in INSTALL.HTM
- Added MAP-CONFIG menu so I could include MAP-CONFIG-OFFSETdatum so that
you can enter small map datum offsets to align your map with your
exact GPS known position.
- Therefore re-arranged other MAP-MENUs
- Eliminated PseudoDifferential correction which was practically useless
APRS790:
Major change throughout APRSdos to make room for longer WX data
In 7000 lines of code, over 180 different lines were affected. Five
BETA versions were released prior to 790.
- Removed RECEIVED time stamp from POSIT page to make room for more WX
- The /DDHHMM/LAT/LONG format for reporting when APRS was last running on
a TNC has been replaced. Now APRS forces a !LAT/LONG posit in the TNC
and the text "APRS QRT @DDHHMM" in the position comment text.
- All times are now ZULU on the air. * Also fixed the 0000z DATE problem
- Added FILE-PRINT menu so you can select what items go to the printer...
- Added capability to erase single message lines
- Fixed SET-RADAR and F-10 bug
- Added INPUT-ADD-AREAS-LINE-WIDTH command for making better WX watch and
warning boxes. Box is now drawn on all four sides.
- NEW MAPFIX31.EXE needed to handle the new .HST format
- Also MAPFIX31 and APRSbeta support a new map compression algorithm
which is the same as the old compression characters, but the 3 byte
point data are all on the same line per feature instead of a CR/LF
at the end of each and every one. THis gives a 30% size and speed
advantage...
- Fixed constant key problem in GRID-IN-TO mode
- Doubled pause between TNC handshaking commands to try to solve PICO
- Future compatibility with on-air .POS data added
- OUTGGA now works for outputting GPS data to other map programs.
such as street atlas USA SA4
- Fixed altitude error above 32767 feet tracking balloons.
Ver 788:
- Extended startup timers for Messages reloaded from a BK file
- Fixed a Hurricane bug at scales above 512 miles
- Any symbol may now turn green with W-R in the POSIT comment field
- New format for the HEARD data in .BK files.
- Put in a QUERY counter on the Heard page to see whats going on
- Added ID counter on Heard page for curiosity
- CHARS.SYS file now required to do NUMERIC overlays
- DIGI Page is now saved in a .BK file
- New FADE color scheme for Sunshine, Fire, and Win symbols
- Compatible with new Mic-E printable ASCII (BUT ONLY WITH TELEMETRY!)
- Restored PLOTS-BORDERS to old way of working with F4
- Fixed a minor bug when an unused map is the last entry in the Maplist
- WX data was still being saved constantly in Trak History files. Fixed.
- WX Warning Box is now a complete box instead of 2 lines either side..
- Restored redundant ACK after 30 secs on dupes
- Added a CHECKERS.BK file for the Chessboard
- Eliminated redundant Query
Ver 787: Good version. Should replace all 784-786. Fixes three Bugs in 786
- 786 would not plot OBJects
- 786 had an error in INITxxx.TNC that screwed up some WX reports
- Individual station Queries were broken. Now fixed.
- Sign Objects are not now purple
- Win/Mac objects now fade OK
- Hurricane winds now move with Hurricane DR
- WX packets with no data now are not displayed in WX box.
- MaxPacket time now a function of PATH length. 1 hop=10, 2=20 etc.
- ToGo box now counts above >9m. '3 = 13, "3 = 23, [apple]3 = 30, etc
- WX no longer saved to Track Hist file unless WX-LOG is toggled ON.
- New WX-LOG command toggles on saving of all WX reports to track histry
Vers 786: Too many new features. Two major bugs. Do not use.
- Dozens of new symbols!
- New ICON NUMBERING capability for some shapes
- New symbol selection menu.
- Modified {$} for stand-alone-trackers to {/$} for all symbols
- Modified $xC to #/xC for embedding symbols in maps
- Time zone now shows on control panel
- F3/F4 zoom for labels works better
- Changed SSID defaults (then changed them back in next version)
- Fixed the bug causing the Auto Query on receipt of every remote WX packet!
