Newbie to group and YAAC-1.0-beta202
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i am using direwolf and YAAC on HF aprs. the goal is to get aprs and be able to send messages. I really like YAAC.. it was easy to get started, but now i know it can do a lot more. I have ICOM HF rig and i see a lot of activity on 14.102.3 and 10.147.6 only on the map., radio view and RAW packet sniffer. the I have GPS IP GPS GPS RF and green light all lite. but i don't see messages. how do i know if Igate is running? on direwolf AGW and KISS TCP are both open on port. What am i missing? thanx so much
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YAAC download link fails
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Hi Andrew - I was attempting to download the yaac zip file (from https://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAAC.zip) to my w11 pc and keep getting this error: " This site can¡¯t be reached Check if there is a typo in www.ka2ddo.org. If spelling is correct, try running Windows Network Diagnostics. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN " -- Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV
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the www.ka2ddo.org web server is back online
Greetings. The ka2ddo.org webserver upgrade started last night has completed, and the server is back online to support YAAC user queries for software upgrades and OpenStreetMap map updates. Enjoy. Andrew, KA2DDO author of YAAC
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Connecting YAAC to a Kenwood D74
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I want to use my Kenwood D74 as the source of APRS and as the transmitter to APRS. I have the needed cable to connect my D74 to my M2 MacBook Air, but I¡¯m not sure what the settings on th D74 should be. Has someone got a nice easy to follow list of what to do, pease send it along. Keith, WA0?TJT Author: https://net-control.us ARRL Life Member & VE ARRL ARES Communicator Level 2, AEC for Platte Co. MO KCHEART Radio Operator - St. Lukes Barry Road Hospital
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YAAC over IP not showing on map at aprs.is
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I believe I have YAAC configured properly, but when I transmit a beacon from my computer via IP my station does not show up on the aprs.is map. If I use another source, like aprs-droid, the map displays the station. I am using Linux Ubuntu 20.4 and I have the latest version of YAAC installed. Who may know what the problem is?
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Displaying NWS messages and lightning strikes
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Is there any way to display NWS weather alerts and lightning strikes on the map? I was able to do it in APRSIS but I can't figure it out with YAAC.
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Map zooming out
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Every time I move my mouse the map zooms out. It also happens when I try to look at a weather object. Is there something I can do to fix this? Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2613) | Reply to Group | Reply to Sender | Mute This Topic | New Topic Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [kf6kyd@...] _._,_._,_
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Resend of earlier query:
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Having received no reply to my earlier message, I now am editting and reposting it: I use a weather packet server path of cwop.aprs.net to send out weather information packets from my QTH. My K4OAM-13 station shows up fine, with all weather data, on aprs.fi However, my K4OAM-13 weather station is not shown on my YAAC map, unless I change my weather server path to any tier2 aprs server - such as soam.aprs2.net. Then, K4OAM-13 becomes visible on YAAC Returning to the CWOP server (cwop.aprs.net), my K4OAM-13 weather station disappears from the YAAC map. (All YACC filters are cleared) Is this normal for the YAAC map displlay? Jerry - K4OAM
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next beta build#206 of YAAC, created 2025-Jan-14
next beta build #206 of YAAC ("Yet Another APRS Client"), created 2025-Jan-14 downloadable from https://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAAC.html https://sourceforge.net/p/yetanotheraprsc changes and updates include: 1. minor performance improvements in core YAAC. 2. generalize NMEA-0183 GPS and gpsd JSON parsers to recognize any constellation of GNSS satellites to support multi-constellation receivers. 3. fix some not-properly-encapsulating code to allow unit test code to work better. 4. fix some GUI views that do not properly implement Night Mode (dark displays to reduce eye glare in low-light situations). Also persist the display mode setting in the configuration. 5. add option to popup station window to keep it open and updating instead of automatically closing when focus moves to another window. 6. fix MADIS weather station data checks to properly perform Optimal Interpolation for spatial consistency checks. 7. significant performance improvements in rendering topo contour lines. 8. fix scale calculations for bandwidth monitor view. 9. fix bugs in OpenStreetMap tile downloader to honor the choice on the alternate tiledir selection and properly name the planet.ways file when it is downloaded. 10. import latest tocalls database from Hessu's repository. 11. add more entries to core YAAC help index. 12. improve documentation of night mode, messaging, and importing UIView .pos files for locally-originated Objects. 13. in TAK plugin, add support for porting APRS text messages to CoT chat messages.
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Distance Calculation Issue
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Andrew: For what it¡¯s worth, I created an object in the same vicinity as VK5RR and the calculated distance to that object was correct. I¡¯m not sure if that tells us anything about the apparent error that occurred when VK5RR's position was captured on 30M. I haven¡¯t heard him in a few days, but I¡¯ll let you know when I do. There were no other VK stations heard that night. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. Thank you, Tony K2MO
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Distance Calculation Issue?
