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inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 1:39 am
by 2E0IQZ
im trying to add my lat long pos manually into my rt3s non gps and im struggling as my pos is listed as
52.94## and -1.26## trying to figure out how to add the negitive value to it, is their a way to do it via cps or is it radio only


tia

Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 1:53 am
by F1RMB
Hi,

N vs S, E vs W ;-)


Cheers.
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Daniel

Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 2:17 am
by 2E0IQZ
F1RMB wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 1:53 am
Hi,

N vs S, E vs W ;-)


Cheers.
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Daniel
confused a little with that response ik i can change the first strig to north or southe but the second one i cant or im doing something wrong my full pos is



not quite shure how i go about inputting that


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Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 2:23 am
by F1RMB
There is no negative value, minus are South or West

https://github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_Us ... ion-screen

Cheers.
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Daniel

Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 2:39 am
by 2E0IQZ
F1RMB wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 2:23 am
There is no negative value, minus are South or West

https://github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_Us ... ion-screen

Cheers.
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Daniel
keeps saying im in grid IO92kn when my actual grid is IO92iw close enough ig ty for help

Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 3:02 am
by F1RMB
M7RDN wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 2:39 am
F1RMB wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 2:23 am
There is no negative value, minus are South or West

https://github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_Us ... ion-screen

Cheers.
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Daniel
keeps saying im in grid IO92kn when my actual grid is IO92iw close enough ig ty for help
Well, send me an email (available on qrz.com) with your coordinates, I will check the convertion.

Cheers.
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Daniel

Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 7:27 am
by SA0BUX
Tried you QRZ coordinates on a DM-1701 and got IO92IW

You need to enter add zeros before the 1 i.e. 001.xxxx and then use SK2 + Up/Down arrow to change to W

Re: inputting lat long pos issue

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 7:48 pm
by 2E0IQZ
SA0BUX wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 7:27 am
Tried you QRZ coordinates on a DM-1701 and got IO92IW

You need to enter add zeros before the 1 i.e. 001.xxxx and then use SK2 + Up/Down arrow to change to W
yeh f1rmb helped me out got it sorted