- Slight imprvmnts to alt-S-OTHER-GAME for playing chess (Saved 100 bytes)
- Updated CHESS.BK file to include new horse symbol for Knights
- 786 will be compatible with a new 30% improved map compression scheme.
Vers 785: Added capability for 3 alternate DIGI paths
- Fixed bug in WIDE,WIDE,WIDE warning.
- Updated the JUST-MOBILES and JUST-WX command to new symbols
Ver 784: APRSdos will now only accumulate Specific STATUS, Bulletin and
MESSAGE packets to the ALL page and LOG. STATUS packets begin with a
">DDHHMM" time stamp. Set CONTROLS-OTHER to ON to see other packets
- Lots new in the MAPS-OVERLAYS area. See OVERLAYS.HTM.
- MOVE ALL YOUR .POS files from the SYSTEM to the NEW POS directory
- Generated RSx.POS files of all Radio Shacks in the USA for OVERLAYS
- Generated ZIPZ#.POS for overlay of all ZIP codes... Download fm TAPR
- Added MAPS-OVERLAYS-WRECKS generic command for loading your CRASHx.pos
- OPS-SETradar sets a penetration range alarm.
- New WIDE,WIDE,WIDE warning
- New symbols: CRASHsite, HORSE, ROVER(dog), Motorcycle, Pacsat, Shuttle
- New top view CAR and BOAT symbols that point in heading direction
- Fixed JUST command on the P-LIST that I broke adding PRINT in 782.
- FILE-PRINT now checks for WX-JustWXonly too
- Finalized BLN# and BLN@ formats
- Can now make a remote Wide-Relay WX stn green using a "\" between LATLONG
- alt-S-MODES-PSEUDO for differential correction with your station GPS
- FIxed short DF lines
Ver 783: Fixed bug while INPUT-ADDING a moving OBJ that I broke in 782
Ver 782: Lots of tweaking..
- Fixed mouse movement error 14 crash
- Fixed DOZ-TAB crash
- Fixed 4 digit grid square FIND command
- Fixed mouse centering on zooms in MAPFIX30
- Fixed receipt of some newer remote U-500's
- Fixed DX cluster messages on D-Page Probably broken since v 74!
- Fixed MAPS-PLOTS-TRAFFIC errors when one end of traffic was missing
- Added JUST-PRINT for printing the P-LIST to the printer or a file
- To reduce memory usage, now only retain 3 instead of 4 maps in RAM
- New users now get 2 pages instead of just one on L and P lists.
- APRS now defaults to RELAY,WIDE for new users
- New format for WIDE-RELAY digipeaters. Drop the words and change the
LAT/LONG to LATLONG
- Improved VIEW buffer by eliminating blank lines
- Added MAPS-OVERLAYS for DIGIS, GATES, NWSsites, CAP Crash Sites, STORES
- MAPS-OVERLAY-OTHER for any kinds of overlay files. See AIRCRAFT.HTM.
Get CRASHES.ZIP for these files CRASHSO, CRASHEAS, CRASHNW, CRASHSW,
CRASHCEN, CRASHCA
- Smaller lat/long box and faster cursor
- Added software version to POSIT packet: -782-
Ver 78a: Some housecleaning to squeeze in these:
- Fixed bug in 78 that would not plot DF stations
- Added FILES-PRINTER command to PRINT line-by-line from ALL page
- Added WX-WINDflow command
- Added MAPS-PLOTS-TRAFFIC to show who is talking to whom on the map
- Changed MAPS-PLOTS-CAP to SAR
- Moved the old alt-A All-DX command to MAPS-PLOTS-CALLS
- Moved the old alt-F DF filter command to CONTROLS-FILTERS-DX
Ver 78: General GRID-IN-TO format. On HF, the default will be GRID-IN-TO
- New APRSMIN.EXE will run in only 411k Of conventional memory
- Fixed remote U-2000's humidity reading...
