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APRS SYMBOLS (Icons) 25 Nov 2015
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WB4APR
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This original APRS symbol specification is updated periodically with
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new symbols as they are defined. This is THE master list for APRS. But
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almost all new symbols since 2007 will be formed as Overlays to the
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basic set. So be sure to check the symbols-new.txt file noted below!
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http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt
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NEW OVERLAYS ON ALL ALTERNATE SYMBOLS: As of 1 October 2007, the use of
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overlay characters on all alternate symbols was allowed as needed in
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order to further expand the APRS symbol set. These overlay expansions
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of up to 36 different usages for each of the 94 alternate symbols adds
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hundreds of potential new symbols. Since each of the original 94
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symbols can now have up to 36 other definitions, this new overlay info
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is now found in the above file.
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If an alternate symbol from the table below, contains significant
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definitions of its overlay characters, then the entry will have an "O"
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added to indicate that additonal definitions exist in the above
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document. The # symbol indicates the original Overlay subset.
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For details on Upgrading your symbol set, please see the background
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information on Symbols prepared by Stephen Smith, WA8LMF:
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http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-background.txt
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UPDATE CHRONOLOGY:
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25 Nov 15: Found APRStt symbol poorly documented Was shown as "\=".
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But has been \A BOX symbol with variety of overlays
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23 Jun 15: Changed Aircraft to SSID-11 and Human to SSID-7
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28 Aug 14: Added notation on newly availble BASE codes (begun in 2007)
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Old WX versions of these: Bb{*:DFegJp were moved to ovlays
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Expanded #w Flooding to include Avalanches, Mud/Landslides
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Changed #D from "avail" to new family called Depots
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Changed name of overlay Car to generic Vehicles w overlays
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Edited name of /E Eyeball to include "Events"
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19 May 14: Added many new Aircraft and Ship symbols see symbols-new.txt
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07 Oct 13: Added JetSki [Js] & Ham Club [C-] ovrlys to symbols-new.txt
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19 Sep 11: Added T & 2 overlay for 1 & 2 hop Message TX Igates
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Updated overlay "portable" (;) overlays for events
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20 Oct 09: Added WIRES to overlayed circles
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05 Dec 08: Clarified symbols classified as MOBILE.
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Added Primary: 123456789\ and ALT: Y[\
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04 Nov 08: Added notes to match file with New Overlays noted above
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Added list of "just-mobile-symbols"
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25 Mar 08: Added \% Power plants with Overlays. Changed
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\i from "BOXn digi" to generic "BOX with overlay".
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An indoor BOXn digi can use an overlay on existing digi.
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13 Feb 08: Added overlay "S" on \a and \c for SATERN
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10 Jan 08: Added Overlay "X" on BOX for the XO OLPC laptop
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01 Oct 07: Added the above paragraphs about Overlay byte extensions
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of the APRS symbol set and defined two new symbols.
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Added "S[" Skier and "O-" for House with Operator Present.
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03 Jul 07: Began defining some overlay common usages.
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09 Apr 07: First proposed expanding the alternate symbols overlays.
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And added to the APRS1.2 addendum:
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http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs/symbols-overlays.txt
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02 Feb 07: Cleaned up some names for consistency with Icon tables
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18 Oct 06: Suggest \x for car wreck or road obstruction. Looks
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like a big X like this: ->X<- sort-of...
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16 Jun 06: Suggest I for 2-way IGate and R overlay for RX only.
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28 Sep 05: Added /F for Farm vehicle (looks like a tractor)
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18 Jan 05: Added C overlay for CERTS to "\c" symbol
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3 Jan 05: Added W overlay to "\a" symbol to indicate WinLINK.
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7 Dec 04: the /] PBBS symbol (typically a blue Mail Box) is renamed
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as "MAIL/P.O.". PBBS users should use the BBS symbol.
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8 Sep 04: Added Military Affiliate MARS symbol as \M with overlays
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SYMBOLS for APRS 1.1 ADDENDUM are as below. As of 26 July 04, the
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symbols below were approved and became part of the APRS1.1 addendum.
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JunJul 04 to add a Rocket "\O" and an SUV as "\k"
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06 May 04 to move Shelter(overlay) from PRI to ALT table
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5 Jan 04 to add Destination Waypoint "\/")
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29 Oct 03 to add 802.11, firenet, IncidentCommandPost & Shelter
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04 Feb 04: Unassigned symbols should display the international symbol
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of a circle with a slash through it. Meaning "not"...