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All: While monitoring 30M APRS, I noticed a discrepancy in the distance calculated by YAAC between myself and VK5RR. The range should be approximately 10,500 miles, but YAAC showed 1,700 miles. I checked APRS-FI to see if VK5RR's position might be off, but it appeared to be correct. YAAC did show the correct bearing which is 273 degrees. The distance for all other stations seems fine so not sure why the discrepancy for VK. Any ideas? Tony -K2MO
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objects.pos
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Andrew, Do you have a legend that breaks out the object attributes in the object.pos file? Like what does this all mean: *111111z4738.27N/12243.53Wr I feel like the *111111z is time and equals permanent. What¡¯s the rest mean if I got that right. Jamie Hughes WA7JH (360) 340-8886
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Send a message
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How do I send a message to someone not on the map? Or like I want to send a message to ANSRVR
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World Map For HF APRS
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All: I'm new to YAAC and I was wondering if it's possible to import a simple World Map? My primary interest is HF APRS so there's no need for a detailed street map. Also wondering if it's possible to remove the grid lines. Thanks, Tony
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Label Font Color / Size Change?
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All: Does anyone know how to change the map label font color and size? Also wondering if the various program window fonts are adjustable. Thanks, Tony
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VGC VR-N76 in KISS mode via Bluetooth on macOS
Hi All, Apologies if this is old news. With thanks to Andrew (KA2DDO) for the tip, I have successfully been using YAAC on a MacBook Air (M2), with the VGC VR-N76 in KISS mode. I made several false starts trying to follow Linux instructions. Things work differently in MacOS! My steps were as follows: 1) make sure your VGC VR-N76 is updated to the firmware supporting KISS 2) on the radio, hit the green button for settings, again to select ¡°General Settings¡±, then "KISS TNC", then "Enable KISS TNC¡±. You can back out of the menus with the Red button. 3) on the radio, hit the greed button for settings, and scroll down to ¡°Pairing¡± in the main menu and press the green button again to enable pairing to your Mac. 4) on the Mac, use Bluetooth System Settings to pair the VGC. It will show up as a headset, but _that is fine_. The Mac will notice the VGC supports the serial profile, and will mount it as (in my case) /dev/tty.VR-N76 and /cu/ 5) in YAAC, configure a standard Serial_TNC port using that serial port device. Works like a charm. Thanks again Andrew for the great software (and support ;) ¡ªMike (VA3HHQ)
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Can¡¯t get topo lines
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I¡¯m running YAAC 1.0-beta205 on Windows 10, but a previous version behaved the same. I can successfully download pre-imported OSM tiles. I can successfully download a small radius of the NASA topo data. I have correct lat/lon entered in the download dialog. When I toggle on view>layers>show topography>show topographic contour lines I get the citation to NASA in the lower right corner of the map but I can¡¯t see any contour lines. I¡¯m wondering what I¡¯m missing. Thanks for any advice. David
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Error message trying to upgrade WIN10
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Jamie Hughes WA7JH (360) 340-8886
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YAAC under FreeBSD 14.2
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I'm returning to FreeBSD after almost 10 years using Debian/Fedora for ham laptop. Its been an expected return with having to compile from source and/or search for obscure packages to get things to work. YAAC is one of the first ham programs to get installed to my older laptop with a fresh install of FreeBSD 14.2 running a XFCE desktop with 1Tb SSD. Through trial and error, here are my steps to get YAAC communicating with both my GPS and TH-D72: ```` $ su - # pw groupmod wheel -m USER # pkg install java/openjdk8 [tried openjdk22 --> 11, all fail to find jssc, aka no serial ports. Both YAAC & FreeBSD jssc lib not found >openjdk8] # pkg install comms/java-simple-serial-connector [>11yrs old, is from source for fork used by YAAC] # pkg install gpsd plug in GPS note USB port, /dev/ttyU1 on my laptop plug in TH-D72 running packet12 mode --> https://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAACdocs/config_serialtnc.html /dev/ttyU1 on my laptop # chmod 660 /dev/ttyU0 # chmod 660 /dev/ttyU1 # vi /etc/rc.conf add: gpsd_enable="YES" add: gpsd_device="/dev/ttyU0" [check your usb port, I will build a udev style rule for the GPS under FreeBSD] # exit download YAAC to /home/user/Software-local/YAAC $ unzip YAAC $ cd YAAC $ java -jar YAAC.jar [-debug if needed, will fill logs & slow program] config as needed ```` I will continue to test/tune this process with the newest JSSC fork and newer openjdk version. Will report back my findings.
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YAAC Mobile, symbol not showing on map
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Good day, Andrew - I have a Win11 PC running YAAC in the truck. It connects via local Ethernet network to a Microsat WX3in1 that is always on and is set up to beacon, digi my callsign, provide smartbeaconing. The Microsat has its own GPS (but sadly, it won't share it via the network). On YAAC, using raw packets I can see all the local traffic through the WX3in1 network connection, and can see my own beacons and telemetry being digi'ed via local digipeaters. I see my position packets as well. I have YAAC set to keep my station centered, and indeed it does. However, I never see an icon or crosshairs for my own truck. I've gone into the menu multiple times to select/deselect the options for show my station, but nothing changes. It shows all the other stations in receiving range, though. What am I doing wrong? -- Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV
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