- Fixed WX-NWS-ADD and SHOW of NWS stations positions
- Hurricane Radius of HC/TS winds now offset towards danger quadrant
- Default path is now RELAY,WIDE for new users
- Hooks for new ALTERNATE SYMBOLS and OVERLAYS for future activation
- MAPFIX30 now works on all mapnames. AND properly overlays BALLOON1.hst
- SIGPLOT.bas now does azimuth too
- Alt-TELEMETRY page now defaults to Mic-E telemetry titles
Ver 77f: Fixed zoom-to-far crashes by increasing minimum zoom by 2
- IMPORTANT FOR HF: Put HF Alias in CFIG file
- Modified Mic TLM for 5 channels instead of 4
- Force Manual WX entries to die after 30 minutes.
- Fixed WX fade to gray still showing CALLsign..
- Tried again to fix "APRS did not see a digipeat message....
- MAPFIX29 finally works all commands with COMPRESSED maps
- ALL APRS maps now distributed as compressed.
Ver 77e:
- 77d would not let you use your 12th OPS-DIGI call. FIXED
- Added REPLY capability in messages
- New MAPS-WHICH command will list all XXmapsXX.ZIP distro files
- Added INTFACE TERMINAL to INITTAPR.TNC to properly init KANTRONICS
- Now show AVG-GND-LVL on TAB control bar for debugging Davis-BARO
- POSIT changes now properly overwrite the POSIT comment field.
Ver 77d: Big problem in 77c which defaults to ignore GGA posits on air!
- Changed default path to RELAY,WIDE and added default OPS-DIGI paths
- Magnified default altitude scale in 3D by factor of 4 for CAP.
- Moved OPS-UNPROTO command to OPS-DIGI-ENTER
- Fixed 77c bug that let remote WX BText to cancel WX data
Ver 77c: Changed alt-BText to INPUT-MY-STATUS
- DF bearing line length now proportional to sending station map range
- Added alt-S-GPS-MODES-GGA/RMC for selecting specific NMEA
- SEND (copy message) now lets you add text to the end
- Msg replies to Queries will use line number {: and will not be acked.
- New parser eliminates all packets that dont start with $,% or A-Z, 0-9
Ver 77b: 77a had a MENU bug... Unusable
- Added W/M/X chars for Mac/WIn/Xaprs (later abandoned)
- Fixed WX fade-to-gray
- Fixed mouse to sleep problem
- Fixed ALT-BTEXT being forced to UCASE
Ver 77
- New MAPFIX27.EXE cleans up some minor old glitches!
- Fixed DAVIS bug with remote U-II's
- Can now set WX-METRIC for KPH and Celsius formats
- alt-S-OTHER-REDRAW can now set period independent of BEACON rate
- Increased L/P lists to 6 pages. Limit all STATUS to 80 chars
Ver 76f: Mostly SPACE mode changes
- Fixed for new Ultimeters +4 and +8 bytes
- Fixed OWN station WX wind direction
- Added Alt-SETUP-OTHER-LOCK to prevent unauthorized use
- Fixed 6 letter calls & 2 digit SSID's not receiving MSGS or ACKS
- Replaced old GS in BText with GRID-IN-TO
- Grid-IN-TO now uses ]$[ to force reception in all modes and SYMBOLS
- Added alt-S-FORMATS menu
- Separated SPACE mode and AUTOSPACE mode
- Fade-to-Gray is disabled in SPACE and MSCATT modes
- SPACE and MSCATT modes now capture the entire packet on the ALL screen
Ver 76e:
- Removed TXD of 33 forced on HF
- SPACE SUCCESS was not working in all versions! It wouldnt RESET to a
low BEACON rate when you were successful.<
Ver 76d: Fixes 76c lockup when you performed a MAPS-PLOTS-POWER or -DF.
Ver 76c: Fixed WX WIND speed indicators busted in 76a.