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29 Jan 04: Reviewed ALL symbols in the spec. Here are all additions:
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\& = is not just HF, but ANY GATEWAY with overlay character
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/) = Wheelchair (Handicapped) useful in Marathons (blue and white)
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\) = Firenet MEO symbol (MODIS Earth observation)
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\/ = Waypoint (destination) a RED dot showing intended destination.
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Uses special processing to draw a line from a mobile to his
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destination. This was proposed 5 Jan 2004
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/L = Logged-ON user. (A PC symbol showing someone on APRS-IS)
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/l = Laptop (lower case L) (looks like a laptop)
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/c = Incident Command Post
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\y = Skywarn (black tornado, orange background with white surround)
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\z = Shelter (with overlay) (A red house with peaked roof)
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JUST-MOBILE-SYMBOLS: The following two lists of symbols were defined
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as "mobile" symbols for the purposess of filtering etc. This list
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has been published in APRS1.1 for over a decade. As of Nov08, this
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list was reviewd and updated:
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WAS:
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Pri: '<=>()*0COPRSUXY[^abefgjkpsuv
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Alt: /0>AKOS[^knsuv
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IS NOW:
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Pri: !'<=>()*0123456789CFOPRSUXY[\^abefgjkpsuv <== [added !F\ ]
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Alt: >KOSY[^ksuv\ <==[removed /0An]
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SYMBOLS.TXT APRS DISPLAY SYMBOLS APRSdos ORIGINAL
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======================================================================
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Document dated: 28 Apr 99 FInal APRSdos symbol spec
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**************: This file Remains CUrrent and is Updated Frequently
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**************: See date and updates at the top of this file.
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Author(s): Bob Bruninga, WB4APR <bruninga@usna.edu>
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The character after the latitude "N/S" in an APRS position report is a
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TABLE character and the character following the longitude "E/W" is the
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APRS symbol character. The TABLE character selects one of two symbol
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tables or may be used as an alphanumeric overlay over some symbols:
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TABLE RESULT
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& RESERVED for possible AUXILLIARY tables (Aug 09)
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/ Primary symbol Table (Mostly stations)
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\ Alternate symbol table (Mostly Objects)
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0-9 Alternate OVERLAY symbols with 0-9 overlayed
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A-Z Alternate OVERLAY symbols with A-Z overlayed
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For ease of reference we refer to these as the SYMBOL CHARACTERS and
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often abbreviate them as "/$" which refers to the Table character "/"
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and symbol character "$".
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Press F1-S in APRSdos to see these symbols. Some symbols may have a
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numeric overlay character 0-9 or A-Z. These are shown on the F1-S
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display with the numeral "3" overlayed. The original overlayable
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symbols through Oct 2007 were:
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CIRCLE, SQUARE, CAR, TRUCK, VAN, DIGIS, GATES
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Civil-Defense(RACES), NWS sites, WX stations, Triangle
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After 2007, provisions should be made in all software to allow for
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overlays on *any/all* alternate symbols for use in the future.
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SYMBOLS WITH STAND-ALONE GPS TRACKERS: Stand-alone devices that
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transmit raw GPS have no method to convey their symbol. For this
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unique application, the symbol can be designated in the UNPROTO
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TOADDRESS of the form GPSxyz. The X points to a subgroup table and
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the Y is the actual symbol. Z is an overlay character if used.
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Actually there are four TOCALLS that will provide the same symbol.
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GPSxyz is for stand alone trackers
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SPCxyz is for stand alone trackers at SPECIAL events in SPCL mode
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SYMxyz is for other TNC-only stations such as WX stations
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Notice that both the /$ method and GPSxyz method have a one-for-one
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corrspondence for all numeric and alphabetic symbols of both upper
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and lower case which should make them easy to remember. For the
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GPSxyz method, we have broken the PRIMARY and ALTERNATE tables into
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sub tables with different names to make them easier to remember. For
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example, "/C" is a CANOE in the PRIMARY table which can be referred to
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as PC in the XYZ format and the "\C" ALTERNATE table symbol is for
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Coast Guard which could also be referred to in the GPSxyz format as
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AC. Simillarly, you can think of the lower case symbols /c or \c as
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being LC for lower case C and SC for "secondary" table "c".
