Resending with corrected verbiage and typos....
From: Zachary Beougher Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 12:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Off Topic APRS Question
Sorry for the off topic question, but I need some APRS help...
If you go to http://aprs.fi/?call=a%2FKD8KSN-9 and view my path over the past three+ hours, you will see I made a trip down to Frazysburg and back home. I went down, came back, shut the beacon off, and it was about 10:40a this morning. I just got on APRSIS (KD8KSN-12), and I had a message that I sent from my mobile (KD8KSN-9 - the one I am having issues with) this morning *along with the response from the other station* waiting in my inbox. I went out to APRS.fi, and it has me plotted down in Frazysburg at 1620z, going 34mph. The beacon is shut off at the radio (it is just monitoring a repeater), and it is sitting about 50ft from me right now – definitely not in Frazysburg. I know that aprs.fi plots you at your last location, but according I checked it this morning and it had me back home, now it has me randomly in Frazysburg. It is almost like a packet is being saved at a specific location and then being transmitted at a random moment.
I have had this issue over the past few days when I go into Columbus – I go in, come back, and about 2 hours later is suddenly plots me somewhere along the path I took 3 hours before, along with about 2-3 other stops along the way.
One last thing regarding the message I received. Go to http://aprs.fi/?c=message&call=KD8KSN-9 The “gm!” that was sent at 1248z this morning, along with the auto response from W8KRF-1 were the original messages. The duplicate message that was sent at 1620z was sent while I was no where near the radio. This was sent at the same time that aprs.fi plotted me back in Frazysburg.
Does anyone have ANY idea what this thing is doing? I am running the FTM-350AR w/ smartbeaconing. I have had absolutely NO issues up until this point. If you need clarification please email me. I will be going out in a few so the path on aprs.fi with probably be erased.
Zack KD8KSN