Ver 76b: MAPFIX25 now uses a BUS MOUSE and has 10 times faster FIND cmd
- Fixed DFjr interface so that GPS and DF unit work together.
- Added main menu to bottom of most APRS screens.
Ver 76a: Mapfix24 has 10 times faster TASK-TRIM
- CKMAPLST.bas compares MAPLIST to all files and notes inconsistencies
- FIxed WX stns fading to gray
- Fixed DAVIS WX reports with bad baro
- Fixed it so FLUX Compass displays heading even if speed is zero
- Fixed alt-S-GPS-NO-GPS so you wont fade to gray
- Mic Encoders will now trip ALARM if message 6 or 7
Ver 76: Dayton 96 version (4k larger than 75c)
- Added Davis Weather Monitor.
- Added Agrelo DF Junior interfaces
- Displays course/speed
- Added ACARS.bk to show how APRSair.exe works
Ver 75d: ADDED alt-S-GPS-PLOT for satellites
- Compatible with new APRS MIC-ENCODER.
- FIxed 3D for CGA laptops
- Found HSP bug. I was never setting the HSP timeout timer
- Eliminated KILL command.
- Made it so that stand alone trackers POSITS start with / instead of @
- Removed PAR 0 from INITTAPR.TNC file
Ver 75c:
- Fixed 75b bug that captured ur msgs on the TRAFFIC page and canceled
your own OBJECTS!
- First new Mic-E version
Ver 75b: Fixed automatic screen redraw (alt-SETUP-OTHER-REDRAW)
- Added rain and 18 wheeler truck to JUST-MOBILES and JUST-WX
- Changed WX-ShowTemp command to WX-TEMPS command
- Added new Satellite Ground Station symbol "`" (BUILDINGS-AMSAT)
- You can now set ALARM on multiple stations
- You can now set TRACK on multiple stations
- If you set TRACK on yourself and save CONFIG file, it will remember it
- JUST-SPECIAL & JUST-CALLS replace the old #/* special display keys
- New FILES-MAPLISTS command
- Removed F1-HELP-ON-SCREEN
- New distro disks now do not have room for PKUNZIP.exe. Use ur copy
- Compatibility with the new APRS MIC-encoder. See MICE.HTM
Ver 75a:
- *** introduced MAPLISTS directory
- *** GATE operators must put B E 0/10 in INITTAPR.TNC
- WX-DispWX and WX-ShowTemp commands show WX vice CALLS on map.
- Fixed DF vehicle heading
- WX-JUST command latches ON/OFF (JUST-WX still is one time display)
- alt-SETUP-OTHER-REDRAW command toggles on an auto-redraw function.
- SPRE.HST file shows the results of the APRS posits via SPRE satellite
NEWFIX22:
- Fixed MAPFIX TASK-TRIM command to matches WHITE BORDER
- New TORCH files for olympics
Ver 75: New MAPFIX20 has APRS type menus instead of ctrl-alt keys
- MAP Borders are now the proper 3/4 aspect ratio
Ver 74i:
- Fixed CRASH on U-2000 negative wind direction
- Fixed remoteWX posits from overwriting WX data
- Fixed bug that prevented AEA TNC's from seeing 9 character calls
- Fixed problems observed during the Space Shuttle SPRE mission
- Fixed OPS-FIND-[gridsquare for E longitudes
- "*" now required on DIGIs for CONGRATS.
- Fixed dual ports unproto paths xxx/yyy would work in space mode
Ver beta2000: Attempted to fix the overflow problems with the U-2000
Ver 74e: Dec 95. Good for 2 months!
- Added < > keys
- Supports the new PICO-TNC without an HSP switch.
Ver 74d (betaB):
- Fixed 74c Heard wrap-around that overwrote posit on a hooked station
- Another attempt at gettting AEA dual ports to band switch
- Ignores p1 at beginning of line which prevented DSP-2232 from working right
- Returned WX blue dot size back to normal after too small in 74c.
- Further fixes to garbled call-crashes in Germany on shared nets.