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The Following Symbol table shows the two types of identifiers for all
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APRS ICONS. The primary symbols are on the left and the alternate
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table is on the right. The first column of each is labeled /$ and \$
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for the primary and alternate tables. These are the chacacters you
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will see in an APRS formatted position report. The XYZ columns are
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for the stand-alone trackers described above.
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/$ XYZ BASIC SYMBOL TABLE \$ XYZ OTHER SYMBOL TABLE (\)
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-- --- ------------------------ -- --- ----------------------
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/! BB Police, Sheriff \! OBO EMERGENCY (and overlays)
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/" BC reserved (was rain) \" OC reserved
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/# BD DIGI (white center) \# OD# OVERLAY DIGI (green star)
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/$ BE PHONE \$ OEO Bank or ATM (green box)
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/% BF DX CLUSTER \% OFO Power Plant with overlay
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/& BG HF GATEway \& OG# I=Igte R=RX T=1hopTX 2=2hopTX
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/' BH Small AIRCRAFT (SSID-11) \' OHO Crash (& now Incident sites)
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/( BI Mobile Satellite Station \( OIO CLOUDY (other clouds w ovrly)
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/) BJ Wheelchair (handicapped) \) OJO Firenet MEO, MODIS Earth Obs.
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/* BK SnowMobile \* OK AVAIL (SNOW moved to ` ovly S)
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/+ BL Red Cross \+ OL Church
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/, BM Boy Scouts \, OM Girl Scouts
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/- BN House QTH (VHF) \- ONO House (H=HF) (O = Op Present)
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/. BO X \. OO Ambiguous (Big Question mark)
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// BP Red Dot \/ OP Waypoint Destination
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See APRSdos MOBILE.txt
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/$ XYZ PRIMARY SYMBOL TABLE \$ XYZ ALTERNATE SYMBOL TABLE (\)
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-- --- ------------------------ -- --- --------------------------
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/0 P0 # circle (obsolete) \0 A0# CIRCLE (IRLP/Echolink/WIRES)
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/1 P1 TBD (these were numbered) \1 A1 AVAIL
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/2 P2 TBD (circles like pool) \2 A2 AVAIL
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/3 P3 TBD (balls. But with) \3 A3 AVAIL
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/4 P4 TBD (overlays, we can) \4 A4 AVAIL
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/5 P5 TBD (put all #'s on one) \5 A5 AVAIL
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/6 P6 TBD (So 1-9 are available)\6 A6 AVAIL
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/7 P7 TBD (for new uses?) \7 A7 AVAIL
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/8 P8 TBD (They are often used) \8 A8O 802.11 or other network node
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/9 P9 TBD (as mobiles at events)\9 A9 Gas Station (blue pump)
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/: MR FIRE \: NR AVAIL (Hail ==> ` ovly H)
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/; MS Campground (Portable ops) \; NSO Park/Picnic + overlay events
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/< MT Motorcycle (SSID-10) \< NTO ADVISORY (one WX flag)
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/= MU RAILROAD ENGINE \= NUO avail. symbol overlay group
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/> MV CAR (SSID-9) \> NV# OVERLAYED CARs & Vehicles
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/? MW SERVER for Files \? NW INFO Kiosk (Blue box with ?)
