From 377771df162c50e73aa3947399a2bd287bf9ad37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Firehammer047 Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 02:18:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update generic.conf - add directional antenna example The manual seems to be missing this explanation, so I added an example for setting the direction of the antenna in the PBEACON --- conf/generic.conf | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/conf/generic.conf b/conf/generic.conf index 9a19d8a..72e6d44 100644 --- a/conf/generic.conf +++ b/conf/generic.conf @@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ %C%#PBEACON delay=1 every=10 overlay=S symbol="digi" zone=19T easting=307477 northing=4720178 %C% %C% +%C%# Using a directional antenna pointing SW instead of omni (see http://www.aprs.org/aprsdos-pix/phg.txt and src/encode_aprs.c) +%C% +%C%#PBEACON delay=1 every=30 overlay=S symbol="digi" lat=42^37.14N long=071^20.83W power=50 height=20 gain=9 dir=SW comment="Chelmsford MA" via=WIDE1-1 +%C% +%C% %C%# %C%# When the destination field is set to "SPEECH" the information part is %C%# converted to speech rather than transmitted as a data frame.