Ver 74c:
- Fixed CRASH on NETROM packets beginning with > found in Europe
- Band switching for PK-900 and DSP-2232 (maybe. I hope it works)
- Modified GPStoHST.bas so that it can also use RMC sentences
- Telemetry page accepts new MIM module with 5 analog and 8 digital channels
- New HHMMSS format for MIM modules not knowing DATE.
Ver 74b: Fixed something in 74a within the same day. Dont remember what,
but 74b was in DISTRO for a long time and is an excellent version!
Ver 74a: Fixes crash in DOZ if you bump mouse
- Reports 1 minute avg WIND from attached ULTIMETER
- Now F3/4 brings more or fewer MAP labels to view.
- Added U/D/G to MAPS menu
- APRSdr.zip can dead reckon objects along a course
- APRSmin.EXE is only a 316K vice 373K file.
- MKMAPHK1.EXE and .TXT were released by KB4XF
Ver 74: Added ULTIMETER-2000 compatibility.
- ADDED MOUSE SUPPORT.
- Fixed F6 QRT mode for VTG operations
- Fixed BEEPS ON EVERY ACK problem introduced in 73d
Ver 73d:
- The A-LIST was not working in 73b and c
- Restored the WX circle in the NEXT command
- You may REPLY to a message by pressing F2.
- Re-send a previous message by entering a single digit line number
Ver 73c: * DEFAULT TNC to 4800
- Added OPS-DIGI-ALTpath
- Houses are smaller
- BLN# and BLN@ timing
- Additional items saved in CONFIG file
Ver 73b:
- CONTROLS-LOG saved in the cfig file
- F-10 DOZ disables screen writes for better ops in WINDOZ
- Fixed the FIND-GRID-SQ command which got broke somewhere along the way...
- Better discrimination of APRS MSGs for the TRAFFIC screen...
- Fixed messages for your internal PBBS showing up on READ screen
- Changed Hurricane format to $HC/www^ppp/BAR>RRR&rrr.
- Scalable Y Axis in 3D
Ver 73: Mostly WEATHER changes:
- Added optional WX symbols for letters
- Red, Yel and Blue for Tropical winds and wind radius
- Manual DF Bearing now works for mobiles.
- Added MScatt receive mode and sender has choice of timing sector
- Dots command added for replays to force all symbols to small dots
- New MASTER/SLAVE
- Ver 73a added HSP toggling using F8 key while in the O-C-T mode
Ver 72d:
- Forces FADE off in MScat mode so you can see posits over 2 hrs old
- CONTROLS-XMT command now works in MScat mode
- In MScat mode now TNC FULL-DUPLEX is enabled so Xmissions coincide
Ver 72c: Fixed bug which ignored packets with fewer than 3 characters
- Adds TWO-WAY MScat capability.
Ver 72b: Major change is for MEteor Scatter Mode:
- CONTORLS-DIRECT-FILTER (in Mscatter mode) only accepts direct packets
- Fixed RAIN GAUGE for U-II that broke in 72a
Ver 72a: Fixed 72. Is OK except for adds in 72b.
Ver 72:
- New METEOR SHOWER mode
- SPACE mode resets BEACON timer on hearing space digipeater.
- Added CONTROLS-FILTERS-GdSq
- Rain should now zero when you reset your U-II rain counters
- 2 mile 100k CD ROM map of my neighborhood. 3909N 07636W.
Ver 71c&d: more tweaks for SAREX but still based on 95 min timing
- CONTROLS-FILTERS-GRID mode will decode a GridSquare in the TO callsign
- Packets with CZAR will show red
Ver 71b: From NOW ON, only WIDE-RELAY digipeaters will be shown as GREEN
- Better SPACE mode. See SPACE.HTM
- Added $PGRMA for Garmin altitude
- QRT (F6) forces your SPEED to ZERO
Ver 71a: My first Doppler DF fox hunt with APRS:
- Fixed INPUT-SAVE and INPUT-UP which didn't work in 71
- Fixed BULLETIN display format that got broken in 71
- New INPUT-HEADING cmd for entering a COMPASS heading when stopped with GPS
- RELATIVE DF bearings are not accepted if the current HEADING is 000
- If in DF and GPS NMEA speed drops below 4, then Heading is NOT UPDATED.