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/@ MX HC FUTURE predict (dot) \@ NX HURICANE/Trop-Storm
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/A PA Aid Station \A AA# overlayBOX DTMF & RFID & XO
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/B PB BBS or PBBS \B AB AVAIL (BlwngSnow ==> E ovly B
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/C PC Canoe \C AC Coast Guard
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/D PD \D ADO DEPOTS (Drizzle ==> ' ovly D)
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/E PE EYEBALL (Events, etc!) \E AE Smoke (& other vis codes)
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/F PF Farm Vehicle (tractor) \F AF AVAIL (FrzngRain ==> `F)
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/G PG Grid Square (6 digit) \G AG AVAIL (Snow Shwr ==> I ovly S)
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/H PH HOTEL (blue bed symbol) \H AHO \Haze (& Overlay Hazards)
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/I PI TcpIp on air network stn \I AI Rain Shower
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/J PJ \J AJ AVAIL (Lightening ==> I ovly L)
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/K PK School \K AK Kenwood HT (W)
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/L PL PC user (Jan 03) \L AL Lighthouse
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/M PM MacAPRS \M AMO MARS (A=Army,N=Navy,F=AF)
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/N PN NTS Station \N AN Navigation Buoy
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/O PO BALLOON (SSID-11) \O AO Overlay Balloon (Rocket = \O)
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/P PP Police \P AP Parking
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/Q PQ TBD \Q AQ QUAKE
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/R PR REC. VEHICLE (SSID-13) \R ARO Restaurant
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/S PS SHUTTLE \S AS Satellite/Pacsat
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/T PT SSTV \T AT Thunderstorm
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/U PU BUS (SSID-2) \U AU SUNNY
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/V PV ATV \V AV VORTAC Nav Aid
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/W PW National WX Service Site \W AW# # NWS site (NWS options)
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/X PX HELO (SSID-6) \X AX Pharmacy Rx (Apothicary)
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/Y PY YACHT (sail) (SSID-5) \Y AYO Radios and devices
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/Z PZ WinAPRS \Z AZ AVAIL
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/[ HS Human/Person (SSID-7) \[ DSO W.Cloud (& humans w Ovrly)
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/\ HT TRIANGLE(DF station) \\ DTO New overlayable GPS symbol
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/] HU MAIL/PostOffice(was PBBS) \] DU AVAIL
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/^ HV LARGE AIRCRAFT \^ DV# other Aircraft ovrlys (2014)
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/_ HW WEATHER Station (blue) \_ DW# # WX site (green digi)
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/` HX Dish Antenna \` DX Rain (all types w ovrly)
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/$ XYZ LOWER CASE SYMBOL TABLE \$ XYZ SECONDARY SYMBOL TABLE (\)
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-- --- ------------------------ -- --- --------------------------
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/a LA AMBULANCE (SSID-1) \a SA#O ARRL,ARES,WinLINK,Dstar, etc
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/b LB BIKE (SSID-4) \b SB AVAIL(Blwng Dst/Snd => E ovly)
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/c LC Incident Command Post \c SC#O CD triangle RACES/SATERN/etc
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/d LD Fire dept \d SD DX spot by callsign
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/e LE HORSE (equestrian) \e SE Sleet (& future ovrly codes)
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/f LF FIRE TRUCK (SSID-3) \f SF Funnel Cloud
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/g LG Glider \g SG Gale Flags
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/h LH HOSPITAL \h SHO Store. or HAMFST Hh=HAM store
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/i LI IOTA (islands on the air) \i SI# BOX or points of Interest
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/j LJ JEEP (SSID-12) \j SJ WorkZone (Steam Shovel)
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/k LK TRUCK (SSID-14) \k SKO Special Vehicle SUV,ATV,4x4
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/l LL Laptop (Jan 03) (Feb 07) \l SL Areas (box,circles,etc)
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/m LM Mic-E Repeater \m SM Value Sign (3 digit display)
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/n LN Node (black bulls-eye) \n SN# OVERLAY TRIANGLE
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/o LO EOC \o SO small circle
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/p LP ROVER (puppy, or dog) \p SP AVAIL (PrtlyCldy => ( ovly P
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/q LQ GRID SQ shown above 128 m \q SQ AVAIL
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/r LR Repeater (Feb 07) \r SR Restrooms
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/s LS SHIP (pwr boat) (SSID-8) \s SS# OVERLAY SHIP/boats
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/t LT TRUCK STOP \t ST Tornado
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/u LU TRUCK (18 wheeler) \u SU# OVERLAYED TRUCK
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/v LV VAN (SSID-15) \v SV# OVERLAYED Van
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/w LW WATER station \w SWO Flooding (Avalanches/Slides)
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/x LX xAPRS (Unix) \x SX Wreck or Obstruction ->X<-
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/y LY YAGI @ QTH \y SY Skywarn
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/z LZ TBD \z SZ# OVERLAYED Shelter
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/{ J1 \{ Q1 AVAIL? (Fog ==> E ovly F)
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/| J2 TNC Stream Switch \| Q2 TNC Stream Switch
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/} J3 \} Q3 AVAIL? (maybe)
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/~ J4 TNC Stream Switch \~ Q4 TNC Stream Switch
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HEADING SYMBOLS: Although all symbols are supposed to have a heading
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line showing the direction of movement with a length proportional to
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the log of speed, some symbols were desiged as top-down views so that
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they could be displayed actually always POINTING in the direction of
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movement. Now All symbols should be oriented (if practical). These
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original special symbols were:
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\> OVERLAYED CAR
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\s Overlayed Ship
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\^ Overlayed Aircraft
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/^ Aircraft
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/g Glider
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\n Overlayed Triangle
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AREA SYMBOLS! The special symbol \l (lower case L) was special. It
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indicates an area definition. You can define these as a BOX, CIRCLE,
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LINE or TRIANGLE area in all colors, either open or filled in, any
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size from 60 feet to 100 miles. In APRSdos they were generated auto-
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matically by simply moving the cursor to the location, press HOME,
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move the cursor to the lower right corner of the AREA and hit INPUT-
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ADD-OBJECTS-AREA.
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Enter the type of area, and color. NOTE that AREA shapes can only be
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defined by selecting the upper left corner first, then the lower right
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second. The line is an exception. It is still top to bottom, but the
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lower point can be to the left of the beginning point. Further, in
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the line option you may specify a "width" either side of the central
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line.
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These AREAS are useful for real-time events such as for a search-and-
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rescue, or adding a special ROAD or ROUTE for a special event. Be
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cautious in using the color fill option, since all other objects in
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that area that occur earlier in your PLIST will be obscured. AND you
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do NOT know the order of other stations P-lists.
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AREAS FORMAT: Use of the special AREAS symbol (/l) triggers special
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processing of the next 7 bytes normally used for CSE and SPD. In
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this special case the processing is as follows:
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$CSE/SPD... Normal Field description
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lTyy/Cxx... Where: l (lower case L) is symbol for "LOCATION SHAPES"
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T is Type of shape: 0=circle, 1=line, 2=elipse
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3=triangle 4=box
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add 5 to these => color-in
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C is color from 0 to 15. For colors geater than
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9, / is replaced with a 1.
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yy is sqroot of the latitude offset in 1/100ths
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xx is sqroot of the longitude offset
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These offsets are ALWAYS positive to the right and down, except for
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the special case of a lower right quadrant line, these are given the
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Type of 6 and are drawn down and to the left.
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HURRICANES, TROPICAL STORMS and DEPRESSIONS: These symbols will be
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differentiated by colors red, yellos, and blue. Additionally a radius
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of Huricane and also Tropical storm winds will also be shown if the
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special format detailed in WX.txt is used.
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SYMBOLS ON MAPS! APRS can also be permanently embedded in maps. To
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embed a symbol in a map, simply make the first four characters of the
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label be a # followed by the dual symbol character, followed by a hex
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number from 1 to F that indicates the color for the symbol. The
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remaining 8 characters can be used for a conventional label at the
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same location. An example are the VORTAC nav-aids in Alaska. The
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Anchorage VORTAC appears as ANC on all maps below 128 miles. The label
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entry is #\VFANC,LAT,LONG,128.
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VALUE SIGNPOSTS: This is another special handling Symbol. Signposts
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trigger a display as a yellow box with a 1-3 letter overlay on them.
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The use of this symbol (\m) triggers a search for a 1-3 letter
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string of characters encolsed in braces in the comment field.
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Thus a VALUE Signpost with {55} in the comment field would
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appear as a sign with 55 on it, designed for posting the speed
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of traffic past speed measuring devices. APRSdos has a version named
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APRStfc.EXE that monitors traffic speed and posts these speed signs
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objects when traffic slows in these areas. To avoid cluttering the
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map, they ONLY appear at 8 miles and below AND they do not show any
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callsign or name. Only the yellow box and the 3 letters or numbers.
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Select them from the OBJECT menu under VALUE...
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APRS 1.2 OVERLAY TYPE SYMBOLS EXPANSION! [April 2007]:
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-------------------------------------------------------
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All alternate symbols have the potential to be overlayed. This was
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the original intent and was only limited to a few due to limitations
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in Mac and WinAPRS. Those original "numbered" symbols are marked
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with a # in the table above. But by 2007, it was time to move on.
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In APRS 1.2 it was proposed that any ALTENATE symbol can have overlays.
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Kenwood has already responded with the new D710 that can now display
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these overlays on all symbols.
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To help define these hundreds of new symbol combinations, we have
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added a new file called:
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http:aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt
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The overlay symbols may be used in two ways. First, simply as an
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overlay on a basic symbol type. Most uses of these symbols will be
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in this manner. But special overlays on some special characters
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may also be re-drawn as entirely new graphics for clarity if desired.
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The above NEW-Overlay document attempts to define those special
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combinations that may rate their own special symbol or where multiple
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use of an overlay character for different purposes would be confusing.
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Bob, WB4APR
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