Ver 7.1: Major MAP changes. Combined small maps into BIG regional maps.
- Fixed DF code so dual port DF and TNC/HSP modes both work at same time
- Added DF Single Port mode so TNC, GPS, DF can all share one comm port!
- Added F8 key to force an instant HSP/GPS fix.
- INPUT-SAVE-my and INPUT-UPLINK-my commands
- OPS-DIGI paths to SENDING outgoing messages
Ver 7.c: Alt-S-OTHER-GAME mode for on-air-chess
- alt-S-MODES-altNET for subnets on common APRS frequencies
- alt-S-GPS-NMEAlog toggles on a log of NMEA data
Ver 7.b: Fixes bug #1 map HOT key bug. Adds SPACE MODE
Ver 7.a: Upgraded to MAPFIX12 that can now KILL Labels
- Fixed bugs with the new OPS-QUERY
- MAPS-PLOTS-RANGErings now plots in Great Circle Range and Bearing
- ARNAV data formats in SPM/HSP modes (for aviation GPS's)
- APRS now handles ECHO/WIDE aliases for KAM when band switching
Ver 7.0: Two changes that are NOT backward compatible.
- LARGER OBJS-AREAS-LINES shapes are now 4 times bigger.
- MAPFIX1.bas now has an optional compression feature which reduces 60% size and 33% speed
- New 32 mile maps from 2,000,000 CD ROM is EASY using MAKEMAPS1.bas/exe!
- Further splitting disto to EAST, SEAST, WEST, CENTRAL, MIDWEST.
- New MAPFIX1 OVERLAY, color2, digitizer Hotkeys
- MAKEMAP1 reduces pts in Bndrys, Streams, RR and better scale
- Replay raw NMEA GGA and RMC files if file ends in .DOS
- Force 0000 posit for GPS configured start-up so your HOME posit is NOT xmtd
- Changed OBJ-AREAS-LINES to permit 400 mile shapes (WX WATCH BOXES).
- added JUNK filtr to NOT print lines with ctrl chars to save map fm scrolling
Ver 69: Fixed major bug that ignored ALL GGA's after a single bad NMEA
Version 6.8: Fixed GPS RMC bug not working on OWN stn in dual-port and HSP
Version 6.7b: Added SLAVE mode
Version 6.7a: Added selective prompt to Xmt command
Version 6.7: Added 3D and altitude. * New SYSTEMS directory
Version 6.6: Added Microsoft SERIAL MOUSE for APRS and MAPFIX.
Version 6.5c: HSP was in-op in 6.5 and later. Fixed it.
Version 6.4b: Changes QUERY Latitude to (-) effective 1 Apr.
Version 6.4a: OOPS, 63c and 64 would NOT let you change WX
alarms nor configure a second COM port for GPS/WX/DF.
Version 6.3b: APRS TELEMETRY announcement!
Version 6.3a: Implements QUERY at a RANGE. Adds WX ALARM RANGE
Version 6.3: Adds COM3,4 by poking BIOS.
Version 6.2d: Finished all 15 default SSID symbols
Version 6.2b: Fixed Rain Alarms. Added METRIC for temps and winds
VERSION 6.03 Upped points to 3600 (later reduced to 2999) and maps to 170
VERSION 6.02 Added an AMTOR/PACTOR mode. Added TNC NEWmode command
VERSION 6.01 Added ARNAV interface. Upped points to 2000 and maps to 160
VERSION 6.0Plus+ MAPFIX can IMPORT roads from other maps
VERSION 6.0: Alt-IGNORE and SPCL. Added Circle/Box/etc AREAS as objects.
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